Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent Program (2022 - 2025)
Get the Go-Ahead is one of the 13 projects created as part of the Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent (SYPTUAC) Program. The SYPTUAC program aims to empower and educate young people and their key influencers to strengthen their understanding of affirmative consent and healthy relationships.
Get the Go-Ahead
Developed by Women’s Health East
Get the Go-Ahead is a project led by Women's Health East, in partnership with Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS).
In 2023 - 2024, we worked with a group of Disabled young people connected to the Eastern region of Victoria to co-design and co-create a set of resources about affirmative consent, disability, and sexual and reproductive rights. The voices and perspectives of Disabled young people are at the centre of this project, and their experience and expertise have helped to create accessible, meaningful, and engaging material.
The written and video resources explain the affirmative consent legislation in plain English, share reflections from Disabled young people about sex, relationships, and accessibility, and share advice for workers on how to have supportive, meaningful conversations with Disabled young people.
Check them out in video and text at gtga.org.au
In 2025, we are expanding Get the Go-Ahead!
Young Disabled people should be able to get support in a range of places - from youth workers to social workers, youth groups to advocacy services. We’ve heard from Disabled young people that this isn’t always the case: ableist attitudes and practices create too many barriers.
Disabled young people deserve accessible support and welcoming community spaces. It’s especially important for young people with questions about consent or sexual health, safety in relationships and families, or concerns about gendered violence.
We’ll be creating a new set of resources aimed at people who work with Disabled young people - giving them the tools and knowledge they need to support Disabled young people and make the organisations they’re part of more welcoming and inclusive.
Women’s Health in the North
Taking ACtion: Affirmative Consent in the North
A youth-led affirmative consent education and community engagement pilot project. Taking ACtion focuses on affirmative consent, respectful relationships and sexual violence prevention using a rights-based and sex-positive approach.
Youth Affairs Council Australia (YACVic)
Yeah, Nah
A workshop which aims to build the capacity of young people to understanding the new Affirmative Consent legislation. The workshop can be adapted to be age appropriate, culturally safe and relevant to the young people that it’s being delivered to.
Youthlaw
Informed and Empowered
A project that aims to inform and empower young people to make informed decisions in personal and intimate relationships. It also developed education for professionals working with those young people.
The Supporting Young People to Understand Affirmative Consent Program is supported by the Victorian Government.
Accessing sexual violence support
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, there are specialist sexual assault services across Victoria that provide free and confidential counselling and advocacy support for people of all ages.
You can find your local service by using the Specialist Sexual Assault Service Map.
If you have experienced a recent sexual assault, you can call the Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) on 1800 806 292.
SACL operates between 5pm - 9am on weeknights and throughout weekends and public holidays. During office hours, the line will divert to your local specialist sexual assault service.
