Fantastic news for Birmingham and the West Midlands 🥇

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"Remember that there are many paths to success." Youth Minister Stephanie Peacock MP congratulates all young people receiving their #GCSEresults today and wishes them every success in the future READ her joint letter with @NCS Chair Harris Bokhari ⬇️ wearencs.com/sites/default/…

We were delighted to join our fellow Back Youth Alliance (BYA) organisations at a drop-in event for parliamentarians today in the Houses of Parliament to champion supporting young people through youth work and the importance of youth voice. Thank you to @NCSTrust for organising

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Great to attend this launch with UK Prime Minister Lisa Nandy MP this week!

The South West Members of Youth Parliament and their workers at day two of the UK Youth Parliament meeting #UKYP24

The extraordinary 270 Climbing Park at Bentham hosted a one-day event today as a follow-up from the summer camp for the NCS (National Citizen Service) Trust. These students from Pittville School were among 14 who scaled the heights. No, I wasn't invited to have a go. #NCS

We are excited to have teamed up with @NCS to launch ‘Talk for Change’, a workshop designed to help young people develop their political and media literacy. Want to learn more? Click the link to read about the project. 🌟 lnkd.in/ePWPby72 #MediaLiteracy

This is your last chance to register for this afternoon's webinar with Ofcom explaining the new Online Harms Bill and how it may impact on digital youth work process and procedures. Click below to sign up and join us at 1:30pm! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #Safeguarding

⭐Exciting Youth Voice Updates for Sandwell⭐

There simply are not enough youth workers in England to meet young people's needs. NYA is proposing important changes to our qualification framework, and we want to hear what you think of our proposals. In many ways, these proposals are the biggest shakeup of youth work training

⬇️ YOUTHVOICE NOW: Bitesize News - 13/1/25 ⭐️DCMS appoint co-production head for Youth Strategy ⭐️x20 links to News, Features, Research and Opportunities .. youngvoicesheard.org.uk/2025/01/13/you… via Young Voices Heard

Help Department for Culture, Media and Sport shape the future of youth policy! Share your insights on cross-sector collaboration in our short survey (10-15 mins). Your input will inform the National Youth Strategy & Young Futures Hubs. 🙌 Take part here: surveymonkey.com/r/JRFNQLQ

📣REGIONAL YOUTH VOICE MEETING 📷 Come take part in an amazing day with interesting debates, round table discussions and guest speakers! Date: 15th Feb 2025 Time: 10.30am-3.30pm Location: The Factory Young Peoples Centre, B31 2TW Speak to your Youth Worker to attend!

Sad news indeed! Our network meetings enabled us to connect with youth orgs in the South West Region. They’ve made a legendary contribution to supporting youth orgs to measure impact as well as youth work training that started the journey of many a youth worker.

“There is a discipline to being dyslexic. You're very aware of what you should never do and quickly get into things where you have an advantage... I'm attenuated to the taxonomy, so the taxonomy doesn't become me. And that is crazy valuable when you're trying to do something

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Always stimulating conversations Once upon a time ⚖️! Great to hear Jon Yates Youth Endowment Fund speak on an evidence led approach to reducing youth violence, and thank you to National Institute of Economic and Social Research for such a warm welcome, thanks for the invitation!

In a pivotal moment for youth voice in the UK and internationally the NYA’s new ‘What the Future Holds’ report marks a critical turning point for youth voice and influence, with a clear set of recommendations and a rallying cry for political and funding bodies to back the rebuild