The power of showing up | raise.org.au
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In November 2022, Raise piloted our first ‘Youth Summit’, co-hosted with our new Principal Partner, Salesforce. The summit hosted 35 young people from six different schools for a one-day design-thinking workshop. The Data and Youth Insights team piloted this event as a way to capture feedback from young people, and embed their voice in the ongoing design and improvement of our program delivery. Six Sydney School Partners participated in the summit – Turramurra High School, Randwick Boys High School, Marsden High School, Rouse Hill High School, North Sydney Girls High School and Newtown Performing Arts High School. Our 35 young participants were in Years 9 and 10, some Raise graduate mentees and some new to the organisation. The group were given real mentee onboarding, mentor training and program curriculum challenges faced by Raise. Working together, they applied design- thinking to develop creative solutions with invaluable mentoring and input from the Salesforce experts. The day ended with a ‘Shark Tank’ exercise, where each group had the opportunity to pitch their idea back to the cohort. Our first ever Youth Summit
Salesforce, alongside our Youth Engagement Facilitator, played a fundamental role in making the summit a fun, engaging, supportive and well- structured day. A true collaborative partnership was formed during the significant preparation in developing the content, agenda and materials. Engagement was extremely high, with unanimous positive feedback from participants. It made evident what we know to be true – creative initiatives like this inspire and empower young people. Simply put: it was a great success – and the team can’t wait to run another Youth Summit in 2023. Plans are underway with the support of Salesforce and other possible corporate partners.
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