The Youth Affairs Network of Queensland Inc (YANQ) is the peak community youth affairs organisation in Queensland, representing individuals and organisations from Queensland's youth sector.

YANQ believes that
everybody, young people
included, should be free to
exercise their human rights

The Youth Affairs Network of Queensland Inc (YANQ) is the peak community youth affairs organisation in Queensland, representing individuals and organisations from Queensland's youth sector.

We promote the interests and well being of young people across the state by:

• disseminating information to members, the youth sector, and the broader community
• undertaking campaigns and lobbying
• making representations to government and other influential bodies
• resourcing regional and issues-based networks
• consulting and liaising with members and the field
• linking with key state and national bodies
• initiating projects
• hosting forums and conferences
• input into policy development
• enhancing the professional development of the youth sector

We advocate on behalf of young people in Queensland, especially disadvantaged young people, to government and the community.

Your membership and support is vital in providing a voice for young people's issues in Queensland.

We promote and support cultural diversity.

We encourage the development of policies and programs that respond to the rights and needs of young people.

YANQ employs a small team in its Brisbane based secretariat. The organisation is managed by a committee.

1. To promote the interests of the youth sector, particularly the interests of disadvantaged and marginalised young people, throughout Queensland.
2. To enable the participation of young people, particularly disadvantaged and marginalised young people, in the Network and the wider community.
3. To advocate with and for young people, particularly disadvantaged and marginalised young people.
4. To lobby to achieve long term social change in the interest of young people, particularly disadvantaged and marginalised young people.
5. To support and encourage the development of new means of meeting the rights and needs of young people, particularly disadvantaged and marginalised young people.
6. To contribute to the development of the youth sector through networking, research and information provision.
7. To develop policies on issues affecting the youth sector.
8. To ensure that the Network has adequate resources to properly address issues affecting the youth sector.
9. To function in a manner consistent with the Values and Vision of the Network.

These aims are an extract from YANQ's Constitution.