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Planning For The Future

Understanding Youth Involvement

Taking Action: 10 Steps to Engaging Youth in Club Decision-Making

Helpful Links and Resources

Section 1: Introduction to Succession Planning

Section 2: The Succession Planning Process

Section 3: Crucial Ingredients for Steps 1-5

Step 1. Stop and Think

Step 2. Identify Barriers to Participation for Young People

Step 3. Decide How Your Club will Involve Young People in Decision-Making

Step 4. Form Community Partnerships

Step 5. Recruit Young People

Step 6. Induct Young People in to your Club General Induction Information

Step 7. Effectively Communicate with Young People

Step 8. Invest in Young People

Step 9. Mentor your Young Volunteers

Step 10. Recognise Volunteers and Thank Them for Their Work

Step 1: Examine your club’s position

Step 2: Identify skills required to fill critical roles in your club

Step 3: Assess the skills gap in your club and identify potential successors

Step 4: Develop and prepare potential successors

Step 5: Evaluate your succession plan

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Helpful Links and Resources

Websites and Organisations

Children and Young People’s Participation Consortium for Wales. This is an excellent site with a series of helpful booklets to help guide you through the process of including young people in decision-making.
www.savethechildren.org.uk
Participation Works Partnership has a website for organisations trying to encourage greater youth participation. It has great ‘How To’ guides that deal with various elements of including young people in governance. www.participationworks.org.uk
Western Australia Department of Sport and Recreation has an excellent library of resources for sports clubs on a great range of topics. Check out their Clubs Online page ‘Club House’ resources.
www.dsr.wa.gov.au
NSW Sport and Recreation’s Youth Services Toolkit is an excellent website that can help guide you through managing people, events and activities for your club.
www.youthservicestoolkit.com.au
Volunteering NSW has useful information for volunteers and organisations.
www.volunteering.com.au

Publications and Resources

NSW Commission for Children and Young People Participation Kit is a resource for organisations who want practical advice about how to involve children and young people in activities, events and decision-making about issues that affect their lives.
www.kids.nsw.gov.au/kids/resources.
Let’s Get On Board: A handbook encouraging young people to join committees and boards - published by the Tasmania Department of Premier and Cabinet. Download the document here or visit their website.
www.dpac.tas.gov.au.
Young People on Boards and Committees: A handbook for organisations working with young people - published by the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc. Download the document here or visit the website to view other handbooks in the Taking Young People Seriously series.
www.yacvic.org.au
15 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision-Making - published as part of the Youth on Board project by YouthBuild USA. It is a simple to understand booklet that has useful tips and tools to better including young people in decision-making. You can purchase the booklet on the website.
www.youthonboard.org