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MMV LLEN Example proposal User Guide
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Maribyrnong Moonee Valley LLEN and AA Special
Events

• Forming an important partnership

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Agenda

• Why we are here today
• Who is MMV LLEN
• Alignment of interests
• The opportunity
• The benefits
• Risks
• Our commitment
• Summary

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Why were here today

• No sector can tackle deep-rooted social problems
  alone
• Explore the potential for a partnership
• What are the benefits to
• Young person
• Our community
• Your business

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Our organisation
Maribyrnong Moonee Valley (MMV) LLENs
purpose To ensure that all young people in our
region have the capacity to engage fully in
education and training (until year 12 or
equivalent) and move successfully into employment
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Why we operate

• Toms Story
• Tom was in year 10
• He was always in trouble at school and at home
  and had decided leave both
• He was really interested in cars
• Tom was provided with a mentor, through LLEN,
  from a local auto repair shop
• They discussed Toms interests and worked to
  build his skills to gain work
• Tom to apply for some work experience at the auto
  repairers
• They offered him an apprenticeship if he
  continued at school to complete year 10
• He got his apprenticeship, and is doing really
  well

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Who we assist

• MMV LLEN focuses on young people (15 19 y.o.)
  who
• Are at risk of disengagement from education,
  training and employment.
• Have already disengaged from these opportunities.

Before being with my mentor, I didnt know what
questions to ask about jobs I wanted. Now when
I see a good job, I ring up and get the
information I need. My mentor gave me the skills
to do this Year 10 student
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Who we areOur structure
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Who we areOur Board
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Our Networks
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Our YMAP Program

• Youth Mentoring Assistance Program (YMAP)
  specialises in facilitating partnerships that
  will improve outcomes for 1519 year olds in our
  region

• Why is this important?
• Youth unemployment can be as high as 57 in our
  region (ABS)
• Our schools report some of the highest levels of
  disadvantage in Victoria (SFO)
• Large numbers of our youth qualify for Youth
  Allowance (Centrelink)

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What makes us different

• We invest in the individual We see improvements
  to achievement, life skills, personal development
  and social skills as essential means to an end
• We focus on long term sustainable change that
  targets increased participation in education,
  training and employment
• Retention Strategy is crucial YMAP is a
  retention strategy to provide youth with these
  skills
• Context is key All of our work is designed to
  meet the needs of young people and the community
  in which they live including local industry

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Our Activity

• YMAP has serviced 173 young people across the
  region in 2007, all of whom were deemed to be at
  risk.
• We have a total of 120 volunteer mentors
  involved
• In 2007 we recruited and trained 57 new mentors
• Of the 57 volunteers 22 were males and 35 were
  females
• The student/mentor ratios were 1.56 young people
  per mentor.
• Overall attendance at mentoring sessions in 2007
  was 79.3 when the overall school attendance rate
  by the same 173 students was just 69.4

This Program is one of the best programs that
this school has ever taken on it works, it
helps our kids enormously, it keeps them
connected and increases their confidence to deal
with lifes adversities. Every school should have
mentoring. Its FABULOUS! Teacher at a school
involved in program
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Our Resources 07/08

• Our People
• Staff 2 people
• Volunteer mentors 130
• Mentees 180 pa
• Our Funding
• Total income 100 000
• Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development
  
• Schools
• Helen MacPherson Smith Trust
• Other Essential Partners
• Victoria University
• RMIT
• Kangan Batman TAFE

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Our impact

• Key Performance Indicators
• Increased retention in education, training and
  employment
• As a direct result of being involved in the YMAP
  Program
• 78 transitioned to VCE - all of these young
  people had intended to leave school
• 23 negotiated the work experience component of
  their studies
• 10 of designated secondary school exit
  students enrolled for further education, mostly
  at a TAFE level
• 4 were offered immediate employment
  opportunities
• 91 was the maximum class attendance rate, well
  above the overall student rate of 86

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Our value to community

• The value our program offers is represented when
  you
• add the estimated annual costs to society of a
  disengaged young person (ignoring important
  social capital costs), and
• net out the annual cost per student of our program

31,000pa
28,000pa
18,000pa
Estimated value created by our program when we
have success 30,500
Total Estimated Cost to Community
Estimated costs to our region of a young person
remaining disengaged
Youth Welfare Payment (Approx)
Loss of Productivity
Negative Behaviours
Cost of Our Program
Our value to community
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Our strategic aspirations

• We want to
• Improve and expand the current YMAP program
• Expand our scope to include
• Young people transitioning to post-school
• Young people who are disengaged from education,
  training and employment

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Aligned interests

• AA Events
• Supports charities and organisations in
  communities in which it operates
• Promotes ethical and responsible decision-making
• Is committed to improving the way you engage with
  your staff to provide opportunities and career
  development.
• Actively supports employee participation and
  involvement with not-for profit organisations.

• MMV LLEN
• Works with employers in Maribyrnong and Moonee
  Valley to develop opportunities for young people.
• Acts in a fair, honest and accountable manner,
  with provision for open and responsible
  governance
• Develops high quality education and training
  opportunities to increase participation and
  attainment in education, training and employment
  by all young people

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Working together

• We work together with a range of volunteers and
  organisations but to maintain a program requires
  ongoing support.
• We are seeking a partner to assist us to raise
  funds through an annual event that becomes
  synonymous with YMAP

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What we are seeking

• We want to develop an event that will
• Capture the imagination and support of the
  corporate sector as well as community and
  providers
• Involve young people in its design, development
  and implementation.
• We need a partner to
• Provide a donation towards the estimated 10,000
  event cost
• Work with young people to develop and implement
  the event
• Provide 5 employees to mentor students
• Share design, marketing and event management
  skills
• Approx 2 hrs per week for 10 weeks

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Business benefits

• Costs
• Employee time
• Approximately 2 hours each week for 10 weeks to
  develop the event with the young people
• A resource within your business to coordinate the
  program
• Donation to the event
• Reduced productivity - young people may interrupt
  your workplace
• Working in partnerships is our core business
  its what are established to do and have done it
  well for 8 years.

• Benefits
• Through working with young people your employees
  are likely to gain
• Improved communication skills
• A better understanding of adolescent youth
• An increased capacity to negotiate and problem
  solve
• Raised public profile through our recognition on
  any materials produced for this project
• A stronger local community with more young people
  as active members both socially and
  economically
• Access to talented young people within your local
  area that could be potential employees

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Risks
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Our commitment

• We will ensure that a staff member will manage
  the partnership.
• You will receive
• Recognition and promotion of your contribution
  through use of logos and quotes on marketing
  materials
• Training of all volunteers to work along side our
  staff and mentors
• Invitations to events in which MMV LLEN
  participates, including launches with minsters
  and their staff
• Community access to the many networks that we
  convene or in which we participate

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Summary

• We can work together to create a great event to
  benefit your business, our young people and our
  community.

• Next Steps
• Internal discussions
• Agree date for follow up