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…
2019 WELSH GOVERNMENT APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME
16th July 2019
The Welsh Government is advertising up to 25 apprenticeship opportunities in August. Those successful will start to be placed in January 2020. They will be contacting those interested in due course with further details on where and how to access the application. This new 2019 Welsh Government Apprenticeship campaign aims to encourage more people to…
CWVYS ‘STORIES FROM YOUTH WORK IN WALES’ GOES TO WESTMINSTER!
3rd July 2019
It was a thrill to visit the House of Commons yesterday (2nd July) in order to attend a reception event for the CWVYS ‘Stories from Youth Work in Wales’ report. The reception was kindly hosted by Wayne David MP, who, as our President, continues to be wonderfully supportive of all things CWVYS. Thank you, Wayne! Kath…
BRIGHTSKY: A FREE SUPPORT APP FOR ANYONE EXPERIENCING ABUSE OR UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
2nd July 2019
At last week’s Youth Work Week Showcase event CWVYS met Rachael, a promoter of BrightSky, who’s post is funded by the Home Office. Bright Sky is a FREE app for anyone who may be in an abusive relationship. It also provides support for friends and families of victims, practitioners and employers who are looking for information about domestic…
NEW YOUTH WORK EXCELLENCE AWARDS WEBSITE
1st July 2019
We’d like to share with you the new Youth Work Excellence Awards (YWEA) website, which contains information about all our 2019 finalists. As with every year, we were blown away by the quality of the nominations and the sheer breadth and variety of youth work happening all over the country. It was a difficult task for…
NORTH WALES YOUTH COMMISSION
27th June 2019
A search has been launched to find young people to take part in a ground-breaking initiative to help draw up a new plan for policing North Wales. North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones is looking for a team of 30 aged between 14 and 25 to become members of Wales’ first Youth Commission…