E-092 · Theme 2 · Intergenerational & Life Stage Support
Young Member Listening Circle
Use Young Member Listening Circle to keep participation realistic as members move through different work, family, health and life stages.
Developed further: this summary now draws on an initiative-specific internal editorial draft and attributed references. Human review has not started and will open only at the Full-Corpus Review Build.
What could this idea change?
It gives the club a clearer view of people's experiences before decisions are made, including feedback that informal conversations can miss.
It may suit: Young people or younger members taking part, and the club members supporting the activity.
A simple way to start
- Agree the decision questions and response authority, separate listening from complaints and safeguarding and document confidentiality and information-use limits. Who could lead it: Club board sponsor and facilitator
- Invite self-selected participants privately, explain choices and limits and provide anonymous, written, one-to-one and no-record routes. Who could lead it: Facilitator and access contact
- Prepare prompts about club practices, moments, conditions and possible changes rather than assumptions about motivation or age-group traits. Who could lead it: Facilitator
- Facilitate equal participation, let people pass, stop advice or defensiveness and redirect identifiable complaints or safety concerns to the agreed confidential route. Who could lead it: Facilitator
- Validate de-identified themes with participants before sharing them with authorised leaders, removing details that could identify a person in the local context. Who could lead it: Facilitator
What should we look for?
- After 90 days, review Young Member Listening Circle. Look for members choosing workable forms of participation and staying connected without pressure to disclose private circumstances.
- Participants able to choose format, pass, withdraw and control what enters the aggregate record.
- Findings checked for accuracy and re-identification risk before leadership receives them.
- Leadership response published by the promised date with owners and review points.
- Raw notes deleted as promised and no adverse treatment or unwanted attribution reported.
Before we say yes
- Does it fit a real local need?
- Can people take part safely and fairly?
- Are the facts, permissions and Rotary branding right?
- Who will lead it, and when will we review it?