Youth Parliament Team Application Form

2026 Youth Parliament Team Application form

1. Please answer the questions below and submit your responses by 5pm Sunday 14 September 2025.

Late submissions will not be considered. Please review information about the 2026 Victorian Youth Parliament program prior to completing your application.

2. 20 teams are selected to be a part of the Victorian Youth Parliament each year. They are chosen for representing the geographic and demographic make-up of young Victorians. The successful 20 teams will commence the program from Monday 1 Dec 2025 latest.

3. If at any point during your submission you require assistance, or there isn’t enough space to respond to some questions, reach out to Kaitlin "Sheepy" Woolford (youthparliament.vic@ymca.org.au).

Section One - Resource Person Details

A Resource Person (RP) is the liaison point between a team of six members and The Y Victoria’s Youth Parliament Taskforce team. Your responsibilities include:

• Assisting in organising meetings with the team’s assigned Taskforce mentor.
• Assisting the team as required, but acknowledging that as young leaders, the participants should lead the decision-making process and workload.
• Ensuring the team’s indemnity forms are completed and submitted on time, and assisting in following up missing information.
• Being a point of call at any point throughout the program if an issue arises with the team, including issues about payment or team members.
• Ensuring payment is made in full, in accordance with the agreed timeline.
• Supporting the team to feel prepared for the residential camps, including assisting in the sourcing of parliamentary clothes, and ensuring participants feel confident attending camp.
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Section Two - Team Details

Are there already six young people in the team who meet the requirements to participate in the program?

Team members need to be confirmed by 5pm Friday 31 October 2025. Please provide step by step your approach to finding and onboarding team members, or if you already have a full team, replacing a member in the case of a current young person dropping out.

Please briefly describe the background of the team seeking to participate in Youth Parliament (e.g. demographics that you feel would contribute to the diversity of the 2026 Youth Parliament participant cohort, past leadership experiences, etc.)

Please describe what benefits participating in Youth Parliament 2026 would provide the team members or prospective team members.

Section Three - Payment Details

Deposits will not be accepted with initial applications. In the week following applications closing, both successful and unsuccessful teams will be notified, and payment details for successful teams will be confirmed. The Y Victoria, in partnership with the Victorian Government, is committed to providing opportunities to all young people from all walks of life. For any assistance in relation to funding difficulties or additional support needed, please refer to the funding assistance section of the application pack and reach out with any questions.

Please indicate how you would like to pay, if successful in your application:

If the team represents the following demographics and is unable to pay the cost of participation, the team may be eligible for sponsorship (tick as many as is appropriate):

If seeking financial assistance, are you looking for:

If unsuccessful in obtaining financial assistance, would you still be interested in applying for the program?

Yes No

Please provide any further details to support the consideration of an application for sponsorship: