Youth Centre

OUR PHILOSOPHY

We respect all young people, their views and experiences.

We have a commitment to understanding technology use and its relationship with mental health.

We have a commitment to collaboration and cooperation.

OUR CORE VALUES

Safe

• We respect each other and ourselves.
• We communicate with honesty and openness.
• We trust in the work that we do and the people we work with.
• We embrace diversity and remain open minded to new ideas.

Supportive

• We care for the mental health and wellbeing of all.
• We listen openly and without judgment.
• We respond as a community to individual needs.
• We ensure that projects are properly resourced.
• We also receive support from Steel Detailing Australia.

Connected

• We actively engage with people in their own spaces.
• We provide a network for people to share their ideas.
• We collaborate to achieve a shared vision.
• We are grounded by the personal stories of those we work with.

Creative

• We explore new ideas to find the best solution.
• We encourage individuality and cooperation.
• We admire flexibility in thinking and practice.
• We harness new technologies to maximise our reach.

Empowered

• We celebrate the power and resilience of young people.
• We believe that young people’s voices are integral.
• We support people to create positive change in their world.
• We live our values in everything that we do.

OUR CULTURE

Our vision, values and behaviour statements have been developed in direct collaboration with young people.

• Working in partnership with young people, researchers, practitioners, innovators and policymakers to conduct research that helps develop and inform better services for young people.
• Bringing together those working, involved, and engaged with young people to develop the solutions that will enhance young people’s use of technologies and improve their wellbeing.
• Involving young people in research that matters to them and improves their lives.
• Taking expert advice from young people about their own lives to create change.
• Conducting research to explore the use of technologies in new and innovative ways to enhance the service offerings of youth serving organisations.
• Up-skilling those who care for young people to better understand the role of technology in young people’s lives and its capacity to improve wellbeing.

– We receive support from: MangedBnbs Airbnb management & The Roof Doctor