Youth Outlet

The Youth Outlet Format

The Youth Outlet is open to all youth 25 and under who follow the code of conduct below. Meetings are held on Tuesday evenings at 6pm and run for 2 hours. Each meeting starts with the code of conduct being read aloud by a youth or a facilitator and a roundtable introduction where all in attendance are asked to share their name, a positive and negative of their week, and an icebreaker question determined by the reader of the code or another member of the group.

Where do we meet?  We meet at the Sherwood Park United Church at 20 Fir Street from 6-8PM.  As a group, we then go for optional coffee at Second Cup on Wye Road.  If you are unable to join the group for the normal meeting, you are welcome to meet up with us there at 8:15.

The Goal of the Youth Outlet

The goal of the youth group is to provide a safe and supportive environment for youth 25 and under to express themselves and engage in social activities. The primary objective is make youth feel like they are not alone and are welcome however they identify.

Altview will help youth:

i. Develop a sense of belonging and community

ii. Encourage leadership development amongst LGBTQ and straight-ally youth.

iii. Allow youth to feel free to speak their minds and express them selves in a positive, productive manor

iv. Facilitate the creation of support systems to help youth avoid violence and self-harm v. Challenge homophobia, heterophobia, and other forms of discrimination

vi. Educate sexual-minority and gender-variant youth about themselves and other sexual-minority and gender-variant persons.

vii. Empower sexual-minority and gender-variant youth to develop self-esteem and the ability to know their rights and responsibilities as members of our society and about the pressures that society places on them.