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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...