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Workshops & Trainings with Free2b.

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Free2b Trainings 

Our trainings teach how to be respectful and sensitive to where young people are at in their lives and take seriously their needs and realities.  All staff and volunteers running our Free2b Girls programs participate in these trainings, learning how to enable spaces for youth that support freedom and safety at the same time. They are also available for organisations and communities wanting to build capacity to engage with youth and deliver local, youth inspired programs. For bookings and enquiries  please contact us

  • The Free2b Approach is a 1 day training that shares how to engage with young people based on who they are rather than what adults want them to be. The training is tailored to attendees’ identified needs and concerns in the youth and community engagement space and is run in a way that values story sharing and collective input as the basis for developing realistic and relevant youth inclusion strategies. It offers an interactive experience that teaches adults and organisations in the youth and community sector how to effectively engage with young people and their communities in a way that is sincere, authentic and sensitive to the realities that exist on the ground. It is centred around creating and cherishing rapport, maintaining safety amongst freedom and educating the broader community about the ‘qualities’ rather than ‘deficiencies’ of youth in general. Many attitudinal and generational barriers are broken down during ‘The Free2b Approach’ training so that long term, authentic interaction can be sustained by communities and their young people.

  • Our policy training is a half day training that shares how to establish meaningful working relationship with Safeguarding Children, Duty of Care, Confidentiality Policies and Codes of Conduct - making it easier to implement them when required. Using Free2b Girls policies as templates we draw upon stories and experiences to inspire interactive engagement with the content and help develop the confidence to use policies in real life situations. 

Free2b Workshops

Our workshops are collaborative and inclusive learning spaces,  led by the interests of participants and tailored for different contexts. Drawing upon 10 years of experience, research and reflections from  running youth programs in regional Tasmania, our Free2b Team deliver these 3 hr workshops upon request via zoom or in person. To book and find out more about costs and content,  please contact us directly.
❋ Setting the Standards

Learn how to translate the Tasmanian Child and Youth Safe Standards into practice.

❋ Boundaries and Filters

Discover how to implement boundaries and adopt appropriate filters when working with youth,

❋ Working with Volunteers

Develop supportive ways to engage and sustain volunteers working with youth. 

❋ Working with Community

Explore how to build local capacity to care for young people.

  • I feel like the training is quite focussed on thinking outside the box, which is really helpful to get facilitators in the mindset that many of the girls might be in. Young people are great at thinking unconventionally and Free2b Girls really lends itself to their style.

    Emma, Volunteer 2019

  • As to the Free2b training- I loved it! The Free2b Approach isn't based on a set methodology- it's more to do with caring about young people and being flexible around their needs- and the training reflected that. The importance of individual skills and personalities of volunteers is emphasised- and the written information provided was based on actual experience with the girls."

    Cindy, group volunteer 2020

  • 'Creating relevance through storytelling was invaluable'

    Sophie - Free2b Time, 2022

  • "The Free2b Approach makes the thought of engaging with teenage girls a lot less daunting....rather than focusing on all of the ‘troubles ‘ of our youth, the training took us to a place where it was focused more on the girls themselves, the roles they naturally play, or find in an environment where there is no expectation from them other than kindness and respect for people and place.

    Kylie, group facilitator, 2021

  • “Feels like I’ve got some rules for the game now”

    Pete, Youth Engagement Worker, 2022

  • 'It was so good to go through each point and understand why policies are important'

    Pip - Youth Projects Manager, 2022