YLC e-bulletin 12th February 2025
12 February 2025 at 12:22
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www.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.
The website is now being re-developed and will be relaunched at the end of February. The WF-I Can Van has been rejuvenated and will be at the Rhubarb Festival February 21st - 23rd.
Got a question about this? Email: info@ylc.org.uk
Training and Workshops
Young Lives is currently offering a Two-day ASIST training course on the 24th & 25th February, St Mary's Community Centre. Pontefract. WF8 2AY. Book here
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
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.
Thursday 27th March 2025 09:30-13:00 Rycroft Leisure. WF4 2BB Book here
Wednesday 14th May 2025 12:00 - 15:30 Old Quarry Adventure Playground. WF11 0PJ Book here
Know what to do if someone is thinking about suicide by following the easy-to-remember TALK steps - Tell, Ask, Listen, and keep safe.
Alternatively, if you would like to host a SafeTALK session please do let us know via info@ylc.org.uk
The Risk and Resilience Framework
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2nd April. 09:30 - 12:30 Wakefield One. WF1 2EB : Book here
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
The Rhubarb Festival returns to Wakefield City Centre from 21 – 23 February 2025!
- Food and Drink Market
- Chef Demos
- Workshops
- Rhu-Bar
- Street Entertainment
And much more!
Get all the details >> expwake.co/RhubarbFest
The WF I Can Van will be at the Rhubarb Festival
Young Lives Consortium has got permission to take the WF I CAN Van on to the precinct during the Rhubarb Festival - Fri 21st Feb-Sun 23rd Feb (it will be parked near the top entrance to the Ridings).
The WF I CAN Van is for young people to access information, support, or activities, that may be run from the inside or outside of the van. It goes out to communities and engages with the local young people. It’s already used by the youth workers based within the Youth Hub and voluntary organisations. Going forward, specialist services/organisations have been invited to be part of the WF I CAN vans offer across the district in 2025 supporting young people to be healthier, happier and feel more connected.
Young Lives are hoping to provide young people with a ‘bag’ full of information about local services, activities, and a few give aways to encourage parents and young people to come and find out more.
Does your team/service have any information leaflets or ‘goodies’ to promote what you offer?
Or do you fancy doing a couple of hours during the festival, it’s usually very busy and has a great atmosphere!
Our very own Business Operations Manager will be taking part in the 10K run to sponsor Paul and help raise funds for the Wakefield Hospice Click here
Valentines Day (14th February 2025)
Spectrum are running a Valentines Day campaign.
It is essential to talk about the importance of safe sex and the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in order to enjoy the celebration of Valentine’s Day in a safe and healthy way.
for more information, please visit Spectrum’s campaign page - Valentine's Campaign - Spectrum Sexual Health
You can also follow the campaign on Social Media:
Website: Spectrum Sexual Health: www.spectrum-sexualhealth.org.uk
X (Twitter): Spectrum CIC Sexual Health https://x.com/spectrumcicsh
TikTok: Spectrum CIC Sexual Health https://www.tiktok.com/@spectrumcicsh
Instagram: Spectrum CIC Sexual Health https://www.instagram.com/spectrumcicsh
Facebook: Spectrum CIC Sexual Health https://www.facebook.com/spectrumcicsh
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Funding
Youth Endowment Fund Launches Open Call Funding Round
The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) invites proposals from delivery organisations across England and/or Wales that work to reduce young people’s involvement in violence and are ready for rigorous evaluation.
The aim of this open call is to fund and evaluate projects that will help YEF build strong evidence for practices and approaches in areas where clear gaps exist.
The funding is for projects which are ready for an impact evaluation with an experimental design (ie, randomised control trial) or a quasi-experimental design.
The funding can be for both the delivery of the intervention and the evaluation itself.
Projects need to primarily support children and young people (aged 10 to 18 years) who are either:
- At risk of crime or violence (‘secondary prevention’), or
- Already affected by violence, offending or exploitation (‘tertiary prevention’).
Projects also need to be working in one of the following sectors:
- Youth sector
- Children’s services
- Youth Justice
- Policing
- Neighbourhoods
- Health
- Education
YEF is interested in proposals from both:
- Delivery organisations currently delivering an evaluable project, service or intervention.
- Partnerships between delivery organisations and YEF Evaluator panel members.
Applications will be considered from registered charities, companies, statutory bodies and community interest companies (CICs) supporting children and young people in England and/or Wales.
There is no set grant limit. Applicants need to provide 20% of delivery costs themselves either through supplementary funding or in-kind provision. Organisations led by representatives of Black and/or racially minoritised communities who are unable to meet the 20% supplementary and in-kind target should apply as their application will be assessed separately.
There are no deadlines for this open call.
Homepage | Youth Endowment Fund
Grants for Youth Mental Health Organisations to Deliver Monitoring and Evaluation Projects
Charities and community interest companies (CICs) working to deliver mental health support to young people aged between 10 and 30 to deliver mental health can apply for funding to help build monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity.
Through the What's Working? Strength in Data Grants Programme, the Prudence Trust is offering around five to six grants of at least £10,000 to bolster organisational capacity to do quality data collection and to make use of that data to periodically review services.
To apply, groups must:
- Have an income of at least £250,000 and two years published annual accounts
- Work exclusively with young people.
- Deliver direct mental health support.
- Already collect mental health or well-being data.
Eligible costs include:
- Upskilling of staff responsible for monitoring and evaluation.
- Salaries for dedicated data or M&E roles.
- Software or hardware needed to improve data infrastructure, such as databases.
- Costs to work with an external evaluator or academic on specific programmes.
There is no maximum award amount specified. However, it is unlikely that the Trust will award grants over £300,000.
There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an Expression of Interest form before being invited to complete a full second-stage application.
The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 3 March 2025 (16:00)
New Funding Opportunity from The Prudence Trust
For further funding opportunities
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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
Charity Insurance - Specialist Advisers to the Third Sector organisations
Free UK Charity Web Hosting
https://www.kualo.co.uk/free-charity-hosting#eligibility
Wakefield Recovery & Discovery College
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