Youth Lived Experience Engagement Project

The overall aim of this project is to monitor and improve the lived experience engagement of young people in mental health services in the Brisbane North Region.

The project will be led by the Regional Youth Advisory Group (RYAG) and will involve the development of:

  • a checklist that services and organisations will use to understand their current level of lived experience engagement.
  • a tool that provides practical support on how to improve lived experience engagement if it does not meet the guidelines stipulated in the checklist.
  • capacity building support to organisations in the form of a presentation/workshop to ensure that services understand the use and importance of the created tool.

The RYAG is a group of six young people from across Brisbane North. Everyone in the group has had their own struggles with mental health and are passionate about improving mental health services for their peers. We know how hard it can be to get help, especially when it feels like the services you talk to don’t really get what you’re going through or what you need to feel safe and supported.

We are reaching out to young people and youth services all over the Brisbane North area to get their ideas on how they think services can better work with young people to make improvements. We would love to hear your ideas and better understand how young people like to give feedback and be involved in participation opportunities.

If you have any questions, please email RYAG@brisbanenorthphn.org.au and the project lead, Mahalia, will get back to you with more information

The overall aim of this project is to monitor and improve the lived experience engagement of young people in mental health services in the Brisbane North Region.

The project will be led by the Regional Youth Advisory Group (RYAG) and will involve the development of:

  • a checklist that services and organisations will use to understand their current level of lived experience engagement.
  • a tool that provides practical support on how to improve lived experience engagement if it does not meet the guidelines stipulated in the checklist.
  • capacity building support to organisations in the form of a presentation/workshop to ensure that services understand the use and importance of the created tool.

The RYAG is a group of six young people from across Brisbane North. Everyone in the group has had their own struggles with mental health and are passionate about improving mental health services for their peers. We know how hard it can be to get help, especially when it feels like the services you talk to don’t really get what you’re going through or what you need to feel safe and supported.

We are reaching out to young people and youth services all over the Brisbane North area to get their ideas on how they think services can better work with young people to make improvements. We would love to hear your ideas and better understand how young people like to give feedback and be involved in participation opportunities.

If you have any questions, please email RYAG@brisbanenorthphn.org.au and the project lead, Mahalia, will get back to you with more information

  • Youth Lived Experience Engagement Survey (Young People)

    Thanks for your interest in the Youth Lived Experience Engagement Project! Completing this survey will help us (the Regional Youth Advisory Group) to better inform mental health services on how they can work with young people to make their services better. 

    When you start the survey there will be an option to add your name and email address. These details are not mandatory however, if you would like to receive updates on the project and follow up information on other participation opportunities for this project, these details will be required. Your responses will also not be linked to your name and any information used in this project will be done anonymously. 

    If you have any questions, please email RYAG@brisbanenorthphn.org.au and Mahalia will help you out. To help put a face to the name, there is a photo of Mahalia at the bottom of this message so that you know you are talking to a real human (she's the one on the right)!

    By completing this survey I agree to the following statements:

    • I understand that I am completing this survey for the purpose of facilitating increased youth engagement to inform the improvement of mental health services
    • I consent to having my name and email being recorded and securely stored so that I can be contacted in the future for project updates if I choose to enter these details
    • I consent to any information shared in this survey being used anonymously for the purpose of this project 
    • If it any times throughout the survey I feel upset or distressed, I will stop the survey and contact a trusted person for support
    • I can contact Mahalia/ the RYAG if I have any questions

    Thanks again! Your feedback is very much appreciated  

    Take Survey

  • Youth Lived Experience Engagement Survey (Service Providers)

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