Young People’s Project AA YP Project Progress Report Chester April 2014

Young People’s Project

AA YP Project Progress Report

Chester April 2014

Where are we now?

AA Demographic by age : 2010

Survey

•95% over age 30

•77% over age 40

•47% over age 50

•22% over age 60

Do the Maths

• Only 1 in 20 of us is “young” ie. under

30

• This can be daunting for youngsters

Where do we want to be?

• Attract young people with alcohol

problems into recovery in AA.

• Engage young people in the unity

of the Fellowship.

• Sponsor young people into service

via the service structure.

Conference 2013• Young people should be warmly welcomed into AA.

• Young People are encouraged through sponsorship

to be active members of the Fellowship

• The Service Structure may seek to encourage and

co-operate with Young People’s Conventions

• The Electronic Communications Sub Committee

(ECSC) looks at appropriate apps and social media

as a possible means of attracting young people to

AA

Conference 2013• Young people are encouraged, wherever possible, to

carry the message at PI events in education, young

offenders institutions etc.

• A young person (YP) status is highlighted on the 12th

Step list

• The “Too Young” poster be updated with input from

younger members.

• Intergroups and Regions may, where appropriate,

appoint a Young Persons Liaison Officer.

How do we get there?Young People’s Project Team

• Invitation to interested young members via

AA Service News, website, circular to

Regions

• Four meetings so far chaired and attended

by Trustees

• Aim: to facilitate and develop the agenda

from Conference 2013

Work in progress

• AA poster for young people

• Proposal for A Message for Young

People animated video

• Monitoring Young People’s

Conventions

Work in progress

• Discussion document for the Role of the YPLO

• Report to the GSB re Search Engine Optimisation

• More of the YP community attending Intergroup

and Region: more YPLOs coming into the service

structure

• One YPP Team member is now an alternative

Conference Delegate !

YPLO Role: Discussion Document

• Minimum two years continuous

sobriety with a working knowledge of

the Twelve Steps and Twelve

Traditions having come into AA at

the age of thirty or younger age.

YPLO Role: Discussion Document

• The YPLO is a conduit for young people with a

desire to stop drinking. The YPLO receives and

answers referred email and phone enquiries

about AA from young people. This gives

young people someone to talk with who has

sober experience in Alcoholics Anonymous

and can share experience, strength and hope

about getting sober at a young age.

YPLO Role: Discussion Document

•A YPLO will be available to assist the Public

Information Liaison Officer (PILO) with public

information talks where the audience is

anticipated to be of a younger age, such as

schools, universities, young offenders’ institutions

and prisons. The YPLO could also be of assistance

offering perspective to PILOs creating PI

presentations.

YPLO Role: Discussion Document

• A YPLO should encourage younger members

of AA to get involved in all aspects of service

at Group, Intergroup, Region, and GSB Sub

Committee levels. Younger AAs are needed in

all areas of service eg. Literature, Electronic

Communications and PI to ensure the

perspective of young people in AA is included

and to foster future generations of service.

Posters

• The “Too Young” poster be updated

with input from younger members.

A Message to Young PeopleAnimation Video

• The Electronic Communications Sub Committee

(ECSC) looks at appropriate apps and social

media as a possible means of attracting young

people to AA

• Storyboard proposal endorsed by GSB and in

development

Where do we go from here?

• Develop our YP network in all areas of the

country

• Attract young people with alcohol problems

into recovery in AA.

• Engage young people in the unity of the

Fellowship.

• Sponsor young people into service via the

service structure.

They are the future!

• Message to AA at large

• Lend them a hand...

• Give them their head...