Murray Bridge Today (HEADING 1) - Rural City of Murray Bridge

30.3 MYGEN UPDATEAuthor: Kevin HeyndykLegislative ( ) Corporate () Other ( )PurposeTo provide an update to the Committee regarding the MYGEN committee and theprogress of the Imagine Youth Consultation Committee small wins.To seek a nomination from an Elected Member to be appointed to the MYGENcommittee.BackgroundThe Murraylands Youth Get Engaged Network (MYGEN) committee is a combinationof Councils Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) and Headspaces Youth ReferenceGroup.The objectives of the MYGEN Committee are:1. To share ideas and opinions on issues relevant to young people in RCMB with theCouncil and community.2. To engage and collaborate with other relevant organisations, including servicesproviders and Council.3. To provide a platform for young people from the RCMB to interact and work as ateam.4. The Group will work with the community to design, create and manage events foryoung people in the RCMB.5. To raise awareness in the community of issues that affect young people.6. Promote youth participation, through involvement in local community.7. To increase the positive image of young people in the wider community.8. To increase networks and linkages between young people.UpdateAs the members of the MYGEN committee and the Imagine Youth ConsultationCommittee comprise of the same people the Imagine small wins program will be anagenda item on the MYGEN meeting.Small wins:• Movies under the stars, was completed during National Youth Week.• Iron Man activities at Rock the Pool completed in February.• Acoustic program. This was one of the small wins from the Imagine consultationprocess. There is an acoustic gig planned for August at the station.• Mock Council Meeting. MYGEN group attended a Council meeting to see howthe Council woks, the process etc.11