Let's tell the Government what VGen wants!

The Hon Kate Ellis MP, the Minister for Youth and Sport, and VGen's National Ambassador launched an incredible initiative last year to ensure young people's voices are heard.

The Australian Youth Forum (AYF) is run by the Australian Government as a communication channel between the Government, young people (aged 15 – 24) and the organisations that work with, for and on behalf of young people (also known as the youth sector). It is about engaging young people and the youth sector in on-going public debate and getting their input to policy and decision making on issues that affect young people’s lives now and in the future.

The AYF has a forum online where young people can submit ideas on policies/actions/inspiration and can share with the Government (and other passionate young people) ways to improve the world we live in.

What's really exciting is that the current topic on the the AYF website is global poverty!

Alana Smith, our national co-director and a member of the AYF steering committee, thinks the discussion forums are a great (and very easy way) for anyone to jump get their ideas and opinions on the issue out there! This current topic also presents a fantastic opportunity for VGen to be part of the debate and effectively shape policy.

Specifically, you can reflect on -

What can be done to reduce global poverty and meet the Millennium Development Goals?

What can we do as everyday Australians to help put an end to extreme poverty?

What should the Global Poverty Project include to be effective in communicating the realities of poverty?

How great would it be if VGenners all got on to this forum and started telling the Government how we want our world to be?