upcoming events

Meaningful youth participation in practice
July
30

Meaningful youth participation in practice

Across the youth sector, there is growing recognition that young people should have meaningful influence over the decisions that affect their lives. But what does meaningful youth participation actually look like in practice? How do we move beyond consultation to create opportunities for young people to shape services, organisations and systems? 

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Responding to complexity
May
28

Responding to complexity

Young people are presenting with intersecting needs, such as housing instability, mental health challenges, and disability, which can stretch the capacity of services to respond effectively. At the same time, the youth sector brings unique strengths: the ability to meet young people where they are at and work alongside them through relational, flexible approaches that support a broad range of needs.

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Engaging Young People: what's changing and what's working
Mar
26

Engaging Young People: what's changing and what's working

Many services are noticing shifts in how young people engage - with services, institutions and each other. Approaches that worked previously may not be landing in the same way. The aim of this session is to strengthen our collective understanding of what's shifting and build practical knowledge we can take back into our teams.

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Pizza & Politics: 2026 SA State Election forum
Feb
19

Pizza & Politics: 2026 SA State Election forum

Pizza and Politics is YACSA's way of bringing together young people aged 12–25 years and parliamentarians in a Q&A-style forum in the lead up to each state election.

It provides a platform for young people to directly ask decision makers questions about the issues important to them.

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