Meetings

Youth Work

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 28/02/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning - Youth Work inquiry follow up

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Meeting: 24/01/2018 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter to the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning - Youth Work follow up

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Meeting: 20/09/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language - Youth Work

The letter responds to the Chair’s letter of 10 July and welcomes the Committee’s intention to continue reviewing youth work across Wales and to closely monitor the work of the Welsh Government in this area.

 

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Meeting: 20/07/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language - Youth Work

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Meeting: 28/06/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language

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Meeting: 14/06/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter to the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh language - Youth Work

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Meeting: 08/03/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Written Statement from the Llywydd on the Youth Parliament

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Meeting: 15/02/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language - future funding of CWVYS

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Meeting: 12/01/2017 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language - Future funding of CWVYS

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Meeting: 24/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

6 Inquiry into Youth Work - Additional information from the Minister for Lifelong Learning & Welsh Language following the meeting on 12 October

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Meeting: 24/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Inquiry into Youth Work - Consideration of draft report

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The Committee considered the draft report. It would be considered again at next week’s meeting.

Meeting: 16/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Committee Chair to the Minister for Lifelong Learning & Welsh Language - Future funding of CWVYS

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Meeting: 16/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Letter from the Minister for Lifelong Learning & Welsh Language to the Committee Chair - Future funding of CWVYS

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Minutes:

The Committee agreed to write to the Minster for Lifelong Learning & Welsh language for further clarification on the letter sent regarding the future funding of CWVYS.

 

Meeting: 10/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Youth Work - additional information from WLGA following meeting on 6 October

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Meeting: 10/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Inquiry into Youth Work - Consideration of Key Issues

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 The Committee discussed the key issues, a draft report would be considered at a future meeting.

Meeting: 02/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Inquiry into Youth Work - Consideration of key issues paper

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Members agreed to consider the paper at a future meeting.

Meeting: 02/11/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Correspondence from Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWVYS) in relation to the Youth Work Inquiry

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Meeting: 12/10/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Inquiry into Youth Work - Evidence session 3 - Welsh Government

Alun Davies AM, Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language

Kara Richards, Head of Youth Engagement

Sam Evans, Senior Youth Work Strategy Manager

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Minutes:

The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language. The Minister agreed to provide the following:

 

The results of the current mapping exercise of the voluntary sector provision of youth work;

Case studies of where youth work and local authorities are working well together and examples of where further support is needed;

All published information on the provision of statutory youth work provision including information on funding streams; 

Figures on the reduction of staff numbers over the recent years within the Youth Work department in the Welsh Government;

A breakdown of the £36.6 million that is spent between local authorities on youth services across Wales; and

The emerging themes from the recent consultation on proposals to support the development of a new National Youth Work Strategy.

 

Meeting: 06/10/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Inquiry into Youth Work - Evidence session 2 - Wales Principal Youth Officers' Group (PYOG) & Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Dr Chris Llewelyn – Director, Lifelong Learning, Leisure & Welsh Language – Welsh Local Government Association

Barbara Howe – Youth Service Manager, Torfaen County Borough Council

Jason Haeney – Principal Youth and Community Officer, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Tim Opie – Lifelong Learning Policy Officer (Youth) – Welsh Local Government Association

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The Committee heard evidence from the PYOG and the WLGA.

 

The WLGA agreed to provide a note on the position of youth service mapping exercises within local authorities.

Meeting: 06/10/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Inquiry into Youth Work - Evidence session 1 - Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Service (CWVYS)

Keith Towler, Chair - CWVYS

Catrin James, Regional Co-ordinator - CWVYS

Paul Glaze, Chief Executive - CWVYS

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Under Standing Order 17.24 Llyr Gruffydd AM declared he was an Honorary President of the Council for Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWVYS).

 

The Committee heard evidence from CWVYS.

Meeting: 28/09/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 1.)

Inquiry into Youth Work - Voluntary Sector Stakeholder Event (Invite only)

The session will provide an opportunity for stakeholders and practitioners to share their views or concerns about youth work and services in Wales.

 

Meeting: 22/09/2016 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

Inquiry into Youth Work - discussion on summary of evidence

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The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed an approach to the inquiry.

 

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