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The seventh Annual General Meeting of the Youth Work Unit will be held on 2 March 2010 at 4.00pm at the Belle Isle Centre, Enterprise Way, Middleton Road, Leeds LS10 3DZ
Tel: 0113 270 3595
Email: theunit@youthworkunit.com
Please see agenda
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9.45am to 1.30pm
Location: The Belle Isle Centre, Leeds LS10 3DZ
See programme
The Reading Agency, a national charity promoting libraries and reading, is co-ordinating a project in the Y&H region, focussing on the Library Youth Offer. Through 'Participate', library services are seeking to involve young people more fully in positive activities within libraries as well as about books and reading. The Youth Work Unit has been brought in to support the project and to ensure the involvement of youth work services and in particular participation workers.
There is a joint libraries / youth work services training day on 11 March 2010, 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Belle Isle Centre in Leeds. Youth Work colleagues would meet library C&YP's leads and project staff and learn more about the project overall, undertake some joint training and begin to plan possible joint positive activities work.
The Participate programme has been approved by the Senior Children's (and Young People's) Librarians (SCL) and by the Association of Chief Librarians (ASCEL) and eleven LAs have signed up - North East Lincolnshire, York, Hull, North Yorkshire, Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield, Calderdale, North Lincolnshire and Doncaster.
The programme aims to:
Save the date .... with Spring hopefully just around the corner, it is time for our first meeting of 2010. Following feedback and developments in the last 12 months we have changed the name of our Development Worker Briefings to Funding Adviser Briefings (FAB!)
Please save the date for the next FAB in your calendar and further details will be sent out shortly.
When and Where: Tuesday 16 March - Registration 10.00am to 2.15pm finish
Aspire
2 Infirmary Street, Leeds LS1
For further information
An official invitation and agenda will be sent out in the next few weeks, however if you would like to register your interest to attend the event please contact the Regional Communications Team by email: enquiries.yh@biglotteryfund.org.uk or telephone: 0113 224 5300.
Cultural reflections and the consequences of the 1984/5 Miners' strike
Conference 25 to 27 March 2010, University of Leeds
Registration is now open for this conference, which is aimed at both HE scholars and the public, with keynote speakers representing different approaches to the 're-telling' of the strike:
David Peace (author of GB84)
Julian Petley (Brunel University)
Simon Popple (University of Leeds)
Patrick Russell and Ros Cranston (BFI)
Yvette Vanson (documentary maker) & Michael Mansfield QC
Eve Wood (film maker) & Russell Senior (Pulp) The Beat is the Law
Poet Ian McMillan, and the world premiere of Songs at the Year's End with music by Hugh Nankivell
Dave Douglass (NUM)
Exibition, performance, screenings, testimony and academic papers. With contributions from: John Hyatt (MMU, the Three Johns); Richard Crangle (Exeter); Rosemary Preece (National Coal Mining Museum for England); Sue Owen (Sheffield); Michael Bailey (Leeds Metropolitan University); Patricia Hollard (Bournemouth); Granville Williams; Dave Rogers (Banner Theatre); Ian Beesley (photographer) and others.
The conference looks at mainstream and alternative representations of the strike at the time and, subsequently, across the broad range of cultural expression such as the press, TV, film, performance, photography and music and song. Plus, 25 years on, how both archive study and new creative work lead us into new insights and perspectives.
The conference is organised into four strands - Memory, Legacy, Media and Popular Culture, and Witness - to help compare and contrast the personal and the objective study, the artefact and the heritage industry, cultural memory and the creative.
Provisional Programme
For more information, full details via http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/
or contact Dr. Eleri Pound at ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk
or on 0113 343 5805
Organised at the University of Leeds by the Louis Le Prince Centre and the Media Industries Research Centre at the Institute of Communications Studies; with support from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, the School of Music, Leeds International Film Festival, Opera North, and the DARE partnership.
Accommodation
We have negotiated reduced rates with Weetwood Hall hotel, quote Digging the Seam when you book for the conference rate of £70 bed and breakfast. Other hotel recommendations can be found on this page: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/where_to_stay.htm
Event locations and dates:
23 March - Birmingham
29 March - Leeds
31 March - Manchester
8 April - London
Who should attend?
The events will be of interest to: staff in post-16 providers, including colleges, engaged in the delivery of E2E and/or planning to deliver Foundation Learning from Septemebr 2010; those responsible for coordinating personal and social development or community action placements; and those interested in developing citizenship learning as part of this provision.
For further information about the content of the event please contact Bernadette Joslin on 0207 492 5232 or BJoslin@lsnlearning.org.uk
Alternatively you can book by contacting the events team on 020 7492 5000 or registrations@lsnlearning.org.uk
For more information about the Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme see http://www.post16citizenship.org
About the Foundation Learning Support Programme see http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk
Regional Workshop 'Now It's Personal' a seminar for the VCS on person-centred approaches to services for children, young people and families
Thursday 27th May 2010
10.00am - 2.00pm (including networking lunch)
Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Change is in the air and not just in the area of 'big' politics. Talk of person-centred planning, self-directed support, budget-holding lead professionals and direct payments all foretell a fundamental shift in welfare thinking. The key unifying idea is to the devolution of power and control to people and families who need support. The question to be explored at this event is 'what will this mean for the VCS?'
The session will include background information about the change agenda, an update on what's happening around our region, and a range of views about the positive potential and pitfalls for the VCS. As always with these events, however, a key aim will be to make connections and encourage good conversations between key players in the region who want to ensure that the changes service the interests of children, young people and families who need support, equitably.
Book your place now! There will be a fee of £50, with some free places for smaller VCS organisations. Places are limited to 80 and will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis, so please book as soon as possible using the form and sending it to Karen Speller at karen.speller@actionforchildren.org.uk or by post to Karen Speller at Action for Children, 12 Granby Road, Harrogate, HG1 4ST.
Please forward your cheque, made payable to Action for Children, to Karen Speller at the address above. Confirmation of your booking and joining details will be forwarded to you upon receipt of payment.
Is there a future for participatory democracy?
24th February 2010, 4-8pm, light refreshments included
University of Bradford, Norcroft Centre, Tumbling Hill Street, BD7 1DB
You are invited to join Jenny Pearce, John Diamond and Hilary Wainwright and a panel of politicians, activists and practitioners for a conversation about the future of democracy in the UK.
Please see poster
If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Events Bradford, tel: 01274 233217 / events@bradford.ac.uk
For more information, see http://www.brad.ac.uk/events/democracy
Places are FREE but must be booked in advance.
CapeUK invites all Arts Award Advisors to our Network Conference
On: 2nd March 2010
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Where: First Floor, 6 St Peter's Building, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
Plese see poster
This one day event is only £25 for Arts Award Advisors - includes lunch and refreshments.
To book on please visit: http://www.capeuk.org
For more information visit: http://www.artsaward.org.uk/yorkshire
or call 0845 450 3700
The ICPS is interested in new forms of participation for change, from deliberative spaces across deep disagreement, to new participatory spaces and collective action and protest. We invite you to join us in exploring these ideas through our programme of seminars and workshops.
Please see poster
All seminars are free, and everyone is very welcome. Some events must be booked in advance.
If no contact details are given for a specific event, for more information contact:
h.blakey2@bradford.ac.uk
Tel: 01274 236044
Action for Children needs foster carers who can help children and young people transform their lives.
If you can offer a safe, caring home to vulnerable and challenging young people aged 10-18, we can offer you excellent training and 24-hour support.
You'll never be on your own, as we're always just a phone call away, and you'll also get generous fees and allowances (up to £600 per week) as well as regular planned breaks.
We need people from a wide range of backgrounds. So if you have a spare room and experience of caring for or working with troubled young people, we want to hear from you.
See Advert
Talk to us on: 0845 200 5162
Email: fostering@actionforchildren.org.uk
http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/fostering
Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, is coming to Durham University on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 to give a talk on her work and we are sure she will attract a large and lively audience.
A poster for this event is linked here - please publicise amongst all your contacts in the Community and Youth field, and particuarly those working with young people as we would like a lot of young people to be able to come.
The talk is free and open to all. If anyone needs any further details please contact cutherts.reception@durham.ac.uk
Are you a student, practitioner, manager or trainer with an interest in working with young people?
The University of Huddersfield's Youth and Community Work Team extends a warm inviation for you to join our:
Youth & Community Seminar Programme for 2009-10
10.00am - 12.30pm
Seminar 2
Youth Identities and the Threat of Extremism - Friday, 5th February 2010
Dr Paul Thomas
Seminar 3
Whose Night off? The Challenge of Youth Work on a Friday and Saturday Night - Friday, 7th May 2010
Lyn Boyd
Other speakers: To be confirmed
Limited numbers ... don't miss out, book your place today. Please complete the booking form or telephone 01484 478234 or alternatively email s.e.cooper@hud.ac.uk for details.
There have been celebrations among Yorkshire's youngsters, with the news that multi-million pound grants from the Government's myplace programme are being awarded to build three world-class youth centres.
Kingston upon Hull City Council, The Square Chapel Trust in Halifax and Coast and Moors Voluntary Action in Scarborough are among eight organisations across England to secure funding in the final round of the myplace programme. The Government scheme is awarding over £31 million in total to projects that put young people in the lead on choosing the activities on offer and the design and running of the centres.
myplace is a £270 million programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Familities (DCSF) and delivered by the Big Fund, the non Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund.
For further information following link:
http://www.youthworkunit.com/downloads//NewWebsite/News and Updates/myplace round 2 YH Halifax 16 Dec 09.doc
Youth Work Unit - Annual General Meeting - 2 March 2010
The seventh Annual General Meeting of the Youth Work Unit will be held on 2 March 2010 at 4.00pm at the Belle Isle Centre, Enterprise Way, Middleton Road, Leeds LS10 3DZ
Tel: 0113 270 3595
Email: theunit@youthworkunit.com
Please see agenda
Youth Opportunity Fund / Youth Capital Fund - Mainstreaming and Sustainability Workshop
Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 9.45am to 1.30pm
Location: The Belle Isle Centre, Leeds LS10 3DZ
See programme
The Reading Agency - Participate 2010 - 2011
The Reading Agency, a national charity promoting libraries and reading, is co-ordinating a project in the Y&H region, focussing on the Library Youth Offer. Through 'Participate', library services are seeking to involve young people more fully in positive activities within libraries as well as about books and reading. The Youth Work Unit has been brought in to support the project and to ensure the involvement of youth work services and in particular participation workers.
There is a joint libraries / youth work services training day on 11 March 2010, 10.00am to 4.00pm at the Belle Isle Centre in Leeds. Youth Work colleagues would meet library C&YP's leads and project staff and learn more about the project overall, undertake some joint training and begin to plan possible joint positive activities work.
The Participate programme has been approved by the Senior Children's (and Young People's) Librarians (SCL) and by the Association of Chief Librarians (ASCEL) and eleven LAs have signed up - North East Lincolnshire, York, Hull, North Yorkshire, Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Wakefield, Calderdale, North Lincolnshire and Doncaster.
The programme aims to:
- build on lessons learnt in year one, using Fulfilling their Potential and the Library Offer as the context to this work
- develop library based creative positive activities
- help libraries to shape a cultural offer to 11-19 year olds
- develop a Youth Involvement Strategy for the region
- develop volunteering opportunities for young people
Big Lottery - Yorkshire and the Humber
Save the date .... with Spring hopefully just around the corner, it is time for our first meeting of 2010. Following feedback and developments in the last 12 months we have changed the name of our Development Worker Briefings to Funding Adviser Briefings (FAB!)
Please save the date for the next FAB in your calendar and further details will be sent out shortly.
When and Where: Tuesday 16 March - Registration 10.00am to 2.15pm finish
Aspire
2 Infirmary Street, Leeds LS1
For further information
An official invitation and agenda will be sent out in the next few weeks, however if you would like to register your interest to attend the event please contact the Regional Communications Team by email: enquiries.yh@biglotteryfund.org.uk or telephone: 0113 224 5300.
University of Leeds - 'Digging the Seam'
Cultural reflections and the consequences of the 1984/5 Miners' strike
Conference 25 to 27 March 2010, University of Leeds
Registration is now open for this conference, which is aimed at both HE scholars and the public, with keynote speakers representing different approaches to the 're-telling' of the strike:
David Peace (author of GB84)
Julian Petley (Brunel University)
Simon Popple (University of Leeds)
Patrick Russell and Ros Cranston (BFI)
Yvette Vanson (documentary maker) & Michael Mansfield QC
Eve Wood (film maker) & Russell Senior (Pulp) The Beat is the Law
Poet Ian McMillan, and the world premiere of Songs at the Year's End with music by Hugh Nankivell
Dave Douglass (NUM)
Exibition, performance, screenings, testimony and academic papers. With contributions from: John Hyatt (MMU, the Three Johns); Richard Crangle (Exeter); Rosemary Preece (National Coal Mining Museum for England); Sue Owen (Sheffield); Michael Bailey (Leeds Metropolitan University); Patricia Hollard (Bournemouth); Granville Williams; Dave Rogers (Banner Theatre); Ian Beesley (photographer) and others.
The conference looks at mainstream and alternative representations of the strike at the time and, subsequently, across the broad range of cultural expression such as the press, TV, film, performance, photography and music and song. Plus, 25 years on, how both archive study and new creative work lead us into new insights and perspectives.
The conference is organised into four strands - Memory, Legacy, Media and Popular Culture, and Witness - to help compare and contrast the personal and the objective study, the artefact and the heritage industry, cultural memory and the creative.
Provisional Programme
For more information, full details via http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/
or contact Dr. Eleri Pound at ics-conferences@leeds.ac.uk
or on 0113 343 5805
Organised at the University of Leeds by the Louis Le Prince Centre and the Media Industries Research Centre at the Institute of Communications Studies; with support from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, the School of Music, Leeds International Film Festival, Opera North, and the DARE partnership.
Accommodation
We have negotiated reduced rates with Weetwood Hall hotel, quote Digging the Seam when you book for the conference rate of £70 bed and breakfast. Other hotel recommendations can be found on this page: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/where_to_stay.htm
LSN Learning - Foundation Learning: integrating community action opportunities and other
personal social development approaches
personal social development approaches
Event locations and dates:
23 March - Birmingham
29 March - Leeds
31 March - Manchester
8 April - London
Who should attend?
The events will be of interest to: staff in post-16 providers, including colleges, engaged in the delivery of E2E and/or planning to deliver Foundation Learning from Septemebr 2010; those responsible for coordinating personal and social development or community action placements; and those interested in developing citizenship learning as part of this provision.
For further information about the content of the event please contact Bernadette Joslin on 0207 492 5232 or BJoslin@lsnlearning.org.uk
Alternatively you can book by contacting the events team on 020 7492 5000 or registrations@lsnlearning.org.uk
For more information about the Post-16 Citizenship Support Programme see http://www.post16citizenship.org
About the Foundation Learning Support Programme see http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk
Children England (Y&H) and VCS Engage (Y&H) - Regional Workshop
Regional Workshop 'Now It's Personal' a seminar for the VCS on person-centred approaches to services for children, young people and families
Thursday 27th May 2010
10.00am - 2.00pm (including networking lunch)
Hinsley Hall, Leeds
Change is in the air and not just in the area of 'big' politics. Talk of person-centred planning, self-directed support, budget-holding lead professionals and direct payments all foretell a fundamental shift in welfare thinking. The key unifying idea is to the devolution of power and control to people and families who need support. The question to be explored at this event is 'what will this mean for the VCS?'
The session will include background information about the change agenda, an update on what's happening around our region, and a range of views about the positive potential and pitfalls for the VCS. As always with these events, however, a key aim will be to make connections and encourage good conversations between key players in the region who want to ensure that the changes service the interests of children, young people and families who need support, equitably.
Book your place now! There will be a fee of £50, with some free places for smaller VCS organisations. Places are limited to 80 and will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis, so please book as soon as possible using the form and sending it to Karen Speller at karen.speller@actionforchildren.org.uk or by post to Karen Speller at Action for Children, 12 Granby Road, Harrogate, HG1 4ST.
Please forward your cheque, made payable to Action for Children, to Karen Speller at the address above. Confirmation of your booking and joining details will be forwarded to you upon receipt of payment.
University of Bradford - Book Launch and Discussion
Is there a future for participatory democracy?
24th February 2010, 4-8pm, light refreshments included
University of Bradford, Norcroft Centre, Tumbling Hill Street, BD7 1DB
You are invited to join Jenny Pearce, John Diamond and Hilary Wainwright and a panel of politicians, activists and practitioners for a conversation about the future of democracy in the UK.
Please see poster
If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Events Bradford, tel: 01274 233217 / events@bradford.ac.uk
For more information, see http://www.brad.ac.uk/events/democracy
Places are FREE but must be booked in advance.
Arts Award Regional Network Conference 2010
CapeUK invites all Arts Award Advisors to our Network Conference
On: 2nd March 2010
Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm
Where: First Floor, 6 St Peter's Building, St Peter's Square, Leeds LS9 8AH
Plese see poster
This one day event is only £25 for Arts Award Advisors - includes lunch and refreshments.
To book on please visit: http://www.capeuk.org
For more information visit: http://www.artsaward.org.uk/yorkshire
or call 0845 450 3700
International Centre for Participation Studies - Seminars February-May 2010
The ICPS is interested in new forms of participation for change, from deliberative spaces across deep disagreement, to new participatory spaces and collective action and protest. We invite you to join us in exploring these ideas through our programme of seminars and workshops.
Please see poster
All seminars are free, and everyone is very welcome. Some events must be booked in advance.
If no contact details are given for a specific event, for more information contact:
h.blakey2@bradford.ac.uk
Tel: 01274 236044
Action for Children - Become a Foster Carer
Action for Children needs foster carers who can help children and young people transform their lives.
If you can offer a safe, caring home to vulnerable and challenging young people aged 10-18, we can offer you excellent training and 24-hour support.
You'll never be on your own, as we're always just a phone call away, and you'll also get generous fees and allowances (up to £600 per week) as well as regular planned breaks.
We need people from a wide range of backgrounds. So if you have a spare room and experience of caring for or working with troubled young people, we want to hear from you.
See Advert
Talk to us on: 0845 200 5162
Email: fostering@actionforchildren.org.uk
http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/fostering
Camila Batmanghelidjh Talk - Durham University - 10th March 2010
Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, is coming to Durham University on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 to give a talk on her work and we are sure she will attract a large and lively audience.
A poster for this event is linked here - please publicise amongst all your contacts in the Community and Youth field, and particuarly those working with young people as we would like a lot of young people to be able to come.
The talk is free and open to all. If anyone needs any further details please contact cutherts.reception@durham.ac.uk
The University of Huddersfield's Youth and Community Work Team - Seminar Programme 2009-10
Are you a student, practitioner, manager or trainer with an interest in working with young people?
The University of Huddersfield's Youth and Community Work Team extends a warm inviation for you to join our:
Youth & Community Seminar Programme for 2009-10
10.00am - 12.30pm
Seminar 2
Youth Identities and the Threat of Extremism - Friday, 5th February 2010
Dr Paul Thomas
Seminar 3
Whose Night off? The Challenge of Youth Work on a Friday and Saturday Night - Friday, 7th May 2010
Lyn Boyd
Other speakers: To be confirmed
Limited numbers ... don't miss out, book your place today. Please complete the booking form or telephone 01484 478234 or alternatively email s.e.cooper@hud.ac.uk for details.
Excellent News for Creative Young People in Yorkshire
There have been celebrations among Yorkshire's youngsters, with the news that multi-million pound grants from the Government's myplace programme are being awarded to build three world-class youth centres.
Kingston upon Hull City Council, The Square Chapel Trust in Halifax and Coast and Moors Voluntary Action in Scarborough are among eight organisations across England to secure funding in the final round of the myplace programme. The Government scheme is awarding over £31 million in total to projects that put young people in the lead on choosing the activities on offer and the design and running of the centres.
myplace is a £270 million programme funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Familities (DCSF) and delivered by the Big Fund, the non Lottery funding operation of the Big Lottery Fund.
For further information following link:
http://www.youthworkunit.com/downloads//NewWebsite/News and Updates/myplace round 2 YH Halifax 16 Dec 09.doc
GALYIC - Media Release
Gay and Lesbian Youth in Calderdale - meeting the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people.
GALYIC have developed the Needs Assessment Tool (NAT) which is used to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the needs of LGBT young people who access services - see flyer
GALYIC have developed the Needs Assessment Tool (NAT) which is used to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the needs of LGBT young people who access services - see flyer
New 2009-10 Artsplan Professional Development Programme
Artsplan is the training and publications department of Artswork and in-house professional development provider for ENYAN.
Please see below the link to the new online Artsplan 2009-10 Professional Development flipbook:
http://www2.enyan.co.uk/dowload/411138542
Artsplan holds the largest number of specialist youth arts training courses and publications in the UK and all training and publications are written and supported by experienced youth arts specialists, currently involved in direct project work with young people.
The 2009-10 Programme contains information about all of the services that Artsplan provides. It gives detailed descriptions about all of the youth arts courses on offer and, to help you decide which courses best suit your professional development needs, the programme divides courses into different levels.
Please see below the link to the new online Artsplan 2009-10 Professional Development flipbook:
http://www2.enyan.co.uk/dowload/411138542
Artsplan holds the largest number of specialist youth arts training courses and publications in the UK and all training and publications are written and supported by experienced youth arts specialists, currently involved in direct project work with young people.
The 2009-10 Programme contains information about all of the services that Artsplan provides. It gives detailed descriptions about all of the youth arts courses on offer and, to help you decide which courses best suit your professional development needs, the programme divides courses into different levels.
The Youth of Today
Gordon Brown has launched The Youth of Today, a major youth leadership programme for young people aged 13-19, aiming to increase the quality, quantity and diversity of opportunities for young people as leaders of change in their communities. Funded by the DCSF, The Youth of Today is led by a consortium of leading organisations previously known as the National Body for Youth Leadership, set up as part of its commitment outlined in Aiming High for Young People: A ten year strategy for positive activities. The consortium includes The National Youth Agency (lead partner), British Youth Council, Changemakers, Citizenship Foundation, The Prince's Trust, UK Youth Parliament and The Young Foundation. Work has already begun on several initiatives including a £1 million investment in The Youth of Today Youth Leadership Fund, The Youth of Today Fellowship, a local council and ministerial shadowing programme and development of global leadership practice. The NYA is also leading a programme of networkiing opportunities amongst current providers and developing progression pathways.
The Source
Check out the July edition of The Source, UK Youth's online monthly magazine, and sign up here to receive it in your inbox each month when it gets published. The Source is an online resource packed with information, features, updates and more. This issue highlights youth consultation and peer education.
You're Welcome
11 of the 14 PCT's across Yorkshire and the Humber now have You're Welcome Leads in place who will take forward the You're Welcome agenda locally.
Criteria 7 within You're Welcome (YW) requires that health services aiming to achieve the YW accreditation ensure young people participate in the service. If you would like to find out if your local PCT has a YW lead in place please contact:
david.armitage@goyh.gsi.gov.uk
To read more about You're Welcome please click on the link below:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/AdvanceSearchResult/index.htm?searchTerms+you%27re+welcome
Criteria 7 within You're Welcome (YW) requires that health services aiming to achieve the YW accreditation ensure young people participate in the service. If you would like to find out if your local PCT has a YW lead in place please contact:
david.armitage@goyh.gsi.gov.uk
To read more about You're Welcome please click on the link below:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/AdvanceSearchResult/index.htm?searchTerms+you%27re+welcome