Building and sustaining quality relationships as a foundation to belonging 

Creating pathways for development  

• Consider other initiatives young people could be part of, or other pathways and opportunities within your organisation
• Identify where training or work experience opportunities could be offered to rangatahi

Opening lines of communication with rangatahi

• Go to the space and observe/run feedback sessions
• Communicate to rangatahi there is opportunity to fund activities/ classes in the space

Creating safe spaces where young people feel accepted, included, and valued

Advocating for rangatahi voice

• Present back to the community a case study of the engagement and the benefits of doing co-design with rangatahi
• Create your own library of co-design tools and activities that other people could use in your organisation
• Identify internally people that want to up-skill build capability

Giving young people space to assume agency and take responsibility

Striving for continuous improvement

• Give rangatahi agency to identify and present back areas where financial investments should be made in the future
• Work with the organisations involved (such as funders, construction companies, council, and trusts) to provide employment opportunities, work experience, and training

Making funding opportunities clear

• Give rangatahi agency to identify and present back areas where financial investments should be made in the future

Opening lines of communication with rangatahi

• Ensure rangatahi are involved in any maintenance, improvements to the space post-build
• Run a hui on what the future of the space could look like — identify future opportunities

Empowering young people with useful, timely, and meaningful information

Continuous improvement 

• Run a reflection hui with core group and send out survey/poll to wider group on what worked well, did not, changes for next time