FREE Regional CYP Participation Event, Sat 21st Jan

Come and participate in our FREE, thought-provoking and inspiring event!  Open to all voluntary, community and statutory sector staff and volunteers, working with children and young people (CYP). This event is suitable for a variety of workers including Youth Workers, Play workers, Arts and Learning Officers, Outreach and Community Worker, who work across the West Midlands.

See attached below: 

• Booking form (including venue directions and map)
• Event flyer

The keynote speech is by Dr. Jason Wood, Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, Youth & Community Division, and guest speaker Liam Preston, British Youth Council.

The event will offer inspiring speakers and thought provoking and interactive workshops, enabling you to share ideas, network  and celebrate your work regionally, whilst assisting you in your participation journey,

Workshops include:

• Making participation activities accessible for young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
• Participation through journalism – Lee Atkins, Warwickshire Association of Youth Clubs
• Participation: Recognising, celebrating and awarding – Faye Stephens and Ruthe Spottiswoode, Warwickshire Children and Voluntary Youth Service
• Encouraging participation through visual arts – Clare Mitchell. Warwickshire Youth Arts Network
• Encouraging participation through digital media – Richard Elms, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
• Participation and the natural environment – speaker to be confirmed

A free activity at Ackers Adventure for your organisation as part of the follow up event!

Places will be booked on a first-come, first-served basis, see details and contacts below.

Be a G:XL Participation Champion

See attached an information and sign up sheet for this exciting voluntary role.  Could you:

• Promote awareness of children and young people's (CYP) participation to organisations?
• Help increase opportunities for CYP participation in the voluntary and community sector?
• Help shape participation resources and initiatives to be rolled out to the sector?

If so, please get in touch!  This opportunity could offer you excellent development opportunities and be suitable if you're new to participation or an experienced participation practitioner.

Book Now

To attend this FREE event please complete the booking form attached to: participation@wayc.org.uk, please return this by monday 16th Jan 2012

Contact

For further details contact: Participation@wayc.org.uk or call Tracy Hayes or Cath Errington of G:XL contract holder Midlands Youth on 01926 450 156. 

Join G:XL's regional celebration of CYP participation and make sure participation stays on the map!

Links

More participation resources and opportunities through G:up's three-year, Big Lottery-funded G:XL project.

• Regional Participation Report - mapping CYP participation in every local authority area and providing a number of useful participation resources 
• G:XL Participation Learning Cluster - interactive regional forum, open to all CYP VCS staff, share information and network with colleagues, help develop new resources and solutiuons and improve CYP participation in the sector