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1 - 31 August 2025
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Community engagement
Survey to identify actions and focus areas
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The current Directions from Young People (DFYP) 2022–2025 Strategy is coming to an end, and now is the time to help shape the next version, which will guide how we support and engage young people across the City.
A Youth Strategy is a formal plan that sets out how local government works with and for young people. It reflects the priorities of young people aged 12 to 25, and the people and organisations that support them, like families, schools, service providers, and community groups. It’s an important document used across the organisation, for everything from community development and events to urban planning and infrastructure.
The Strategy will help the City understand what matters most to young people, ensure their voices are reflected in planning, programs and policies, guide investment in services, events, spaces and opportunities, support collaboration with community organisations and youth advocates, and provide a framework to track progress and measure outcomes for youth wellbeing.
The City’s current Youth Strategy was developed in 2021, guided by the voices of over 563 young people, and formally noted by Council in early 2022. It’s helped guide action across four key focus areas:
- Youth Focus – making space for youth voices
- Wellbeing – supporting mental and physical health
- Communication – connecting through youth-friendly channels
- Making a Difference – creating opportunities to lead and contribute.
The current Strategy ends in 2025, and the next version will take us forward from 2026 and beyond.
This is your chance to help set the direction for how the City continues to support young people, through services, spaces, programs, and policies.
Youth Steering Group
Our Youth Steering Group has played a central role in the development of this project. Working in collaboration with the City, the group has contributed to the design of the engagement approach, supported the delivery of consultation activities, and will assist in reviewing feedback to help identify key actions for the updated Strategy. The group is also actively supporting broader community engagement and will support the development of the final Strategy to ensure it reflects the voices and priorities of young people.
Opportunity to get involved
Engagement closed on Sunday, 31 August 2025, with more than 550 people sharing their ideas and feedback. We’ve pulled everything together into an Engagement Report that outlines what we heard and how it’s helping shape the project. Short on time? Check out the Engagement Snapshot below for a quick look at participation and key themes.
DFYP Engagement Report DFYP Engagement Snapshot
We’re now working to refresh and refine the Plan, which is anticipated to be completed by the middle of 2026.
FAQs
A Youth Strategy is a plan developed by the City to guide how we support young people through services, programs, infrastructure and decision-making. It ensures young people’s voices are heard and reflected in the City's future planning.
We invited young people aged 12 to 25, parents and caregivers, schools, service providers, and community members who are passionate about supporting young people to share their views.
Feedback received throughout this engagement will inform the development of the new Youth Strategy. The City will prepare a draft Strategy that reflects what was heard from the community, which will be shared for final feedback before being presented to Council for endorsement.
All information collected will be treated confidentially. Your name and personal details will not be published; however, if anything shared raises concerns about your safety or the safety of a member of our community, we may need to contact appropriate support services. Taking part in the survey is voluntary, and you can choose to stop or withdraw at any time.
For the purposes of this strategy, young people are typically defined as those aged 12 to 25 years.
Absolutely. We still want to hear from you!
Whilst our main focus is on people aged 12 to 25 and those who provide services or support to young people, anyone in the community who cares about supporting young people is welcome to get involved and have their say.
The Youth Steering Group is a team of young people who meet monthly to help shape youth projects, events, and activities in the City of Melville. They work with the City to make Melville a better place for young people and help deliver the Directions from Young People Strategy.
We have a heap of programs and events running for young people aged between 12 and 25 in our City. Check out some of our previous projects by clicking below.
The winning entries were randomly selected on Monday, 1 September 2025 and contacted directly.
Terms and Conditions
a. Eligibility
Participants who completed the idea sharing, survey, workshop or attended a listening post location during the open period, and provided their email address and personal information, will automatically go in the running to win one of five $100 EFTPOS VISA Gift Cards. Entry is free and the five winners will be selected at random; three winners will be selected from the youth entries, and two will be selected from the parent/caregiver entries.
City of Melville Officers or Elected Members,their spouses/partners, and children are ineligible to enter the prize draw but are welcome to provide feedback as part of the Directions From Young People engagement program.
b. Entry
To enter this competition, participate in the Directions From Young People by completing a hard copy or online survey.
Name and email address must be provided to go in the running to win one of five $100 EFTPOS VISA Gift Cards. Entry must be completed during the engagement period between 8.00am Friday, 1 August and 5.00pm Sunday, 31 August 2025. Entries made after this period will not be accepted.
The City reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is not in accordance with these terms and conditions or who has, in the opinion of the City, engaged in conduct in entering the draw which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the City and spirit of the campaign. The City reserves the right to disqualify a winner without warning or notice if the City becomes aware that the winner and/or the winner’s entry is of a type described in this clause. The City accepts no responsibility for any late or misdirected registrations due to technical disruptions, network congestion or for any other reason.
Entry into the prize draw is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
c. Prize Draw Queries
If you have any competition queries, you can get in contact by filling out the Contact Us form on Melville Talks. The City makes no representations and does not guarantee it will respond to all correspondence by the closing date of the campaign.
d. Prizes
There are five $100 EFTPOS VISA gift vouchers.
Five winners will be randomly selected from a pool of valid entries after the Directions From Young People engagement closes. Three winners will be selected from the youth entries, and two will be selected from the parent/caregiver entries. A valid entry is one that was submitted during the competition period, has supplied a valid email address and complies with these terms and conditions.
The prize must be accepted as offered and is not exchangeable or transferable. The prize can be collected from the City of Melville Civic Centre during regular opening hours, or posted to the recipient on request.
e. Prize Draw
The winning entry will be randomly selected at the City of Melville Civic Centre after 12.00 noon AWST on Monday, 1 September 2025. Winners will be notified via email.
f. Notification of Winners
The City’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. If the prize is unclaimed or un-awarded after two weeks, a second and final prize draw will be conducted. If the prize remains unclaimed after two weeks, the prize will be forfeited and may be used by the City for alternative purposes at the discretion of the City.
g. Legal Conditions
In the case of the intervention of any outside act, agent or event, which prevents or significantly hinders the City’s ability to proceed with this promotion and in the manner described in these terms and conditions, including but not limited to vandalism, computer virus, technical failure, acts of God, the City may in its absolute discretion cancel the promotion and/or recommence it from the start on the same conditions.
The City is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the entrant or for any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilised in this campaign, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in the course of the administration of this campaign including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line or satellite network failure, theft or destruction or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
h. Privacy
All information is handled in accordance with the City’s Privacy Policy, and the City will not use the information the entrant provides for anything other than for the purposes of administering the competition.
Contact us
| Name | Felix Ross, Community Development Officer (Youth), City of Melville |
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| Phone | 08 9364 0666 |
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