Values + Design Principles

Our Values reflect what is most important to us as a collective - they are anchors for our decision making. These values guide our work.

Values

Our Design Principles are how we live out the values in our behaviour and how we hope others will experience us.

Design Principles


We are
ACCOUNTABLE.

  • We practice accountability to young people and consider young people of
    the future

  • We take action to create real accountability in systems

  • We centre young people and make decisions together

  • We challenge adults to back young people's vision of accountability and bring their leadership and influence

We build
COMMUNITY.

  • We build strong and trusting relationships that focus on shared values

  • We work in deep collaboration; we build bridges

  • We share and learn from different knowledges and experiences

We commit to
TRUTH-TELLING.

  • We honour what is true for young people and communities

  • We uphold transparency and value learning

  • We hold our independence so we can shift systems

We focus on
CONSISTENCY.

  • We are consistent as a force for change and move at the pace of young people

  • We show up and do what we say we will

  • We are consistent as a collective, with flexibility for individuals