Glenelg & Southern Grampians Youth Networks

The Glenelg Youth Network (GLYN) and the Southern Grampians Youth Network (SGYN) have been in existence for the past 4 years, having a combined membership of over 150 organisations and individuals who have a concern for youth issues. Membership includes educational, recreational, health, welfare, housing, disability, government and employment agencies. The networks are also linked in with the SW RYAN (Rural Youth Advisory Network in Warrnambool).

Providing an extremely important forum in which to air and share information, expertise and knowledge about youth issues – the networks are an initiative of the Glenelg & Southern Grampians Local Learning Employment Network. We continue to facilitate guest presenters and monthly meetings and act as the hub for distributing information throughout the networks.

Transition Support Team

A sub-set of both the GYLN and the SGYN has been the growth of the Transition Support Team (TST) program. The TST program has, as its goal, the task of drawing youth related agencies together to better transit young people in need through the various services in the region. Most of this membership base work with the most disengaged of young people – a sector which sadly many in our rural community either don’t see, or find difficult to deal with. For many, this significant cohort of young people is in the ‘too hard’ basket. The experience, knowledge and networks within these network groups are invaluable to the work of many organisations in this community and we encourage their continuation in the important field of assisting young disengaged people in rural south west Victoria.

All meetings are minuted by the GSG LLEN and through an internal performance review (annual membership surveys) GSG LLEN is able to monitor the effectiveness of the partnerships, the resulting data being fed back to the network members.

L4YP

Working closely with the GSG LLEN, RMIT, has currently embarked (with a range of stakeholders) on a major research project called Landscapes for Young People in Glenelg and Southern Grampians funded by the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development.