YLC e-bulletin 21st August 2024
21 August 2024 at 10:30
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Opportunities for your organisation
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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
Training and Workshops
Young Lives is currently offering a Two-day ASIST training course.
What is ASIST?
An accredited two-day, interactive training that prepares professionals to provide suicide first aid interventions.
Who can attend ASIST?
Anyone over 16 can learn to use the ASIST model. No previous mental health or suicide prevention experience is necessary.
Attached is further information regarding the course and the expression of interest form.
https://forms.office.com/e/WaCja7tYbt?origin=lprLink
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: www.younglives.net/events/calendar/
News
A DRAGON IS COMING TO WAKEFIELD...
Witness the incredible free outdoor theatrical performance of The Hatchling this August bank holiday weekend as part of Our Year - Wakefield District 2024. Find out more about this spectacular three day event below.
Wakefield City Centre | 10:30am - 7:30pm, Friday 23 - Saturday 24 August
Pugneys Country Park | 3pm - 10pm, Sunday 25 August
NSPCC’s new support service that could be beneficial to young people supported within the Wakefield area.
Research shows by age 16-18, 73% of young people do not feel equipped to deal with loneliness and we want to change that (Vote for Schools survey, 2023).
At Building Connections, we remotely connect young people up to the age of 18 with a befriender to help them overcome, manage and build strategies to deal with loneliness as part of our targeted and focused early intervention strategy. This service is completely free to all young people across the UK.
Any professional working with young people is able to refer in through the link below. You will also find further information, and our advert aimed at professionals. If you would like further information, I’d be happy to arrange a Teams meeting at a mutually appropriate time.
Building Connections Service Information
Building Connections - Consent and Referral Form
Building Connections: Help Young People tackle Loneliness
For details regarding the Youth Fair on Thursday 19th September :
Speak Up. Stand Up. Stop Exploitation!
Impact Evaluation 2024
Link to impact evaluation form
In March 2024, Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) launched the Speak Up. Stand Up. Stop Exploitation! campaign aimed at those who work or volunteer with children and their families to prevent, identify, disrupt and stop exploitation in the Wakefield District.
The campaign aimed to raise awareness and direct practitioners to a central knowledge hub of information, guidance and resources around child exploitation.
To help us assess and evaluate the impact thus far of the first stage of the Speak Up. Stand Up. Stop Exploitation! campaign, please can you complete this short survey which should take approximately 2 minutes.
By filling out this quick survey, you will help the Business Unit to understand what information and resources are the most useful to you, how this is being used and how it is impacting practice. Any feedback you provide will assist us in consideration of next steps, continued stages of development and further promotion.
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
The Children and Young People's Plan 2022 - 2025, was co-produced in 2021.
Children and young people from across the district were involved in giving their views through attendance at the Build Our Future Summits, group work, detached youth work provision and education settings. These included representation from your carers, LGBTQIA+ community, children and young people with SEND and those with care experience.
Attached is the Year in Review showcasing achievements from across the partnership against 5 priorities identified by children and young people within the Children and Young People's Plan 2022 - 2025.
Wakefield Families Together Children and Young People Year in Review
The Integrated Care Board (ICB) are holding a board meeting about children and young people on 24th September 2024.
The specific focuses are:
· Factors driving inequalities in mental health outcomes
· Factors driving inequalities in physical health conditions- focus on childhood asthma.
These areas are linked to the WYHCP big ambitions of:
· We will address the health inequality gap for children living in households with the lowest incomes and
· We will reduce suicide rates.
They are looking to collect existing insights through a range of methods. A survey which individuals can complete as a young person, a parent/ carer or as a professional has been produced : https://re-url.uk/WOOV
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.
· 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.
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Funding
Funding for Children Experiencing Disadvantage to Take a Holiday Before the New Year
The Henry Smith Charity’s Holiday Grants programme supports recreational trips or holidays for groups of children aged 13 or younger who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities. There is particular interest in contributing to trips that would not take place without the Charity’s funding.
Applications are currently being accepted for holidays taken between 1 September and 31 December 2024.
Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities in the UK can apply for a one-off grant of between £500 and £2,750 to support a day trip or a longer residential of up to a week for groups of children aged 13 years or younger. The trip could be to a countryside or city location but must be outside of the children’s immediate locality. Day trips should not involve a disproportionate amount of time spent travelling. Consideration will be given to trips which are more local but these should have an emphasis on providing a new experience for the children and broadening their horizons.
Priority will be given to projects level that will benefit disadvantaged and disabled children in the most deprived areas in the UK.
Grants are made on a first come, first served basis until the available funding for that round has been fully allocated. All applications should be received at least six weeks before the date of the trip to allow for administrative processing and decision making.
The deadline for applications is 19 November 2024.
Holiday Grants for Children - The Henry Smith Charity
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
Click here for Further Funding Opportunities
Jobs
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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
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