Today we hosted an Intergenerational Town Hall with @OurFutureAgenda, @FFT_Aus and the Unlock the Future Coalition.
As one of a series of Town Halls happening worldwide in 2024, it covered future-focused policy topics through dialogue, ideation and co-design. Watch this space!
Climate change & extreme weather events are having 'profound & distressing' impacts on young Aussies.
That’s according to new analysis from the 2023 @MissionAust Youth Survey of more than 19,000 young people in Australia 🧵
Smiles all round earlier this week as we joined a collective of likeminded organisations, including @fya_org, @FFT_Aus, @thinkforwardaus and EveryGen, to launch the Intergenerational Fairness Coalition at Parliament House. Watch this space!
Orygen's @nickjfava, Senior Policy Analyst, recently spoke with ABC Radio Melbourne to unpack the latest findings of our research into climate distress. Hear the conversation: https://t.co/5OQz1ooaIW
Today’s National Summit on Intergenerational Fairness saw influential & passionate speakers touch on important topics & solutions surrounding climate change, the housing crisis & the cost of education & living.
Thank you to everyone who came along, tuned in & contributed!
The Orygen Institute, @thinkforwardaus & @FFT_Aus are hosting a joint national summit on intergenerational fairness to discuss the experiences and challenges of intergenerational inequity & the impact on young Australians. Register via the link below.
https://t.co/mc2iCqHx8B
The @ASEAN-Australia Mental Health Youth Dialogue brought together youth leaders from our region to discuss mental health challenges as part of our COVID-19 recovery. Thank you to all involved & for the vital ongoing work in this area.
Hosts Maddison & Nataya wrap up the framework launch event with thanks to everyone who contributed to the framework, and who joined @orygen_aus & @wef for this special event. This concludes our twitter coverage. More@ https://t.co/nfEaSDaC1I #ItsTimeToInvest#YoungFuturesMatter
"On building this framework there was a priority that young people voices were heard. The bridge to the future is young people," says Project youth consultant and panellist Isabella. #ItsTimeToInvest#YoungFuturesMatter
We look forward to tonight’s launch of the Global Framework for Youth Mental Health, developed in partnership with @orygen_aus and @wef – an important recognition of the role that youth mental health and early intervention has for world change.