ESTYN Inspection Model for Youth Work Services – Model arolygu ar gyfer gwasanaethau gwaith ieuenctid.
20th April 2023
Have your say in the latest ESTYN survey for Youth Work Services! We wish to draw your attention to the survey below and would very much appreciate your feedback to inform developments in the inspection of the youth work sector. At present youth work is considered within the Local Government Education Services (LGES) inspections. During…
Diary Marker for Youth Work Managers!
6th April 2023
Diary Marker for Youth Work Managers! Dates are now available for the Youth Work Leadership and Management Programme. If you are responsible for leading or managing the youth work functions of your organisation, or a substantial part of them, then this course could be for you. It’s an excellent opportunity to enhance skills and confidence…
Welsh Government Vacancy; Senior Youth Work Strategy Manager
24th March 2023
The Welsh Government are offering a secondment opportunity to work on the development of two workstreams – an information exchange for Wales as part of a digital youth work offer to young people, and a Young Person’s Entitlement Scheme. Further details about this opportunity are provided here; Senior Youth Work Strategy Manager - Youth Information…
Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisations Grant: Round 2
16th March 2023
Please see below a message from the Welsh Government about the second round of the SVYWO grant: We are pleased to announce that a second round of funding will be made available via the Strategic Voluntary Youth Work Organisation grant (SVYWO). This round will run from May 2023 to March 2025. Here you can find…
Reducing the Criminalisation of care experienced children and young adults in Wales: A Practical Toolkit for Professionals
16th March 2023
This toolkit aims to turn the principles in the All Wales Protocol: reducing the criminalisation of care experienced children and young adults into practice. They hope it will be used extensively as a resource to train and support multi agency colleagues working with care experienced children and young adults. National Charity Missing People in partnership with…
WCIA Wales Young Peacemakers Awards 2023 recently launched!
6th March 2023
Would you like the children and young people you work with to be recognised for their contribution to peace, sustainability and equality at an international event in Wales? If so, encourage them to enter for this year’s Young Peacemakers Awards 2023! On 6th July 2023 the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) and the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod will…
Extra Support for Youth Work in Wales
3rd March 2023
Please find below information from the Welsh Government Youth Engagement team about extra support available for the Youth Sector in Wales; The Minister for Education and Welsh Language has recently agreed to offer further support to the youth work sector to address some of the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and protect services as we…
Written Statement from Julie Morgan MS, Ministerial Review of Play
3rd March 2023
Here you can find a written statement from Julie Morgan MS, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, on the Publication of the Steering Group's Report, as part of the Ministerial Review of Play: https://www.gov.wales/written-statement-ministerial-review-play-publication-steering-group-report
Rescheduled Taith events
3rd March 2023
The Taith team have now rescheduled the postponed beneficiary sessions to next week. Please find links to register below if you are able to attend. Beneficiaries will be provided with information on reporting, making project changes, requesting additional funding and will be shown the members area of the Taith website. Monday 06 March 12:30-1:30…
Taith events
17th February 2023
Just a reminder from us that there are still a couple of Taith events for you to attend before the closing date for Pathway 1 applications on the 16th of March. The next events are on Tuesday the 7th and Thursday the 9th of March and they are question and answer sessions: If you’d like…
Cranfield Trust Charity Connect day
9th February 2023
To CWVYS members and other charities in Wales! Please see these attachments and the message further below from Jayne Kendall at the Cranfield Trust. Cranfield Contact Day A4 flyer Cranfield staff biographies They are holding a Charity Connect day on the 2nd of March. This will be a whole day of FREE expert advice for…
75 Years of CWVYS!
27th January 2023
2022 marked 75 years of the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWVYS). Through the year we asked friends of CWVYS, previous staff, Trustees and Presidents past and present if they would be willing to share their recollections of CWVYS over the years. Our hope was to feature these in a document outlining the…