It was great to read the Out of the mouths of babes article on The Australian website earlier this week.

It’s often hard enough to convince decision makers of the benefits of consumer input into their decisions, let alone the value a bunch of 12-18 year olds can bring to the process!

Youth Advisory Committees are popping up everywhere these days and I’m a real fan. I’m often inspired when I come across young people involved in influencing decision makers and how they have a profound ability to articulate the needs of young people in a way that I couldn’t do if I tried!

For information on Youth Advisory Councils within South Australia, including what they are and the funding available to support them, visit the Office for Youth website.

And for those of us no longer in the ‘youth’ category…

“Youth is something very new: twenty years ago no one mentioned it.”
Coco Chanel