Create a Youth Council in Your Community in 10 Easy Steps

Engaging youth in rural communities is a real and ongoing challenge. Many communities are busy creating Youth Councils to encourage young people to get involved by contributing to the municipal decision-making process. In so doing, youth feel invested in their communities and more inclined to work towards affecting positive and lasting change. But where to start? The TORC Rural Youth Working Group, in partnership with Endeavour Volunteer Consulting Network (EVCN), has now developed a resource tool to help youth and non-youth begin to think about how a Youth Council might look and work in their own town. Create a Youth Council in Your Community...In 10 Easy Steps shows you how easy it can be. [authors]