YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND COVID-19
14th May 2020
The Youth Endowment Fund has opened a new £6.5m COVID19 grant round to support vulnerable children in England and Wales at risk of youth violence. 50% of the total funding available will be reserved for charities and social enterprises. Find out more: https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/youth-endowment-fund-commits-6-5m-to-reach-invisible-children/embed/#?secret=pSeK4H4cWg Apply here: https://www.tfaforms.com/4823161
CORONAVIRUS CYP SURVEY
14th May 2020
People who can make a difference to your life want to hear from you about how life has been like over the last few weeks. The Children’s Commissioner for Wales, the Youth Parliament and Children in Wales have been working with the Welsh Government, to make sure that they hear and listen to what you…
EFFECT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE VOLUNTARY YOUTH SECTOR
11th May 2020
CWVYS are conducting a survey of our members about the effects of Coronavirus on your work. In response to requests at recent online Regional Group meetings, CWVYS is seeking your help in finding out how the current situation is affecting Members. We are doing this for three reasons: to understand how you are, how you…
CWVYS REGIONALS AND COVID-19 RESOURCES
7th May 2020
Dear Members, following our recent regional meetings with 40 CWVYS members present, below is a summary of the information shared. It is only snapshot of what was discussed, compared to the wealth of good practice shared amongst the members present The theme for next series will concentrate’ transitioning out of lockdown to the new normal’. To…
YOUNG PEOPLE’S EXPERIENCES OF LIFE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
30th April 2020
If you or the people you’re working with are 14-18 years old, how do you feel about becoming an action researcher, to make a difference!? You’ll be looking into young people’s experiences of life during the Covid19 pandemic – get involved to help protect young people’s rights and safety. The deadline is the 13th May…
URDD MESSAGE OF PEACE AND GOODWILL 2020
27th April 2020
Urdd Peace and Goodwill Message, 18 May 2020 – Stop the Clock and Start Again This year’s message conveys young people’s desire to see the world listening and learning from the Covid-19 virus emergency. The Peace and Goodwill Message is unique to Wales and has been sent annually for 98 years – this is the…
#DOFEWITHADIFFERENCE
24th April 2020
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWalesDofE%2Fvideos%2F175106893653372%2F&show_text=0&width=560 If you’re looking for a smile this Friday, have a watch of this lovely video from our members DofE Wales!
CWVYS ANIMATION
23rd April 2020
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCWVYS%2Fvideos%2F221932245914419%2F&show_text=0&width=560 We recently commissioned a short animation about who we are and what we do, we hope you enjoy it!
CWVYS REGIONAL SOCIAL ZOOM MEETINGS
23rd April 2020
Following the success of the first series of CWVYS Regional Zoom meetings, with 38 CWVYS members attending, the dates for the next series are now available. The next series of CWVYS regional ZOOM meetings will concentrate on safeguarding and training. Contact Catrin James catrin@cwvys.org.uk to receive the joining details to join the meeting in your region: –…
CWVYS REGIONAL SOCIAL ZOOM MEETINGS
9th April 2020
CWVYS Regional Social ZOOM Meetings will be held every fortnight for voluntary youth work organisations. During this unprecedented COVID-19 period, we believe it is important to reach out, connect and support our members. We are providing a supportive space for the sector to: – keep in touch with each othersupport and share knowledge and informationcommunicate to others…
COVID-19 RESOURCES
6th April 2020
We hope you’re all safe and well today! Here you can find our latest Covid-19 related bulletin: https://mailchi.mp/3f2889c9adbc/coronavirus-useful-information We’d like to draw your attention to this collection of handy resources gathered by ProMo Cymru but the whole sector is welcomed to contribute: https://www.notion.so/Digital-Resources-for-the-third-and-youth-sector-in-Wales-Covid-19-bdf7a6dcdb66478a9a3477c4cda7eaf1 The Voluntary Services Emergency Fund is for voluntary organisations with costs associated with the increase in…
DISCOVER EU
6th April 2020
Important update It has been announced on the European Commission’s DiscoverEU webpage that DiscoverEU is postponed until further notice. We will share information as it becomes available. If you have already been awarded a DiscoverEU pass, and have questions about travelling, you will need to contact the scheme organiser. If you are concerned about COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we…