On Your Team: young people's experiences in sport

This is an Expression of Interest form (EOI), and we will contact you if you are selected for the project.

Background:

Vic Sport and Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) have gotten together to create 2 workshops to understand why young people are dropping out of sports and how we can improve these spaces so that young people keep playing sport.

In the workshops, you'll share your ideas on ways we can make sports safer and more fun, help us design an ideal sporting environment and share your experience in sports or why you've never joined one before!

The opportunity:

YACVic will run one online workshop and one in person workshop that will have up to 12 young people (aged 12 - 17) with a diverse range of identities and backgrounds.

You will draw on your lived experience, unique perspectives and expertise in these workshops.

We will explore:

Why you joined or didn't join a sport
Ways to help young people feel connected, safe and belonging in sports
Your dream sporting environment
Ways sports can make young people feel connected

The workshops will be:

Workshop 1: 18 November, 5pm – 7pm, on Zoom
Workshop 2: 21 November, 10:30am – 3:30pm, at Sports House, 375 Albert Rd, Albert Park VIC 3206

You can fill in this form to express your interest if you:

Are ages 12 – 17 years old
Keen to share your experience of after school sport in primary school or high school
Passionate about sharing your ideas of how to make sporting teams and clubs are engaging for young people.

Contact us if you have any questions about the process or the project.

You can email a video or audio file to FStirling@YACVic.org.au

Full Prefered Name *

What are your pronouns?

What is your phone number? *

Email Address *

How would you prefer to be contacted

Email addressText Call

How old are you?

The next few questions will ask a little more about you and why you want to be part of the workshops.

Please tick the lived experience you have: *

Currently playing in a sporting team or club Have played in a sporting team or club in the past Have never been in a sporting team or club

What motivated you to get involved?

Why did you drop out?

Why have you never been involved? (honest answers are okay!)

Why are you keen to be a part of the workshops? *

What would you change about sporting teams or clubs if you could?

Ideally you can attend all workshops but please let us know which you are currently available for: *

18 November, 5pm – 7pm, online 21 November, 10:30am – 3:30pm, in person

The below questions are optional and will help us to recruit a diverse group:

Anything you want to tell us about your access needs?

Do you have access to a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer and the internet?

Yes, I have a device and the internet No, I have a device but not the internet No, I have the internet but not a device No, but I can go somewhere that does No, I don’t have any of these

What languages do you speak at home?

How would you describe your culture/race?

Are you part of any of the following groups?

How did you hear about this opportunity?

Is there anything else you would like to tell us or think we should know?

Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic) is committed to upholding every individual’s legal right to privacy.

We use the definition of ‘personal information’ set out in the Privacy and Data Act 2014: ‘information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), that is recorded in any form and whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion’