Youth Strategic Planning Day 2024
Northern Sydney District
Share | Analyse | Coordinate | Collaborate
THE EVENT
Join us for a game-changing event! 🌟
We’re thrilled to invite you to the Northern Sydney Youth Strategic Planning Day 2024, a dynamic gathering of local service providers dedicated to creating a shared vision and improving collaboration to support our region’s young people.
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 7 February 2024
⏰ 9:15am – 3:45pm (Registration from 8:30am)
🏛️ Venue: Civic Pavilion at The Concourse, 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood.
This day promises to be a catalyst for change as we bring together committed and innovative minds from the region. We believe that collaboration is the key to empowering our youth, and this event is all about fostering a shared vision and strategy.
What to expect:
🤝 Networking and relationship-building opportunities
📣 A platform for young people and services to be heard
🔍 Identifying common issues and collaborative solutions
🌐 Enhancing dialogue, collaboration, partnerships, and coordination
🎙️ Capturing valuable voices, ideas, expertise, and specialised skillsets
🧩Our agenda includes engaging workshops, insightful discussion groups, and inspiring presentations, all with a strong emphasis on practical collaboration.
Registration is now open, and we encourage all services working with young people in our region to participate. The event is organised by Northern Sydney District Youth Services, a hub of passionate organisations dedicated to youth support, wellbeing and development.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to be a part of the change we want to see in our region. Together, we can make a real difference in the lives of our young people.
📅 Save the date, register, and let’s build a brighter future for our young people! 👊
🎫 Tickets are limited and going fast ⚡
📻 Stay tuned for further details.
REGISTER
You may register at Humanitix by clicking here
Registration is free but places are limited so please book early!
We have opened up registrations early to provide services with ample time to plan their rostering and to allow for relevant staff to attend this important planning day.
FAQS
The Northern Sydney Youth Strategic Planning Day 2024, is a dynamic gathering of local service providers dedicated to creating a shared vision and improving collaboration to support our region’s young people.
The Northern Sydney District is a very large and diverse region with its young people (and their families) experiencing a range of complex issues and challenges.
Effective service delivery requires many moving parts to work in sync to achieve the desired outcomes. All while overcoming a multitude of obstacles and difficulties.
So! We need “all hands and brains on deck” to analyse/understand the issues and trends, and jointly work on solutions and strategies that are relevant to both services and to the young people alike.
Collective minds. Collective voice.
We want to
💬 share our experiences and knowledge
👁️🗨️ analyse and understand the issues
⚙️ coordinate our collaborative responses
In essence, we want to bring people together to work collaboratively to improve our service delivery to young people.
The Planning Day is naturally only the beginning and a lot will depend on the ideas and decisions made by people on the day.
But in essence, the Planning Day will allow for services to contribute to future practical outcomes in a collaborative and coordinated manner.
What we are planning for is to improve existing networks and partnerships and create pathways to some new and innovative options as well.
Basically, the Planning Day is the first step towards future collaborations as determined by the services themselves.
So make sure you attend, especially if you’re a direct service worker, and contribute your ideas.
They are much needed.
Anyone who works in some capacity with young people in the Northern Sydney District. **
The Planning Day will cover a wide range of youth issues and topics so the wider the representation the more comprehensive we can be with our strategies and solutions.
It goes without saying that it will be important to engage with as many people as possible from direct service, to management, to policy. From NGOs to Government and everyone in between.
** The areas covered by the 4 Youth Interagencies: Northern Beaches, Lower North Shore, Ryde – Hunters Hill, and Hornsby – Ku-ring-gai.
Wed, 7th Feb 2024, 9:15am – 3:45pm
SAVE THE DATE! 📅
AND REGISTER!!! 🎫
Tix are going fast ⚡
The event will be held at the Civic Pavilion at The Concourse.
409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood.
What happened to the TAFE venue?
Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control, we needed to shift venues. Thankfully the new venue ticks all the boxes with what we require for the Planning Day.
You sure can.
Use the T1 North Shore and Northern Line.
For train timetables please go to www.transportnsw.info
The Concourse is a two-minute walk from the Chatswood Interchange, which incorporates both train and bus terminals.
From the Chatswood Interchange, walk down Chatswood Mall and onto Victoria Avenue, east of the station.
The Concourse – Civic Pavilion: 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood.
📌Google Streetview Link of the Venue
🛰️ Google Map Link of the Venue
🧭 Google Map with directions from Chatswood Interchange to the Venue
Chatswood Interchange today.
And just for fun. Chatswood Terminus in 1958.
Absolutely. Catch a bus to Chatswood’s main bus terminal at the Chatswood Interchange, just two minutes walk from The Concourse.
From the Chatswood Interchange, walk down Chatswood Mall and onto Victoria Avenue, east of the station.
The Concourse – Civic Pavilion: 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood.
For bus timetables please go to www.transportnsw.info
📌Google Streetview Link of the Venue
🛰️ Google Map Link of the Venue
🧭 Google Map with directions from Chatswood Interchange to the Venue
Car Park
The Concourse comes with it’s own car park that offers on-site parking for 400 vehicles with direct lift access to the venue.
Car park entrance is on Ferguson Lane via Archer Street only.
There is a luminous sign with number of available parking spaces at the intersection of Ferguson Lane and Archer Street.
Car Access Times
Monday – Saturday 6:00am – 1:00am
Sunday 8:00am – 11:00pm
Public Holidays 6:00am – 1:00am
Accessible Car Parking
Accessible parking spaces are available on both levels of The Concourse car park and in nearby Endeavour and Spring Streets.
Early bird Parking
Early bird parking is available for $10 per day. The special rate is available for cars that enter between 6am-10am and exit between 3pm-7pm, Monday to Friday. The rate is available for the first 200 cars entering. Vehicles must be parked on Level 2 and tickets need to be validated on arrival via ticket machine next to boom gate on Level 2, upon entry.
Pre-pay Parking Day
If you enter between 6am and 6pm, Monday to Friday and plan to stay for six hours or more, prepay your parking for $20 and save up to $5. Please prepay on arrival at your nearest pay station after parking your car.
🌐 The Concourse Car Park Website
You shall not go hungry. There will be snacks, lunch and more snacks 🥐🥑🍔☕🍪
There will be coffee ☕
We won’t attend either if there’s no coffee.
And of course there’ll be tea. And you never know, maybe even a fine range of herbal teas.
You shall not be forgotten 🙂
Of course there will be Butcher’s Paper. Beyond the end of the world there shall be Butcher’s Paper.
But fear not, we have upgraded to complimentary methods so you will be able to express yourself in a variety of ways.
(Hashtag Butcher’s Paper)
THE PROGRAM
8:30am – 9:15am
Registration
9:15am – 9:30am
Welcome to Country / Introduction to the day
9:30am – 9:50am
Sector Challenges and the Strategic Power of Collaboration
9:50am – 10:00am
Ice-Breaker
10:00am – 10:15am
Topic 1: Identifying Gaps, Issues and Sector Challenges
10:15am – 11:00am
Workshop 1: Identifying Gaps, Issues and Sector Challenges
11:00am – 11:15am
Break
11:15am – 11:30am
Space
Topic 2: Strategic Solution Think Tank – addressing the Gaps, Issues and Sector Challenges
11:30am – 12:30pm
space
Workshop 2: Strategic Solution Think Tank – addressing the Gaps, Issues and Sector Challenges
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm – 1:45pm
Energiser
1:45m – 1:55pm
Topic 3: Coordination of Partnerships & Collaboration Planning
1:55m – 2:45pm
Workshop 3: Coordination of Partnerships & Collaboration Planning
2:45m – 3:00pm
Break
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Recap and Next Steps
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Conclusion and Feedback
CONTACT US
Please contact us if you have any questions or require further information.
ABOUT US
Northern Sydney District Youth Services, are a hub of passionate organisations drawn from the 4 Youth Interagencies across the Northern Sydney District dedicated to youth support, wellbeing and development.
Current services include Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Lane Cove, Mosman, Northern Beaches, North Sydney, Ryde, Willoughby Councils, and Northern Sydney Local Health District.
The 4 Youth Interagencies are Hornsby – Ku-ring-gai, Lower North Shore, Northern Beaches, Ryde – Hunters Hill.
