Welcome to the Youth Work Wales calendar!

On behalf of the Youth Sector in Wales CWVYS manages a Calendar of events, which is hosted on our website.

If you’d like anything added or amended please send it to Helen@cwvys.org.uk

World Youth Skills Day

Today, there are 1.2 billion young people aged 15 to 24 years, accounting for 16 per cent of the global population. The active engagement of youth in sustainable development efforts is central to achieving sustainable, inclusive and stable societies by the target date, and to averting the worst threats and challenges to sustainable development, including […]

International Day of Friendship

Our world faces many challenges, crises and forces of division — such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses — among many others — that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world's peoples. To confront those crises and challenges, their root causes must be addressed by promoting and defending a shared spirit […]

International Youth Day

International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August. The Focal Point on Youth selects a theme for the day often with input from youth organizations and members of the UN Inter-Agency Network in Youth development. It also organizes a commemoration of the Day at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Programme encourages youth […]

Interim Youth Work Board Meeting

This meeting will take place in Flint, for more details please contact Joel Hodson who is the Welsh Government contact on these groups, you can get in touch via joel.hodson@gov.wales

World Suicide Prevention Day

Suicide prevention remains a universal challenge The World Health Organization estimates that over 800,000 people take their own life each year – that’s one person every 40 seconds.  More info: https://www.samaritans.org/wales/support-us/campaign/world-suicide-prevention-day/

International Day of Peace

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. More info: https://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/

Black History Month Wales

Black History Month Wales hosts celebrations around the country in October 2019. The ultimate goal is to see meaningful activities happening all year round, 365 days of the year and not just in October. More info: https://bhmwales.org.uk/