Young people have demonstrated significant leadership in climate action, disaster resilience, and disaster recovery with potential for community-wide impacts. They are often an under-utilized resource, despite being competent agents of change for social action.

This project seeks to co-design, with young people, a novel youth mental health and disaster resilience intervention, that supports social connectedness and creative expression. The intervention will be launched in November 2024. Please contact Elizabeth Newnham: elizabeth.newnham@curtin.edu.au for more information.

In addition, to celebrate the important role of young people in effective disaster risk reduction, and foster greater inclusion in disaster resilience efforts, we have developed the following policy guidance: Engaging Young People in Disaster Risk Reduction

This project is funded by Healthway.