YLC e-bulletin 2nd April 2025

2 April 2025 at 15:39

Opportunities for your organisation

Training/ Workshops

News

Funding

Jobs

Useful information and Articles

Opportunities for your organisation

The online resource for children and young people in Wakefield

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.

Got a question about this? Email: info@ylc.org.uk

Training and Workshops

Young Lives is currently offering a

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

ASIST Poster

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.

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
- increase confidence in using the framework

10th 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/

C - Card training available at Lightwaves 09:30 - 11:30 24th April.

To reserve a training place email info@ylc.org.uk

Spectrum - Sexual Health C-Card

News

Complete the National Youth Sector Census

The National Youth Agency (NYA) manages the National Youth Sector Census to provide a baseline of data showing where youth work is taking place, the type of services offered, as well as highlighting discrepancies in funding and areas of local need.

The National Youth Agency is also working in partnership with the Home Office this year to support the scoping of local youth provision as part of the Young Futures Prevention Partnerships element of the Young Futures programme.

This year the Census will provide detailed insights related to this programme. This will support the development of local Young Futures Prevention Partnerships supporting integrated and preventative approaches to safeguarding those most at risk of being drawn into youth violence.

In particular, the NYA is keen to hear from any organisations that are providing support, either directly or indirectly, to young people who are increasingly vulnerable and at risk of being drawn into harmful and criminal behaviours. In particular, those at risk of engaging in antisocial behaviour, knife crime or violence against women and girls. This includes Violence Reduction Units, youth organisations working in the youth justice space and youth services.

The Census is located on the Youth Work One digital platform; a one stop shop for training, resources and events for the sector.

The deadline for completing the Census is 30 April. Find out more and ensure your youth provision is counted at https://qrco.de/NYACensusHO

Youth Strategy Consultation

The Department of Culture, Media, and Sport are currently consulting young people to inform the government's new youth strategy. There are two ways for young people to get involved: an online survey, and focus groups.

This is a great opportunity for young people to have their say and inform national policy.

Survey

The link for the survey is here - NYS - Deliver You - iwill.

It is open to 10-21 year olds (and up to 25 for those with SEND).

Under 16s need a parent to start the survey to give their consent for their young person to take part.

The survey is open until 16/04/2025.

Focus Groups

There is also an opportunity to undertake focus groups. The PowerPoint and session plan for the focus groups in this email.

You can undertake the focus group yourselves, and use this link to provide feedback to DCMS - NYS Youth Engagement Session Feedback Form .

Focus group feedback close date is 16/05/2025.

EARLY YEARS FEST – A joint district wide event for Professionals wanting to find out more about local support and advice for families from pregnancy to age 5 and for parents and carers who are interested to know more about what’s available from their local Family Hub.

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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
a post it, doodle or message 😊

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

For further funding opportunities

Jobs

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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