Welcome to Your Vote Week Webinar
19th October 2026
Welcome to Your Vote Week is the Electoral Commission's annual awareness week for democratic education, helping young people learn about democracy, voting and elections and feel more confident taking part. You can see some examples of how organisations supported the week in 2026 here - Welcome to Your Vote Week 2026 | Electoral Commission Welcome…
đź“Ł Erasmus+ Webinars
13th October 2026
The British Council are the UK's National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme, which the UK will be able to participate in again when the funding call opens later this year. As the UK has been out of the programme for a number of years, the British Council are running a number of explanatory webinars to…
Ministerial Statement on Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
9th October 2026
Delyth Jewell MS, Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health recently published a statement on Safeguarding Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales responds to the findings of the Strengthening Safeguarding Governance Review, led by Jan Pickles OBE. The Review identified a need for stronger national oversight, clearer accountability and more consistent arrangements…
Invitation: Erasmus+ Youth Partner Matching 2027
5th October 2026
Many will be aware by now that the UK will be rejoining the Erasmus+ Programme when the next round opens to applications later this winter/in the new year. For anyone interested in applying, who may be looking for partner organisations to work with, below you can find an invitation to a Partner Matching session for…
Tender Opportunity; Quality Mark for Youth Work in Wales
5th October 2026
An invitation to tender for management and coordination of the Quality Mark for Youth Work in Wales from April 2027 has been published via eTenderWales. Further details can be found here: C005/2026/2027 QUALITY MARK FOR YOUTH WORK The closing date for submission of tenders is 2 November. Any queries should be sent via the eTenderWales…
Voices for Impact; ÂŁ125 available for the group with the most responses
2nd October 2026
Many of you will already be aware our Projects and Business Support Officer Mandi’s work with Bytes, but as a reminder, Voices for Impact is a digital platform and survey tool designed to capture and amplify the perspectives of children and young people aged 9 to 25 across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.…
CWVYS/ADULT LEARNING WALES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
25th September 2026
CWVYS works in partnership with Adult Learning Wales to provide CWVYS Member-only access to learning opportunities at a vastly-reduced cost. The table in the attachedoutlines what is available, how much each courses costs per person and the comparable cost for those who are not CWVYS Members. If keen to enrol, contact shelley.kear@adultlearning.wales or Robert.Burton@adultlearning.wales and…
Good News Only!
18th September 2026
We want to send out a special Good News Only newsletter featuring info of some of the amazing international projects our Members have been a part of recently. It has been truly inspirational to see some of the trips you have been able to take young people on and the best part of my job…
Help ProMo spread the word about a new national research project for young people
18th September 2026
ProMo Cymru have a new national research project and is looking for people to join a Lived Experience Panel to help guide it. The study focuses on Wales’ new "open access" mental health services, which aim to allow people to choose the support they want and get help on the same day they ask. We'd love your…
Update on the Professional Learning Passport
18th September 2026
Please see below a message from colleagues at the Welsh Government: Now that Dysgu, our national professional learning and leadership body, has been established, we have decided that responsibility for the PLP will transfer from the Education Workforce Council (EWC) to Dysgu from September 2028. We are grateful to the EWC for developing and maintaining the PLP to date. Dysgu's programmes are…
New ASH Wales campaign to support young people to explore and understand the issues around smoking.
10th September 2026
Welcome to the Nicofiends! Find out more from ASH in their words here; Can your young people spot a Nicofiend? Nicofiends is a creative ASH Wales campaign bringing the pressures around smoking, vaping and nicotine to life. Through free activities, games and creative challenges, young people explore things like fitting in, dares, stress, boredom, marketing…
CWVYS MEMBER VOICE SURVEY 2026
7th September 2026
We want to hear from you As a CWVYS member, your views help us understand what we're doing well, what could be improved and what you would like to get from your membership. We'd really appreciate you taking 3–5 minutes to complete this *short survey* Your feedback will help shape our communications, member services and priorities…