Lachlan Shire Youth Strategy

Under the NSW Local Government Act, Lachlan Shire Council has a responsibility to plan for its community’s future.

Lachlan Shire Council recognises that adolescence and young adulthood is a key stage of life for all of us – it is that important time when we transition from childhood towards independent adulthood. It is a time of our lives when we discover who we are, and what we want to do with our lives. As a community, we all have a responsibility to support our young people through this important journey to becoming productive adults in our community.

This Youth Strategy has been developed with local young people’s input to shape a vision for their future. It identifies priorities, establishes actions to address those priorities, and suggests who might be able to contribute to achieving those actions. It also identifies opportunities for future initiatives if additional resources become available.

This Youth Strategy draws on evidence collated through past youth planning activities, as well as hearing from young people, parents and carers, service providers and others in the community who share an interest in our young people’s future.

This Youth Strategy has been prepared by Council on behalf of its community. While Council has responsibility for delivering some of the actions identified in this Strategy, if it is to succeed in addressing the community’s priorities for its young people, it will require the commitment and actions of a range of service providers, families and young people themselves.

The strategies and actions identified in this Youth Strategy will be considered by the incoming Council (following each local government election) as it prepares its Delivery Program and annual Operational Plans and budgets. References are included to Council’s current Delivery Program, which expires in June 2022.

Strategies and actions identified as the responsibility of others in the community can be considered as those organisations undertake their own service and operational planning processes, considering how best to support their youth clients.