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MAV 2016 Power to the People Conference Youth Engagement & Entrepreneurship Rupert North,

MAV 2016 Power to the People Conference Youth Engagement & Entrepreneurship Rupert North, Coordinator, Youth & Middle Years Yarra City Council. Overview. A bit about the City of Yarra The need for something different Young Entrepreneurs Program What next? Questions.

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MAV 2016 Power to the People Conference Youth Engagement & Entrepreneurship Rupert North,

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  1. MAV 2016 Power to the People Conference Youth Engagement & Entrepreneurship Rupert North, Coordinator, Youth & Middle Years Yarra City Council

  2. Overview A bit about the City of Yarra The need for something different Young Entrepreneurs Program What next? Questions

  3. The need for something different

  4. The need for something different • “Start-Ups created 1.44 million jobs between 2006 and 2011.” • (National Innovation and Science Agenda) • “Significant job growth is occurring through • young people running their own small business, and this is an increasingly viable career option” • (Inner Northern Youth Employment Taskforce Report 2014)

  5. Young Entrepreneurs Program Objectives • Objectives • Provide opportunities for young people age 16 – 25 to participate in a collective that assists them in developing their entrepreneurial ideas; • Provide a viable and real option for young people to create their own employment; and • Develop employability skills of young people to increase chances of getting work

  6. Young Entrepreneurs Program Program Delivery • Selection • Target group were largely of CALD background • Living on Public Housing Estates • Struggling to find employment • Limited or no connection to employers • Had business ideas and motivation • Stage 1 • Co-design of the program with the young people • Workshops on key topics (facilitated by Enterprising Partnerships) • Presentations from established local entrepreneurs • Stage 2 • Matched with mentors in local business community

  7. Young Entrepreneurs Program Impact • “One thing that Yarra has done really nicely is created networks for these young people that they never would have had in their own right” (Stakeholder) • Outcomes • New knowledge, new skills; • Increased confidence, motivation and self-belief; • 2 young people have started their own businesses; • 5 young people successfully attained employment; • 2 young people successfully applied for, and have commenced Getting Down to Business program; • 3 young people have been offered office space in local co-working spaces free of charge or at a heavily-subsidised rate; • Young Entrepreneurs Program was Category Winner in the Youth Economic Participation category in this year’s National Awards for Local Government

  8. Questions

  9. What Next? Regional Approach City of Yarra is collaborating with neighbouring councils City of Darebin and City of Moreland to further develop youth entrepreneurship in the northern metro region. Yarra Youth Services committed to continuing employment support and mentoring for young people

  10. Thank You Questions E: Rupert.North@yarracity.vic.gov.au T: 03 9426 1455 www.facebook.com/yarrayouthservices/

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