BLACK HISTORY MONTH WALES EVENTS
27th September 2019
1. Black History Month Wales 2019 South Wales Launch | Movers, Shakers & Legacy Makers Youth Awards Cardiff Bay | Pierhead Building| National Assembly for Wales sponsored by First Minister Mark Drakeford AM Friday 27 September 2019 | 12pm to 3pm The Black History Cymru 365 programme for 2019-20 launched at this event will be: Wales…
TENDER FOR TRAINING PROVIDERS FOR ESC
27th September 2019
The European Solidarity Corps is a European Union initiative, managed in the UK by the Erasmus+ National Agency. It funds projects open to the participation of young people between 18 and 30 years old that make a difference to society. The UK National Agency for the Erasmus+ Programme have just launched the tender for a…
TIME TO MOVE
26th September 2019
Last week on the the first day of the Global Climate Strike we published an article on the European Youth Portal on some of the ways you can get involved in your communities and the wider world. It mentioned Eurodesk’s Time to Move campaign which takes place every October, and once again during Time To Move CWVYS will spend the 9th and 10th of…
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS UK
10th September 2019
Empower young people to start their own social action project. Do you work with groups of young people or individuals who are looking to take part in social action to improve their community? Introduce them to Solidarity Projects so they can make a difference and have their voices heard! A Solidarity Project is a youth-led…
PLAY WALES ARE RECRUITING!
25th July 2019
Play Wales is an independent charity funded by the Welsh Government – their area of charitable remit is Wales. They work to raise awareness of children and young people’s need and right to play and to promote good practice at every level of decision making and in every place where children might play. They provide…
ASH WALES WELCOMES PROPOSAL TO END SMOKING IN ENGLAND BY 2030 AND URGES WELSH GOVERNMENT TO FOLLOW SUIT
23rd July 2019
ASH Wales has urged Welsh Government to follow in England’s footsteps after proposals to end smoking by 2030 were announced. Under the plan contained in the Government’s Prevention Green Paper, every smoker being admitted to hospital would be offered help to quit. The paper proposes raising revenue to support smoking cessation services which would be…
YOUTH WORK NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS (NOS)
23rd July 2019
The Youth Work National Occupational Standards are now live on the NOS Database: https://www.ukstandards.org.uk/EN A PDF of the whole suite and the final Functional Map are available on the CLD Standards Council website: http://cldstandardscouncil.org.uk/resources/standards-and-benchmarks/national-occupational-standards/
CWVYS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
23rd July 2019
CWVYS held its AGM at the Urdd Gobaith Cymru centre in Cardiff Bay on 10 July.We were delighted to welcome so many friends and colleagues from a range of organisations and partner agencies. Thanks go to Wayne David MP, who we are very pleased to say will continue as CWVYS President; and to the newly…
YOUTH PARTICIPATION SURVEY
18th July 2019
Some of you keen-readers may recall that CWVYS are partners of EurodeskUK, which is based at Ecorys in Birmingham. Ecorys forms one half of the UK National Agency for the Erasmus+ programme (the British Council being the other half!), Ecorys is carrying out a study on behalf of the European Commission. The study aims to…
CARDIFF MET YOUTH & COMMUNITY WORK COURSES RECRUITMENT
16th July 2019
Cardiff Met Courses RecruitmentSince the launch of the Education Workforce Council (EWC) registration process the Youth & Community Work team has had numerous enquiries about professional training opportunities. As a result, they thought it useful to provide details to the youth work sector, and please feel free to share these details amongst your own networks.…
SENEDD AND ELECTIONS (WALES) BILL PROCEEDS TO NEXT STAGE
16th July 2019
On Wednesday 10 July, the Assembly debated and approved the general principles of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill. A link to a video recording and transcript of the Plenary debate will be available on the Bill’s web page in due course. The Bill will now progress to Stage 2 of the legislative process, during…