Youth Futures

The future is shaped by the choices we make today.  

Youth Futures ensures young South Australians are not just preparing for their futures, but actively imagining, anticipating, navigating and shaping them.

We teach young people the skills that underpin these abilities, growing their resilience and agency in a rapidly transforming world with the power of foresight.

Foresight is a way of thinking that involves deliberate exploration and enhanced understanding of our futures, what they could become, what we want them to be and how we create them. For decades foresight has been utilised and developed by large institutions, governments and academia.

In Youth Futures we take the same fundamental skills and teach them to young people through games, creativity, collaboration and discussion. Ensuring that the next generation can imagine a positive world and overcome challenges in a rapidly transforming technological, cultural and environmental landscape. 

We Teach Young People To:

We Teach Young People To:

Anticipate

Anticipate futures by noticing signs of change

Create

Shape desirable futures through collaboration and flexible pathways

Navigate

Navigate uncertain futures with adaptive agency

Aspire

Aspire towards preferred futures by understanding what matters most

Imagine

Imagine alternative futures with scenario thinking

We build young people's futures thinking abilities using a variety of adaptable methods.

Our processes include workshops, tabletop games, thought-provoking talks, mentoring, teacher training, and digital resources.

  • Our facilitators design creative workshops for young people based on the foundational teachings of foresight. All taught with engaging learning by doing games and activities. These sessions cover the skills need to actively imagine, anticipate, navigate and shape their futures, building resilence and hope.

    Our in-person workshops are tailored to your schedule and location. With a range of activities each lasting 60-90 minutes. These sessions can stand alone or be delivered as a package.

  • We gamify futures thinking. Creating card and role playing games designed to build real capacity through play.

  • We connect young people with interdisciplinary thinkers, practitioners, and those with lived experience in apply futures thinking to everyday life through engaging presentations. 

  • We offer one on one or small group mentoring to young people looking for support to navigate their futures. 

  • We build teacher confidence and fluency in futures and foresight methodologies to support improved teaching strategies for complexity, uncertainty, and futures thinking. 

  • We offer an array of interactive digital resources and games to enable young people and their leaders to build and practice their foresight abilities.

Who we are 

SA Futures Agency are leaders in the South Australian Futures Community. 

Youth Futures is led by futurists Brooke Ferguson and Dani Valentine. As young, yet experienced practitioners, we understand the challenges and opportunities of our futures and believe that with the right tools and knowledge young people can move towards their preferred futures with actionable hope.  

To discuss how Youth Futures could build forward-thinking capacities with your school or community contact us on: hello@safuturesagency.com.au