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 futureWe 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