YLC e-bulletin 19th February 2025
19 February 2025 at 15:08
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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 has being re-developed. 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.
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 Just Giving
In case you haven’t seen this already, it might be of interest to your staff, volunteers and young people themselves.
Online safety
Source: UK Safer Internet Centre
Date published: 11 February 2025
The UK Safer Internet Centre has published a report on children and young people’s exposure to online scams. The report draws data from a survey carried out with 2,013 children aged 8- to 17-years-old and their parents. Findings show: 79% of children are coming across scams online at least once a month; 27% of parents and carers say their child has been the victim of an online scam; and 26% of children who had been scammed said they blamed themselves. The report highlights the emotional impact on children and a culture of victim-blaming surrounding online scams.
Read the news story: Almost half of 8 to 17-year-olds have been scammed online
Read the report: Safer Internet Day research report 2025
Youth homelessness
Source: Centrepoint
Date published: 10 February 2025
Centrepoint has published a new report into the scale of youth homelessness across the UK. The report sets out data collected by local authorities in 2023-2024 on 16-24 year olds in England. Information from devolved nations is also included to provide a picture of youth homelessness across the UK. Findings indicate that in 2023-2024: 1 in 62 young people in the UK faced homelessness, an increase on the previous year; and the primary causes of young people becoming homeless included family or friends no longer willing or able to accommodate them, and domestic abuse. Centrepoint is calling on the UK Government to provide ring-fenced funding for local authorities to tackle youth homelessness.
Read the report: Hidden in plain sight: understanding youth homelessness in the UK
There are two exciting opportunities for VCSEs to get involved.
Supporting the VCSE Paid Workforce: An Action Research Study, aims to understand how we can better support VCSE employees in health and wellbeing-related roles (e.g., Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Community Development Workers, and Youth Workers) to improve their wellbeing and encourage them to stay in their roles.
There are two opportunities to get involved:
- Participating Organisation: We are also seeking six VCSE organisations (three in West Yorkshire and three in South Yorkshire) to partner with us in the study. Participating organisations will work with us to co-design and pilot professional and wellbeing support programs for their staff. This is a unique opportunity to learn more about your organisation's support systems, try new approaches, and contribute to a growing body of knowledge in this area. Participating organisations will receive an honorarium of £1,000.
- Join an Action Group: We are forming two action groups (one in South Yorkshire and one in West Yorkshire) comprised of VCSE managers, staff, commissioners, infrastructure organisation staff, and service users. These groups will play a crucial role in guiding the research, influencing the development of support strategies, and providing valuable local perspectives. Action group members will attend approximately eight 90-minute meetings (online or occasionally face-to-face) over the next two years, including focused sessions in Spring 2026 for co-designing support strategies. Participants will also be invited to two stakeholder events. VCSE staff and service users will receive £50 per meeting for their time.
About the Study:
The study will be conducted in three phases:
- Phase 1: Exploring staff experiences and current support systems within participating organisations.
- Phase 2: Co-designing and implementing new professional or wellbeing support strategies.
- Phase 3: Evaluating the implementation process and its impact on staff.
How to Express Interest:
Organisations/individuals can complete the relevant Expression of Interest form (attached for both Action Group participation and Organisational participation) and return it to vcseworkforcestudy@sheffield.ac.uk
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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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