About Our Futures

Our Futures is a collective impact, youth led project that is about increasing the visibility of young people, building their capacity and skills, whilst increasing their opportunities to engage in meaningful decision-making across the George Town Municipality.

Our Futures is funded through the 2021 Strategic Initiatives Grant from the Tasmanian Community Fund, with additional funding contributed by George Town Council. Jeder Institute has been engaged as project evaluators.

You can also visit Council’s Youth Policy at https://georgetown.tas.gov.au/policies/.

Reporting

To report any safety concerns or if you or if you know that someone is at risk of abuse or harm, please see the list of below contacts for help. In an emergency or if someone is at immediate risk of harm, call 000 for the Police. If you need non-urgent Police Assistance, please call 131 444.

Local support

Strong Families, Safe Kids, Advice and Referral Line, phone 1800 000 123

Tasmanian Sexual Assault Support Line, phone 1800 697 877

Family Violence Counselling and Support Services, phone 1800 608 122

Support Information Strength – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support, phone 1800 747 827

National

Lifeline, 24hr counselling, phone 131114

Kids Help Line, phone 1800 551 800

1800Respect, Domestic Violence support, phone 1800 737 732

Suicide Call Back Service, phone 1300 659 467

Our Futures 5 Phases

Foundations.

Engaging young people, building relationships, co-designing approaches.

Capacity Building.

Delivering workshops and building the skills of young people to be effective leaders.

Raising Youth Voices

Collecting data, sense-making and sharing with the wider community.

Driving Change

Young people leading the solutions and sharing decision-making power with the wider community.

Learning.

Evaluate, reflect and refine to be the leaders that the rest of the state look to for inspiration.

    Reason why I want to be a Champion...

    Any relevant experience with working with young people...

    WWVP Number

    I give my permission to have my photo taken whilst participating in Our Futures activities for the purpose of being used for promotions, media, and FIG/Council publications.