Advancing our Social Impact Strategy to Help Youth Flourish

the Y WA is a human flourishing organisation. Our Social Impact strategy focuses on ensuring all young people can flourish and grow in body, mind and spirit.

Young people in Y WA shirts participating in an outdoor physical challenge activity on the Kokoda program.

Our Why

Our theory of change reflects our belief that all young people have the capacity to flourish. This happens when their unique strengths and interests are aligned with a nurturing environment that includes competent, caring and dependable adults and role models.

A smiling Y WA staff member gives a high five to a toddler while the child's parent looks on warmly during an indoor sports session

Youth Development Focus Areas

We focus on three elements of the development cycle of a young person, including:

The early years to build pre-literacy, pre-numeracy and positive behaviours
Schools and school support to help vulnerable students flourish using a curriculum based on the Science of Learning
Youth services to build life skills that enable connection and participation in communities

Diverse group of young people writing down important information during training day as part of the Youth Parliament program

Evidence-Based Approach to Youth Flourishing

Our programs are grounded in evidence and designed to create lasting impact, providing opportunities for young people to:

Develop positive sustained relationships
Learn new skills
Contribute to something larger than themselves

These core components are consistently applied across our three focus areas.

Y WA Flourishing diagram showing growth in body, mind and spirit across four domains: belonging, competence, independence and connectedness.

Our Goal

We deliver four powerful outcomes that support human flourishing. We embed these outcomes in the design and delivery of all our services and programs.