A BETTER WORLD designed with YOUNG PEOPLE

Delivering impact

YLab is a social impact organisation dedicated to helping organisations design better services, policies and products with young people.

FUTURE OF WORK: UNLOCKING GEN Z’S POTENTIAL IN THE WORKFORCE

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OUR CLIENTS


Our model

DOUBLE THE IMPACT

We don’t just design better systems, we provide young people with employment and training to lead the work, doubling the impact of our partnerships.

We provide meaningful entry-level employment to young people facing structural barriers to employment.

We re-design systems and services to ensure they better meet young people’s needs and aspirations.

Our work

IMPACT SNAPSHOT

243

8,000+

50c

Of every dollar invested by clients went directly to employing and training young people

Total hours of paid work for young people

Young people trained and coached in 2023 alone

155

95%

Young people employed since YLab began

Of our young people said their skills increased working with YLab

Solving complex problems

THE WORK WE DO

We move beyond conventional problem-solving to explore lasting solutions. We employ the very same young people who engage with our clients’ products, services, policies and programs.

Co-design & facilitation

Strategic & service design

Creative & media services

First Nations co-design

Research & insights

Learning & development

Lived experience advisory

Youth engagement

Co-design & facilitation ● Strategic & service design ● Creative & media services ● First Nations co-design ● Research & insights ● Learning & development ● Lived experience advisory ● Youth engagement ●

“Working with YLab is a meaningful, human, connected experience free from many of the factors of consultancy that don't feel genuine or unique to your own work.”

Sue Osmond, Program Delivery Manager, Life Ed Qld