Social Sustainability: Concern For Young People

As has been said previously in these guidance notes, any democratic member based organisation is as good as the next generation of its members. Co-operatives ought therefore to be engaged in promoting and supporting young people in their communities. there are many ways in which this can be done, for example, elected youth representatives on boards, youth conferences, support for youth activities and co-operative youth organisations, and support for co-operative education in schools, colleges and universities.