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There are currently 3 vacancies with Viva LGBTQ+, now part of The YEW Collective, they are looking to recruit;

Viva LGBTQ+ Lead Arweinydd Viva Lead
Youth Support Worker Gweithiwr Cymorth Gwaith Ieuenctid Viva Youth Work Support Worker
Outreach Youth Worker Gweithiwr Ieuenctid LHDTC+ Allgymorth Viva LGBTQ+ Outreach Youth Worker

The closing date for all vacancies is the 10^th of August.

Play Wales are recruiting;

Policy Officer https://play.wales/work_with_us/policy-officer/

Bilingual Communications Officer; https://play.wales/work_with_us/bilingual-communications-officer/

closing date for both is the 14^th of September

Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Wales still have a few places available for their Cardiff Half Marathon team.

By joining their team, every step you run and every pound you raise will help create opportunities for young people across Wales to develop confidence, build connections and enjoy positive experiences. In their words;

Your fundraising could help to provide:
• £20 – A young person’s weekend of adventure at our residential centre, The Lodge
• £50 – New sports equipment for a local youth club
• £250 – A place on our Young Leaders course, helping young people develop skills and confidence
• £500 – Training for six volunteer youth workers to better support young people
• £2,000 – Supporting 12 young people to take part in the 100-mile Canoe Challenge

Every contribution helps us continue providing life-changing opportunities for young people across Wales.

Interested in joining Team BGC Wales? Complete our expression of interest form or scan to QR code to secure your place. Cardiff Half Marathon 2026 takes place on the 4th of October.

Voices for Impact

Help young people have their say – and be in with a chance to win a £175 Amazon voucher!

We’re encouraging youth, community, voluntary and statutory organisations to support young people aged 9–25 to complete surveys on the Voices for Impact platform.

The organisation with the highest number of completed surveys by 18 September will win a £175 Amazon voucher.

Surveys only take a few minutes and cover important issues including:

Fairer Society

Safer Society

Digital Access

The Planet

Good Health & Wellbeing

Learning, Skills & Work

Public Transport

Every completed survey helps build a stronger evidence base and ensures young people’s voices are heard in future decision-making.

👉 Register your organisation here: https://voicesforimpact.ai/submit-your-group/  

Already registered? Log in and start encouraging young people to take part today.

Writing in my capacity as CWVYS Communications Officer, I wanted to thank everyone who attended our AGM last Friday.

I personally wanted to thank our Chief Executive Paul Glaze and our Finance and Admin Officer Sarah Fox for organising everything, as well as the trustees and officers who keep everything ticking over year to year.

It was my favourite AGM so far (I’ve been at CWVYS over 10 years!) thanks in large part to a fantastic presentation and Q&A with Catherine Carr on, among other things her work gathering the views and experiences of young people in her journalistic programmes.
Many staff across our members network asked some great questions of her and it was a fascinating and thought-provoking discussion.

You can find out more about Catherine and her podcast here; https://www.relativelypodcast.com/

Her recently published book; https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/book/whos-the-favourite/

And her two brilliant BBC Series;

• About the Boys
• About the Girls

VIBE Youth recently had their Wellbeing & Innovation Project evaluated externally and would love to share the report with colleagues in the sector;

I wanted to share our Wellbeing & Innovation Project evaluation independently evaluated by  Mark Jones of Higher Plain Research & Education with you; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o6Qs-m_ppA0lT7LGgSfZg5HTeVPI4MdL/view

It was funded through the Welsh Government’s Child Poverty grant, but the real story for me is what it says about youth work itself.

The evaluation tracked children and young people across five schools and colleges, alongside teachers and our own team. What came through strongly was how much young people valued relational, trust-based practice over more formal, behaviour-focused approaches, and how that’s reflected in things like the Youth Work Strategy for Wales and the Principles and Purposes framework. Teachers openly questioned whether mainstream education alone can meet the emotional needs many young people are carrying, and felt youth work approaches should be embedded more, not bolted on.

I’m happy to chat about this with anyone interested in learning more or collaborating on future projects.

Kind regards

Jacob Henry

Jacob@vibeyouth.co.uk
Chief operating officer & Co-founder

www.vibeyouth.co.uk
Exploring the past ☆ Redefining the future

The Welsh Government have announced the 2025 Youth Work Excellence Award finalists.

You can read more about the stories behind each of the finalists and the exceptional work they are delivering here.

We would just like to say how wonderful it is to see so many of our members represented in the shortlist, congratulate them on their achievements and wish them the best of luck!

The winners will be announced during Youth Work Week, which is next week! 23rd – 30th June.

A reminder of the resources available to help you celebrate and participate online; https://www.cwvys.org.uk/youth-work-week-resources-2/

Education and Training Standards (ETS) Wales Committee – Appointment of Chair

Closing Date: 1 July 2026 (5pm)

Interviews will be held 31 July 2026

Click here for further details

To apply for this role, please download and fill in the Application and Equalities Monitoring forms:

Recruitment Pack 

Application Form

WLGA Equalities Monitoring Form

📣We are sharing an exciting opportunity for any creative and confident young people you might work with, organised by the Goethe-Institut!

Exchange2Change is a fully funded youth exchange programme connecting teenagers aged 14-17 from the UK and Germany.
🇬🇧 🗺 🇩🇪
Young people collaborate across borders on projects in music, dance, theatre, photography, film, poetry, or visual arts.
🎭🎼🎨
First online, then in person during the exchange in Germany and the UK, they’ll dive into hands-on workshops, discover artistic career paths, and gain valuable work experience—all while making lifelong international friendships 💞🌍

Applications are currently open for two exchanges:

1. Stories from different corners
📅• Exchange dates: 17th-27th October 2026
🧭• Locations: Kempten (Germany) & London (UK)

2. Your Vision for a Peaceful Future
📅• Exchange dates: 8th-18th November 2026
🧭• Locations: Bochum (Germany) & Manchester (UK)

🚨⏰The deadline to apply is the 05.07.2026.

🔗All details, FAQs, and application forms are available on their website; https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/spr/e2c.html

Don’t let your young people miss out on this unforgettable adventure. Encourage them to apply and be part of something truly inspiring!

You can find the posters here;

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We warmly invite you to our Annual General Meeting, taking place on Friday the 10th of July 2026 at 2pm.

The meeting takes place on Microsoft Teams, if you would like to attend please confirm by email to AGM@cwvys.org.uk by the 30th of June 2026

Our Projects and Business Support Officer Mandi has been leading on Voices for Impact for us.

Voices for Impact project – is an online platform to capture the views and opinions of young people.
ORINI (Optimum Research and Innovation NI) is delivering training on how to use the platform. This training is for anyone working with children and young people in the voluntary and statutory sectors, whether that’s in youth work settings, social services or education.

If you missed the previous training on how to use the Voices for Impact platform – fear not!  You can still get on board and using the Lundy Model for Youth Participation, capture the real experiences of the young people you work with then use this data to shape your services and present as evidence for a plethora of uses and influence.

We would be delighted if you could register attendance below and share with colleagues or organisations who may be interested;
Online training Voices for Impact Training (Online) Tickets, Monday, June 15th 2026 •  6 PM – 8 PM | Eventbrite

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with Amanda@cwvys.org.uk

If you’d like to know more about Mandi’s other projects please visit; https://www.cwvys.org.uk/youthworklive/

The British Council have recently published dates for their upcoming regional information sessions on the Erasmus+ Programme for Youth.

They are holding 16 sessions in total, with 3 set up specifically for organisations in Wales;

1. The first Wales session is on the first day of Youth Work Week, the 23^rd of June between 11am and 12pm.
2. The second comes at the end of Youth Work Week on the 30^th of June, also between 11am and 12pm.
3. The final session for Wales-based organisations is on the 14^th of July between 12 and 1pm.

All sessions are online on MS Teams and delivered through the medium of English. You can register and find out more by clicking on the embedded links.