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Hi <<First Name>>
It's been brilliant to see many new and familiar faces on our two online workshops held this week - exploring digital engagement with older young people and kick-starting a process of developing collective messaging with our Youth Hubs. Please get in touch if you have any questions following either session.
Recently we announced the awarding of 21 grants totalling £320 000 to our members across Westminster as part of the second round of the Westminster Brighter Futures Fund, in partnership with Westminster City Council. This investment will support Westminster’s young people and their families over the upcoming 12 months.
This funding was made available by Westminster City Council, with further contributions from Colas Rail, Landsec, Shaftesbury PLC, The Mercers’ Company, St Giles Trust, Howard De Walden Estate, Great Portland Estates, Capco, Total Media and Logicor. We would like to thank all of our contributing partners who recognise the importance of investing in young people and help to build an even stronger community in Westminster through cross-sector collaboration. There has never been a more important time to support the youth organisations that provide life-changing support to Westminster’s young people.
Young people were invited to join the grants panel, held virtually this year. Mollie, who attends St Andrew’s Youth Club commented, “I enjoyed taking part as I learnt lots about the work that goes into funding youth clubs. I found the process extremely interesting as you look deeply into the history of the club and how they plan to use the funding”.
Another local young person who fed into the decision making, Clayton, said “working with YWF has enabled me to do peer research around the priorities and issues faced by young people in Westminster in the current circumstances. I was then able to share this insight with the grants panel to give my views on the allocation of funding available to youth services – allowing young people to have a direct influence on youth matters!”
Looking ahead, we look forward to launching our needs analysis report in early March. We'll present all the findings to our community in our next webinar in late March and really look forward to developing a collective response to the needs and ideas of our borough's young people.
Take care,
Phil
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DCMS Youth Covid-19 Support Fund - click here
Renewal Grants from London Community Response Fund - click here
Amplify London Grants to support organisations that offer music and/or music technology activity in London for young people aged 11-21 - click here
New Health & Wellbeing fund for wellbeing of babies and their mothers - click here
Incentive for employers to take on trainees and apprentices - click here
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A new virtual course for 18-25 year olds across the UK
The AD-Cademy has been designed to upskill participants in key aspects of marketing, creativity and digital, helping them build their network and increase their chances of winning a role through employability workshops including personal branding, accountability, interview tips and CV writing.
Click here to find out more
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Our City: Your Experiences
Whilst Young Westminster continue to make developments to the website, we'd love to hear your thoughts on your experiences so far. Click here to share your thoughts in our quick survey.
Thanks to all members for your contributions, we will be in touch with details for a training webinar and full launch plan soon.
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Westminster Young Photographer of the Year
The first ‘Westminster Young Photographer of the Year’ welcomes submissions from two groups, aged 11-15 and 16-25. ‘Lockdown: Westminster’s taking a positive view’ a partnership between Positive View Foundation, Young Westminster Foundation and Westminster’s City Lions.Entrants must be living in Westminster and have an award-winning creative idea for five original photographs that really sum up what life’s like for you during these crazy Covid-19 times. For more information please go to www.positiveview.org.uk or email lucia@positiveview.org.uk
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Paid work placements for young people in bike mechanics
The project will provide accredited training to young people aged 18 – 24 that live in Westminster leading into a six-month job with Westminster Wheels, paid at the London Living Wage, under the supervision of an experienced mechanic.
Email here
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Understanding Trauma, Resilience and Social justice For Black and Minoritised Young People Living through Covid Times
Three practice based seminars this Feb
Click here to sign up
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COVID-19 vaccination: An open online discussion
Let’s have an open discussion about COVID-19 vaccination.Some people have questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccines. We understand that for Black, Asian and minority-ethnic communities, racial inequalities and negative experiences are leading to high levels of vaccine hesitancy. Click here to join.
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Zoomin' Marvellous training from Rehearse the Revolution
Feeling a little Zoom fatigue? Wanting to shake things up? Gaynor is a youth worker, project manager and facilitator, with 15 years' experience of creative youth engagement running training for facilitators with playful online delivery techniques. Click here to book a session
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Check out the latest edition of the All for Youth newsletter, written for young people by young people in Westminster and K&C
In this edition find out how young people can join Caxton Youth Club, meet Ava from the News Crew and get Christmassy with games. This edition also has an exciting new competition for young people. Find out more and read the newsletter here
Would a young people you know be interested in contributing to the newsletter? Whether they're a budding writer, artist, baker or photographer, the WCC would love for them to get involved. Simply send your interest to Marianna.Lill@rbkc@gov.uk
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PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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Partnership Opportunity with Let Me Know
Good relationships shape our health and happiness, yet we are taught so little about them. LMK is an education charity on a mission to change that. It runs free workshops educating young people about healthy and unhealthy behaviours so that they can avoid abuse and thrive in their relationships. LMK is looking for partner organisations in Westminster, currently working with 16-18year olds, who might like to host a workshop with their teenagers. Free to attend and they can offer incentives. You can find out more at justletmeknow.org or email to book a place saloni@justletmeknow.org
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Following your feedback in our annual member's survey that you would like more information about other YWF members, we're introducing this 'member of a month' profile. We'll also introduce any new members who have recently joined our network. If you have any problems viewing the images below please get in touch with info@ywfoundation.com and we can help!
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Mosaic LGBT+ Young Person's Trust
Their mission is to educate and inspire young LGBT+ persons and those around them. They do this by providing accessible activities, programmes and services that aim to empower community members, provide essential resources, advocate for young LGBT+ rights, and embrace, promote and endorse the diversity of young persons.
Committed to building a strong and cohesive community that is safe & free from prejudice, their work in Westminster and beyond helps ensure every LGBT+ young person feels empowered, inspired and proud of who they are.
Click here to find out more
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WESTMINSTER'S WARDS
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Following your feedback in our annual member's survey that you would like support in accessing ward data, we will use this section of our newsletter to shine a light on Westminster's ward profiles. We can also help broker advice from Westminster City Council Evaluation Team, please contact info@ywfoundation.com to access this.
Each month we'll feature the ward that's home to our 'member of the month'. This month it's Regent's Park ward, close to Mosaic LGBT+ Young Person's Trust.
Ward profiles have been produced to provide an overview of the latest information across a range of different subject areas. The latest update for the ward profiles in 2018 is based on recent data from Westminster services, partner and external data sources, the 2017 City Survey, as well as the 2011 Census to offer a rounded view of local communities. You can access all ward information here.
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We'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas of how we can support your organisation at this time.
If you have questions on any of the above or would like to to talk through how YWF can support you, please email info@ywfoundation.com
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