YLC e-bulletin 24th July 2024
24 July 2024 at 11:16
Opportunities for your organisation
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Opportunities for your organisation
The online resource for children and young people in Wakefield |
WF-I-Can Emotional Wellbeing Resource for young people.
The website was developed during COVID in response to young people saying they wanted a space with reliable information, we worked with YP, VCSE Public Health and 22 organisations and service areas to develop the site.
We are currently refreshing the website and would like to welcome organisations involved in working with young people to take part.
Got a question about this? Email: info@ylc.org.uk
Star Bereavement is looking for volunteers to work with them on Fundraising and their children and young people groups.
If you can give a few hours a week or more your contribution will be very valuable.
Our children and young people groups are rewarding, great experiences, and fun.
Or you may want to gain experience in fundraising.
Star is also looking for volunteer drivers to support young people to attend bereavement support groups.
Volunteers are vital to the support Star provides to bereaved children and young people in Wakefield and you will be welcomed and valued by the team
For more information please contact jayne@starwakefield.org.uk
Training and Workshops
Know what to do if someone is thinking about suicide by following the easy-to-remember TALK steps - Tell, Ask, Listen, and keep safe.
SafeTALK Tuesday, 10th September 2024, 15:30 pm - 20:00 pm
Lightwaves, Lower York Street, Marsh Way. Wakefield. WF1 3LJ
SafeTALK Thursday, 26th September 2024, 15:30 pm - 20:00 pm
St Mary's Community Centre, The Circle. Pontefract. WF8 2AY
To book your free place please visit our website: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Alternatively, if you would like to host a SafeTALK session please do let us know via info@ylc.org.uk
We are currently taking expressions of interest for the ASIST training programme, find out more about the training via this link scroll to the bottom of the page to register your interest for either your team or individuals.
The Risk and Resilience Framework
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- Thursday, 10th October 2024, 9:15 am - 15:30 pm
Wakefield Suite, Ground Floor, Wakefield One, Burton St, Wakefield, WF1 2EB.
The session will enable you to increase confidence in using the framework, recognise how it can complement your work, identify and overcome barriers to using it, and share best practices.
Please note that this training is delivered with Public Health, as such your details will be shared with Wakefield Council to book you on the training.
To book your free place please visit our website: www.younglives.net/events/calendar/ and choose the date right for you.
News
Clarence Unleashed Music Festival 2024
I wanted to update you about a fantastic new opportunity for young people as part of our summer s’cool programme – a Film Production skills camp taking place at CAPA College for one week 12-16 August. This is aimed at young people 14-17 years. It’s free to attend and the participating young people will learn the fundamentals of film making and co-create an original documentary film featuring The Hatchling! The film will premiere at a special event at Production Park in September.
Full details and the booking form are here:
Filmmaking Bootcamp — summer s'cool (wfdsummers.cool).
Looking for ways to move your life forward?
Offering free, one-to-one advice, supporting you to meet your goals and progress to a brighter future. Looking for ways to move your life forward? Whether you’d like guidance to develop your skills, access financial support, build a healthy lifestyle or explore career options, our friendly team can adapt our appointments to suit your needs.
Eligibility Criteria: To join Pathways to Progress you must be aged 16 or older, live in West Yorkshire, have the right to live and work in the UK, be out of work and not in receipt of unemployment related benefits. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
For further information: Your path to a better future
West Yorkshire Community Leadership Programme
This free opportunity is open to all in West Yorkshire
The 3-month initiative is designed to support partnership efforts to address serious violence and promote safety.
Highlights:
Impact: Shape your community’s future by contributing your expertise and passion.
- Connections: Network with fellow leaders across West Yorkshire.
- Empowerment: Develop essential leadership skills and make a lasting difference.
- Knowledge: Ranging from project management and complex change to communications.
Application Details:
Programme Brief: Download Here
- Word Document Application: Download Here
- Online Application Form: Apply Now
- Website for More Information: Visit Website
Applications close 28 July
For Further enquiries please contact Deren Phillips Deren.Phillips@westyorks-ca.gov.uk
Youth Voice opportunity
Do you work with or support young people that might be interested in influencing a national research project on social prescribing? For just two hours of their time, participants will be financially rewarded and recognised by StreetGames with access to future opportunities and a reference for their CV/personal statements.
About the opportunity
StreetGames would like to hear from young people to co-design strategies to increase the diversity of children and young people's contributions in research and social prescribing and reduce barriers to participation. We are offering a variety of different ways to do this:
· Individuals register to join a two-hour online fun and interactive session. Dates TBC but likely to be in August/September
· Group two-hour online fun and interactive session organised at a date and time of your convenience between July - September
· Group two-hour in-person fun and interactive session organised at a date and time of your convenience between July - September
Who's it for?
· Children and young people aged 11 - 21
· Some knowledge or experience of CAMHS or mental health difficulties is helpful, but we would also like to hear from young people that don't access support and services
What do they get?
· The opportunity to influence a national research project
· £25 voucher
· A certificate of participation
· The opportunity to join StreetGames Youth Voice alumni and access future youth voice opportunities
· A reference if requested
What next?
If you have a group of and/or individual young people that you think would be interested, or if you have any questions, please get in touch with Lucie at StreetGames by calling 07960 858486 or emailing lucie.vickers@streetgames.org.
Adversity, Trauma and Resilience
Call out for support: impact of childhood trauma and adversity on life trajectories, compounded by experiences with the criminal justice system and policing
The Adversity, Trauma and Resilience team at the ICB would be grateful to hear from organisations working with young people aged 18-25.
Your support is vital in helping us engage safely and in a trauma-informed way with young people who have lived experiences. Our research will involve:
Discussions with young people aged 18–25 across West Yorkshire who have experienced significant interactions with police and criminal justice agencies and institutions
- Construction of narrative histories by working with young people
- Interviews with key professionals and frontline service providers engaged in policing, safeguarding, social care, and health who have had interactions with young people aged 18–25 who have engaged with the CJS/police in West Yorkshire
- Interviews with key professionals and frontline service providers engaged in policing, safeguarding, social care, and health who have had interactions with young people aged 18–25 who have engaged with the CJS/police in West Yorkshire
If you engage with young people aged 18–25 in West Yorkshire and feel as though you can support this research, please reach out to us.
If you might be able to help, please contact Sat Kartar Kaur Chandan by email at ss22skc@leeds.ac.uk
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Star Bereavement has a ‘jamboard’ feedback forum on the website where anyone can leave a note. This could be positive, something to improve, or anything else Star welcome all feedback so please visit www.starbereavement.org.uk and leave us |
I am really excited to tell you about Groundwork’s fantastic summer holiday activity programmes being delivered in Wakefield.
For further information regarding the Happy Healthy Holidays scheme and the Outdoor Woodland Learning (OWL) sessions please visit. Groundworks
Funding
Wakefield Council Culture Grants
Culture Grants are part of our Year- Wakefield District 2024. Our Year will host 366 days of culture. Successful projects will be part of our year.
Number of different opportunities funding from £1,500 - £15,000
Monthly deadlines throughout the year. The final deadline for applications is 16th December 2024 - 5 pm.
To find out more, please follow this link.
7Stars Foundation Reopens for Third 2024 Funding Round
7Stars Foundation is offering grants of up to £2,500 for registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million across the UK to deliver projects and activities that support young people aged 16 years and under across the priority themes of abuse, addiction, child carers, and homelessness.
Funding for offered across the following streams:
- Project grants to cover the costs of projects that respond to one or more of the funding priorities of the 7stars Foundation.
- Shine Bright funding for registered charities to purchase items and resources to protect and support the children they serve through the cost-of-living crisis.
- Direct grants funding to individuals affected by the Foundation's priorities, supported by outreach/social/care workers or legal professionals. (Applications must be submitted by the supporting professional/organisation.)
- Social Impact funding for three charities across the year for projects that align with awareness days across the year.
The trustees typically meet four times a year to review grant applications.
The next deadline for applications is 31 August 2024.
Apply for Funding - the7stars foundation
Youth Music Trailblazer Fund
Youth Music Trailblazer Fund aims to support young people who want to change their lives through music but cannot because of who they are, where they are from, or what they are going through.
The grants are for organisations who want to trial work for the first time, test a new way of working, or disrupt the status quo.
The project should last between 6 and 24 months and should include at least 10% match funding.
Grants of: £2,000 to £15,000 are available to organisations of less than one year old.
Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 are available to organisations of more than one year old.
The deadline: 30 August 2024
For more details, please visit: Trailblazer Fund | Youth Music
Click here For further funding opportunities
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Useful information and Articles
Spice Awareness
Turning Point Inspiring Recovery & Inspiring Futures Wakefield has developed guidance on Spice awareness, its impact on people, and support for practitioners and people in the community.
Please see the link for further information.
Support for people over 16
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Free UK Charity Web Hosting
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Wakefield Recovery & Discovery College Leaflet
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