Recruitment and Membership

Recruiting Members

Membership recruitment is a number of specified actions through which the youth theatre can proactively seek new members. It should be an integral part of the youth theatre's annual programme and not motivated solely by dissipating numbers.....

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Youth Theatre Application Forms

A Youth Theatre Application Form is a form that a youth theatre can send to interested young people, youth groups and centres......

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Download a Sample Youth Theatre Application Form (1page,96k)

Membership Registration Forms

A Membership Registration Form is a form that a young person completes on joining a youth theatre....

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Sample Membership Registration Form U18 (2pages, 96k)

Sample Membership Registration Form Over18 (2pages, 108k)

Codes of Conduct

A code of conduct outlines what is expected from the youth theatre member. It can also outline what they can expect from the youth theatre....

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Sample Code of Conduct (General Youth Theatre Membership)(1page, 480k)

Sample Code of Conduct (Travelling)(1page, 440k)

Youth Participation

How do you include the opinions and views of members in the running of your youth theatre? How can they feed into the decision-making process?

NAYD have developed a Youth Participation Policy that includes suggestions for good practice that may be applicable to your own group.

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See also:

Young Voices: Guidelines on how to involve young people in your work (Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs)

 Hearing Young Voices (National Youth Counil of Ireland)