Kicking off another busy week on the road with the North East Youth Alliance Conference on Fostering Investment and Collaboration Great to hear from Kevin Franks on the power of collaboration 🙌🏻

Melissa Hawkins from Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University is now presenting to our conference. Talking about relational funding and commissioning for public services #youthstartshere

Caleb Jackson, Head of Change for Youth and Criminal Justice at Youth Endowment Fund is now speaking #youthstartshere

Jim Cooke Head of the Funders Collaborative Hub at the Association of Charitable Foundations is now addressing the conference #youthstartshere

Jim Cooke at the stage

Panel discussion #youthstartshere

Our conference has moved into group sessions. This first workshop is looking at Local Youth Partnerships in the North East #youthstartshere

Another workshop here. This group are looking at the issues in involving young people in grant making / commissioning #youthstartshere

This Co-op Foundation work shop is looking at their visioning study; participatory grant making; impact and evaluation #youthstartshere

This Community Foundation led session looks at the role of community philanthropy in supporting young people #yourhstartshere

Community Foundation led session #youthstartshere

This final workshop looks at culture and Youth Sector collaboration #youthstartshere

Check out the video from last weeks brilliant NEYA Conference- Empowering Tomorrow: Fostering Investment and Collaboration #youthstartshere buff.ly/47XpIMc

Please sign and share our petition to shine the light on youth work, increase funding and recruitment buff.ly/3ReUcT7

Please sign and share our petition to shine the light on youth work, increase funding and recruitment buff.ly/3ReUcT7

We are all set up for our Youth Voice Festival. We are excited to welcome young people from across the North East to celebrate the amazing youth voice projects they have been involved in!!

We have some amazing festival games and other activities going on for everyone to join in with. :)

We welcome Chief to the stage to perform!!

Thank you everyone for coming to the Youth Voice Festival. Well done to all our shortlisted groups and individuals