CYWP - Cornwall Youth Work Partnership

Exciting new opportunity for young people aged 14-19 who find themselves at risk of becoming disengaged from education employment or training.

The Cornwall Marine Network has identified funding to offer 340 to young people at risk of becoming NEET, places on their Clipper Challenge Programme.  Each programme will take a cohort of 20, the young people will take part in 2 days intensive training and assesment in crewing a Clipper.  They will have opportunities to enjoy team building activities and gain knowledge of first aid and sailing.  The programme will take place at Lusty Glaze and at the end of the programme the clipper team will select 10 of the 20 strong cohort to take part in a 7 day residential sailing experience, with the possibility of sailing around the Isle of Wight or to the Channel Islands. 

Those not selected for the full sailing experience will be offered the opportunity to take part in 6 days of water based activities at the Elemental Water Sports Centre, where they can expect to engage in a variety of sports including Kayaking, Coasteering, Canoeing and Life guarding experiences.

These places are for those who could really benefit from an opportunity to experience a week long commitment to team building and water based activity.  All water proof and safety equipment will be provided, the course is appropriate for non-swimmers and funding can be sought for childcare.

For full details of these opportunties please contact Julie Fellows at the Cornwall Marine Network by calling 01326 211382 or by email at julie.fellows@cornwallmarine.net.  When contacting Julie please mention that you saw these events advertised on the Cornwall Youth Work Partnership’s website.

The Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum has sign posted its members to some useful documents regarding planning for a Flu pandemic.  More information can be found at the VSF Website by clicking here and other useful documents are provided below.

• Business Continuity
• Cabinet Office Guidance
• Contingency Planning Checklist
• Template Swine Flu policy
  Make adjustments to this document as appropriate for your organisation.
  Thanks to Age Concern Cornwall and the Cornwall VSF for providing this template.

Through consultation with LLUK, IfL and Cornwall College, CYWP have been able to produce draft notes aimed at making the Teaching in the Life-long Learning sector reforms easier to understand. 

Members can access this document through the Other Useful Documents page of the members area.

Please feel free to comment on this document

A new framework for monitoring progress towards equality and human rights in Britain, the EMF will provide information for government and public bodies to inform policy, public services and campaigning priorities.

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The Hardship Fund is now open for applications – just three months after it was first announced by the Chancellor in his Budget in April 2009.

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More information about how to apply, including guidance notes for applicants and an application form, can be found on the CDF website via the link below

Hardship Fund

Welcome to the Cornwall Youth Work Partnership website, we hope that you will find the site both useful and easy to navigate.  Should you have any comments or suggestions for improvements to the site, including links to other organisations or useful resources please email contact@cywp.org.uk and we will endeavour to get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks for visiting, the site will be updated regularly so please come back soon.

Regards

Nick Skuse

CYWP Coordinator

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