YLC e-bulletin 26th September 2023
26 September 2023 at 10:11
Opportunities for your organisation
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Opportunities for your organisation
The online resource for children and young people in Wakefield
This is a great opportunity for local organisations to submit information to this area about their offer for young people, events and even blogs/ pieces from young people you're working with!
Check the 16+ area here and keep checking back as it continues to grow: https://wf-i-can.co.uk/o13/16-area/
Got a question about this? Email: info@ylc.org.uk
We have few places left on Introduction to EDI awareness course, which will take place on 19th October in Lightwaves Leisure Centre in Wakefield.
If you are interested, please email us on info@ylc.org.uk
Know what to do if someone is thinking about suicide by following the easy to remember TALK steps - Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep-safe.
Upcoming SafeTALK Training Sessions Across the Wakefield District
- Wednesday 18th October, 9:30-13:30, Samaritans, Charlotte Street, Wakefield
- Tuesday 28th November, 12:30-16:30, Red Roof Centre, Wakefield Road, Kinsley
Please note that more SafeTALK training sessions are coming soon.
Don't forget to check our website for more updates (see all dates).
To book your free place please visit our calendar: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Basic Awareness in Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Training
- Thursday, 12th October, 13:00-16:00, St Mary's Community Centre, Pontefract
This course raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of abuse and what to do if you are worried and is designed for those delivering projects, activities or services to children, young people and vulnerable adults in the voluntary, community, social enterprise sector.
To book your free place please visit our calendar: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Introduction to the Resilience Framework Training
- increase confidence in using the framework
Full day sessions:
- Friday, 10th November, Wakefield suite, ground floor, Wakefield one
3-hour condensed session:
- Tuesday, 10th October - half day, Lightwaves Leisure Centre, Wakefield
The session will enable you to increase confidence in using the framework, recognise how it can complement your work, identify and overcome barriers to using the framework and share best practice.
Please note that this training is delivered with Public Health, as such your details will be shared with Wakefield Council for the purposes of booking you on the training.
To book your free place please visit our calendar: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Risk & Resilience Website training
- Friday, 20th October, 13:00-15:00, St Mary's Community Centre, Pontefract
- Friday, 3rd November, 13:00-15:00, St Mary's Community Centre, Pontefract
- Friday, 17th November, 13:00-15:00, St Mary's Community Centre, Pontefract
This is an amazing opportunity to further develop your knowledge of the Risk and Resilience, newly updated website.
Areas covered will include: how to make a questionnaire, promote new resources, explore our session plans and much more.
To book your free place please visit our calendar: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and the Birth of Preventable Condition
Thursday, 05th October 2023
10:00-12:00, St Mary's Community Centre, Pontefract
This session will enable you to consider: advice & guidance relating to alcohol, the impact of alcohol in pregnancy, signs and symptoms of FASD, pathways for diagnosis and strategies and support.
To book your free place please visit our calendar: www.younglives.net/events/calendar
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we regret to inform that our ASIST training session planned on 04th and 05th of October has been postponed.
We understand the importance of this training and we are actively working to reschedule the session.
You can still register your interest on the form below. This will ensure that you receive updates as soon as we agree on new training schedule.
Click here to complete our Expression of Interest Form.
Please see EOI form for prices.
Healthwatch Wakefield are working with the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board to help them find out how services can best support people who have emergency health care needs.
We would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes completing this short survey.
Strut Safe is a free, volunteer-operated and non-judgemental support line who stay on the phone with you until you arrive safely at your destination.
Operates Fridays and Saturdays 19:00-03:00
and Sundays 19:00-01:00
For further information see https://strutsafe.org/
Communication Toolkit to download.
This is an event strictly for young people, not professionals
The Clinical Research Network Yorkshire & Humber (CRN Y&H) is planning a vision event on Monday 6th November (9:30 to 16:00) at the Principal Hotel, York, will be the starting point of the development of a CRN Y&H Strategy for Early Life (Prevention and Early Detection). During the day you will hear about the work already happening across the Region, and following the event working groups will be established to agree strategic aims and an action plan for a strategy over 2 years, 4 years and 10 years.
To book your place, please click on the image below.
Information about reduced water bills for those on reduced income or who have a medical condition that means they use a lot of water.
Landmark survey seeks women's views on reproductive health.
Women in England are being encouraged to help shape reproductive health policy by sharing their experiences, as the government launches a landmark survey.
The survey is being delivered by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and is funded by DHSC. It is open to all woman in England aged 16 to 55 years and will run for six weeks.
The survey seeks women’s views on issues including periods, contraception, fertility, pregnancy and the menopause.
Getting the flu and COVID-19 vaccines is quick and easy - it takes just a few minutes.
Find out if you’re eligible and book now.
The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund
£76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund launched.
The government has launched the community Organisations Cost of Living Fund (CCLF), which will be delivered by The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF).
The £76 million package of funding aims to maintain and expand support for people and communities under severe pressure because of the increased cost of living, by distributing grants to critical frontline services seeing increased demand and increased delivery cost.
Grand awards will be decided through a competitive process, seeking applications from eligible organisations.
We will announce further details of organisations awarded onward grants through the CCLF later this year.
For more information visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-community-organisations-cost-of-living-fund
Defibrillator Grant Funding
Charity Grant Funding is available towards the cost of each Defibrillator supplied by London Hearts.
Recent publicised events has highlighted the fact that Cardiac Arrest does not discriminate and can happen to anyone, of any age, at any time!
The statistics are alarming - Cardiac Arrest kills over 60,000 people, of all ages, in the UK each year. If a heart defibrillator is used within 3-5mins of a cardiac arrest, the chances of survival increases from 6% to a huge 74%.
With every Defibrillator, London Hearts provides free online CPR/Defibrillator awareness training.
Equipment is available now.
If you have any queries please feel free to contact Tia Marshall (tel.: 02070432493, email: Tia@londonhearts.org). To receive further information on the Defibrillators we supply along with a non-obligatory quote, simply complete our short online application at: https://www.londonhearts.org/apply-for-a-defib
Please see more information about other funding here
Useful information and Articles
Please note that CHANGING OUR DIRECTION FORM has been updated.
To find out more about Changing Our Direction visit https://wf-i-can.co.uk/cod/
Please find below Wakefield EPS Maximising Attendance & EBSA toolkit and as a separate document an EBSA Appendix & Resource Pack, which were kindly shared with us by Senior Education Psychologist, to share.
EPS Maximising Attendance & EBSA toolkit
Free UK Charity Web Hosting
https://www.kualo.co.uk/free-charity-hosting#eligibility
Wakefield Recovery & Discovery College Leaflet
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