Author: Helen

The Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA), Size of Wales and CWVYS are working with the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod to celebrate children and young people who have contributed to peace, climate justice and equality in their school, youth group, local community or in the wider world.

Together we will host a Young Peacemakers Awards Ceremony at the Eisteddfod on 7 July 2022 where young people will receive a certificate and an award.

We hope that children and young people (between 5 and 25 yrs old) will be inspired to get creative and express their ideas about how the world can be a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable place post-COVID19 – through words, art or digital media.   
Individual young people or groups can enter under the following categories:

• Young Peace Activist of the year
• Young Peace Writer of the year
• Young Peace Artist of the year
• Young Climate Champion of the year
• Young Global Citizen of the year
• Young Peace Heritage Champion of the year
• Young International Peacemaker of the year (also open to young people from outside Wales)

It is also acceptable to nominate someone, with their permission.
The closing date for applications this year is 10^th June, 2022. 

You can find the terms and conditions for the Awards here, as well as an application form. 

Please send your entries to  centre@wcia.org.uk.

Taith is Wales’ new international learning exchange programme.

Would you like to know more about the Taith Programme and what’s available to the Youth sector?

The Taith team have just the event for you; https://www.taith.wales/events/#application-support-youth

Why not join the webinar looking at the application form in detail, offering application support for youth organisations and “addressing qualitative questions” in the application forms.

Next Thursday the 24th March 2022 at 3pm

Taith will offer funding and support for youth organisations across Wales, with a particular focus on those who have no or limited experience of international mobility.

The session will be delivered in English, but please let the team know beforehand if you would like to ask questions in Welsh and they will arrange simultaneous translation.

 

For more information about these events and Taith contact; taithenquiries@cardiff.ac.uk.

It will be a virtual event on the Teams platform, you can register here.

If you can’t make it the sessions will be recorded.

 

• In the meantime here’s a document with advice on how to approach the qualitative questions in the application form;

https://www.taith.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Qualitative-questions-Youth-V1-04Mar2022.pdf

 

• You can find a step-by-step guide here; https://www.taith.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-Taith-Step-by-step-application-guide.pdf

 

• The application form itself can be found here; https://cardiff.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/english-application-form-for-pathway-1-mobilities-for-youth

 

For further information please see the Taith Programme Guide.

Taith is Wales’ new international learning exchange programme.

Would you like to know more about the Taith Programme and what’s available to the Youth sector?

The Taith team have just the event for you; https://www.taith.wales/events/#intro-in-youth

 

Why not go along to an “Introduction to Taith in Youth” this Wednesday the 16 March 2022 at 2pm

This webinar is designed for Welsh Youth organisations to learn more about the opportunities funded under Taith.

Taith will offer funding and support for youth organisations across Wales, with a particular focus on those who have no or limited experience of international mobility.

The session will be delivered in English, but please let the team know beforehand if you would like to ask questions in Welsh and they will arrange simultaneous translation.

 

For more information about these events and Taith contact; taithenquiries@cardiff.ac.uk.

It will be a virtual event on the Teams platform, you can register here.

If you can’t make it the sessions will be recorded.

 

• In the meantime here’s a document with advice on how to approach the qualitative questions in the application form;

https://www.taith.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Qualitative-questions-Youth-V1-04Mar2022.pdf

There will be another event in the next couple of weeks looking at the form itself in detail.

 

• You can find a step-by-step guide here; https://www.taith.wales/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/2022-Taith-Step-by-step-application-guide.pdf

 

• The application form itself can be found here; https://cardiff.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/english-application-form-for-pathway-1-mobilities-for-youth

 

For further information please see the Taith Programme Guide.

 

Hours of work:                                  24 per week

Length of contract:                           1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023                                                 

Salary:                                                £26,511 (£17,196 actual)

Accountability:                                  to CWVYS Chief Executive

Place of work:                                   Home-based (CWVYS office is in Cardiff Bay)

 

CWVYS is seeking to recruit and host a Marketing & Communications Assistant, working alongside, and in support of, the sector-wide Marketing & Communications Officer with responsibility for a range of duties and projects. This post is funded by the Welsh Government.

We are looking for a fully bilingual (Welsh and English languages), creative and skilled person who will support the marketing and communications needs of the whole youth work services sector in Wales.

Applicants are invited to register initial interest in this position by e-mailing paul@cwvys.org.uk  A copy of the job description/person specification and application form will then be e-mailed in return.

When completing the application form, candidates will be expected to prove how their experience and skills match the requirements of the role as outlined in the job description and person specification.

Closing time/date for receipt of applications is 2pm on 11 March 2022.

Applicants selected for interview will be informed of the relevant process in due course.

Thank you for your interest.

The Welsh Government have published the Children and Young People’s Plan.

Here are the links to the web pages:

– Welsh: Cynllun Plant a Phobl Ifanc | LLYW.CYMRU

– English: Children and young people’s plan | GOV.WALES

There you will find:

– the full HTML version

– the concise PDF version

– the easy read version

– a link to the Children in Wales engagement report

Taith is Wales’ new international learning exchange programme (ILEP).

CWVYS is seeking to recruit and host a Taith/ILEP Youth Sector Co-ordinator with responsibility for a range of duties and projects. This post is funded via ILEP Limited and the Welsh Government.

We are looking for a skilled individual, who will ensure that the youth sector in Wales has access to information and support in order to participate in international opportunities and to benefit from the abilities, worldviews and positive engagement of international visitors to Wales.

Hours of work:                                  37 per week

Length of contract:                           1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023                                                   

Salary:                                                   £27,741

Accountability:                                  to CWVYS Chief Executive

Place of work:                                    Home-based (CWVYS office is in Cardiff Bay)

Applicants are invited to register initial interest in this position by e-mailing paul@cwvys.org.uk

A copy of the job description/person specification and application form will then be e-mailed in return.

When completing the application form, candidates will be expected to prove how their experience and skills match the requirements of the role as outlined in the job description and person specification.

Closing time/date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on 28 February 2022.

Applicants selected for interview will be informed of the relevant process in due course.

Thank you for your interest.

 MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

(BILINGUAL: WELSH/ENGLISH)

2022/23

 

Hours of work:                                 24 per week

Length of contract:                         1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023                                               

Salary:                                                £24,982 (£16,205 actual)

Accountability:                                to CWVYS Chief Executive

Place of work:                                  Home-based (CWVYS office is in Cardiff Bay)

 

CWVYS is seeking to recruit and host a Marketing & Communications Assistant, working alongside, and in support of, the sector-wide Marketing & Communications Officer with responsibility for a range of duties and projects. This post is funded by the Welsh Government.

We are looking for a fully bilingual (Welsh and English languages), creative and skilled person who will support the marketing and communications needs of the whole youth work services sector in Wales.

Applicants are invited to register initial interest in this position by e-mailing paul@cwvys.org.uk  A copy of the job description/person specification and application form will then be e-mailed in return.

When completing the application form, candidates will be expected to prove how their experience and skills match the requirements of the role as outlined in the job description and person specification.

Closing time/date for receipt of applications is 2pm on 28 February 2022.

Applicants selected for interview will be informed of the relevant process in due course.

Thank you for your interest.

Yesterday the Welsh Government website published the Written Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language responding to the final report of the Interim Youth Work Board.

Here you can find all the documents related to the Board’s report; https://www.cwvys.org.uk/interim-youth-work-board-final-report/

Follow this link to read the Written Statement: Update on the Interim Youth Work Board’s recommendations (20 December 2021) | GOV.WALES

Media Academy Cymru (MAC) are working with the Youth Endowment Fund on ‘Peer Action Collective’, a peer research innovation project!

Here is a message from the MAC team about an opportunity they currently have to join them;

We are currently recruiting a qualified youth worker to be the project co-ordinator for an exciting research project; Peer Action Collective (PAC). PAC is a ground-breaking network of young people, who are designing and conducting research about young people’s experiences of violence.

The post-holder will be responsible for supporting four teams of peer researchers to engage with other young people across communities to achieve project outcomes and help change the world!

PAC Project Co-ordinator

• Main Base: Cardiff
• Hours: Full time (37 hours per week)
• Salary: £26,000 per annum
• Duration: Fixed term until 31 December 2022
• Start Date: Immediate Start Available

If you are interested in applying for this post or have any questions, please email melanie@mediaacademycymru.wales or call us on 029 20 667 668                                        

Applications close on 06 January 2022 (midday)

Check out our website to find out more about who we are and what we do via www.mediaacademycymru.wales

Here you can find the new brochure from CWVYS’ Business Group, which launches at today’s Christmas edition of the All Wales CWVYS Members’ Meeting; BROCHURE December 21 (ENG)

It is hoped that this will provide a quick overview for members, especially those who wish to prepare information/ideas/requests for the group.

This work will be piloted around the Cardiff and Vale area starting in January.
Lizzy Bacon, who is undertaking a piece of research mapping the Voluntary Youth Sector in Wales, will use this as a research opportunity to record the needs for member organisations and request feedback on the career interests and skills developments for young people.
The first focus will be members in the Cardiff and Vale region.
As part of this, the business group members will be approaching companies to participate in the pilot, looking to secure appropriate placements for young people.

Alongside this and as part of the businesses’ CSR agendas, they will identify staff with relevant skills to volunteer and support our members in order to strengthen, sustain and grow their services.

If you have any questions, please ask our Membership & Business Support Officer Mandi, via Amanda@cwvys.org.uk

Yesterday we got the news about the appointment of a new chair for the Advisory Board overseeing the International Learning Exchange Programme. Today we are happy to be able to share with you that the new chair will be familiar to many in the youth sector, as the person who announced the ILEP on behalf of the Welsh Government back in the spring, former Minister for Education and the Welsh Language, Kirsty Williams.

We hope that Kirsty’s familiarity with and support of the youth sector in Wales will mean youth work is championed throughout the development of this programme.

Here you can find an announcement from Kirsty’s successor, Jeremy Miles MS; https://gov.wales/written-statement-international-learning-exchange-programme-update-0 

If you have any thoughts you would like the former Minister and Chair of the Advisory Board to be aware of, please do share them with Helen, as she sits on that Advisory Board on behalf of CWVYS and the members network; helen@cwvys.org.uk

The Advisory Board will be meeting next Monday 25th of October, and CWVYS members can expect any key developments from that meeting to be shared in our international newsletter for November.

You may also be aware that there is an open consultation on the development of the Youth and Schools strand of the programme for you all to have your input; https://www.cwvys.org.uk/consultation-international-learning-exchange/