A video conceived and developed by the Young Peoples Project has been published and is available for viewing on YouTube. Â You can see it here!
Background on the Young People’s Project
An invitation was put out “Calling all younger members⊔, in the Summer 2014 edition of AA Service News and on the GSO York website via a link from the home page, for volunteers to join the YP Project Team. A good response was received predominantly from members in the south of England so a circular was also sent out to the Regions in a bid to attract young members from the midlands, north, Scotland and Wales.
Everyone who had expressed an interest in the YP Project was invited to the Southern Service Office on September 28, 2014 for an introductory session which aimed to share experience and identify some actions to move the project forward.
The meeting room was full with an enthusiastic crew from London, Bristol, Portsmouth, Winchester and three from Sweden in Continental Europe Region.
The broad aim of the project is to take inventory of the Fellowshipâs service structure and resources, including literature, posters and website and make recommendations which would make AA more attractive and relevant to potential young members in Britain and English speaking Continental Europe today. Proposals focused on:
- Â Attracting young people with alcohol problems into recovery in AA.
- Â Engaging them in the unity of the Fellowship.
- Â Encouraging them into service via the service structure.
The meeting agenda picked up from this and the Conference recommendations identifying a number of aims with individual members or groups concentrating on particular items to develop.
The next âmeetingâ via Webex is scheduled for the end of November. Any young members interested in finding out more and joining the YP network can contact Sophie at GSO SophiePerring@gsogb.org.uk
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