Jan

25

Keyfund BLAST

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Keyfund Participate NE is running a Keyfund BLAST in the south of the region beginning the 20th February 2012

A BLAST is, in essence, Keyfund in two weeks and includes;

  • “Introduction to Keyfund” training for new facilitators (we are aiming for this to be at a reduced cost)
  • Community Panel Member Training
  • Drop-ins to develop your groups idea and application
  • Group going to Panel to present their project and seek approval to take forward
  • Initial group idea to money reward in two weeks (if required learning has been achieved)
  • A great way to understand the Keyfund process to do more of your own in the future.

Running this BLAST means that the young people you are working with could have a reward for their learning of up to £250, this will aid them to participate in an activity that might have been previously unavailable to them. You need to have a group of young people to go through the BLAST process which will start on the 20th February 2012 with “Introduction to Keyfund” Training at the BBC TYNE TEES, Middlesbrough. The groups idea also needs to engage with one of the four selected projects we run - The North East Youth Network, somewhereto_, Truth About Youth or NE-Generation.

If you are interested or want to know more about this great opportunity please contact our new development worker Michele Deans on mdeansy@yahoo.co.uk or contact Ria at the Unit on 0191 440 4410.

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Jan

17

somewhereto_ Rock the Mic!

Featured Articles / Somewhereto / Upcoming Events
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somewhereto_ are staging two nights of entertainment at North Tyneside’s YMCA in North Shields on Monday 23rd January and Monday 30th January. Young people who have come to somewhereto_ looking for performance opportunities will be providing the entertainment.

Bands and Acoustic acts are playing on the 23rd and DJ’s and break-dancers are performing on the 30th. The event begins at 6.30pm prompt and runs on until 9pm with tickets being sold on the door on the night of the event for £2 on a first come first served basis.

We hope to see a lot of young people there, get there early for tickets to avoid any disappointments (max capacity 90).
Click here for full flyer.

 

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Jan

10

BYC Youth Voices Awards

Featured Articles / North East Youth Network
BYC Awards

Young people from Youth Councils and UK Youth Parliament from the around the country attended an awards celebration in Westminster last year to receive their Youth Voice awards, for speaking up in their local communities.

The North East Youth Network were one of the award winners so a big congratulations to them on all of their hard work.

To read more about the awards Click Here.

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Dec

01

Congratulations to NEYN

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The RYWU are delighted to announce that we have secured funding for the North East Youth Network to develop their regional campaign on Youth Unemployment. The Unit was successful in it’s application to the Millfield House Foundation and will be developing the campaign over an eighteen month period with work commencing in January 2012.

For more info on the Millfield House Foundation go to www.mhfdn.org.uk

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Nov

25

So you wanna be… Event

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somewhereto_ recently partnered with North Tyneside Council’s Arts department and Custom’s House to stage an event called ‘So you wanna be….’. The event was hosted at North Tyneside’s YMCA venue and was aimed at young people that would like somewhereto_ learn and develop their skills within various cultural activities from dance and music production to art and graffiti work. Workshops were ran with around 20 young people and were delivered by professionals from across the region who had taken their talent and passion and transformed it into their career. The event was a great success and we hope to see further somewhereto_ projects blossoming from the event!

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Nov

15

somewhereto_ be a success

Featured Articles / Somewhereto
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Sara came to somewhereto_ desiring opportunities to give talks/speeches on issues which she is passionate about to different selections of audiences. somewhereto_ has managed to get her a slot in the young ranters event last Sunday at the Sage Gateshead which is part of BBC 3′s free thinking festival. Sara attended the event and presented her rant which was based on the newcastle based tv programme called ‘Geordie Shore’ which tends to show Geordies in a negative manner. The rant and event was extremely successful and humerous and can be viewed by clicking here.

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Nov

02

Keyfund at RYWU

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We are delighted to announce that our Keyfund ‘pot’, under the license Keyfund Participate NE is now open for registration of new groups.

If you don’t know about Keyfund, then why not visit http://www.keyfund.org.uk/

Who can access Keyfund Participate NE?
Keyfund Participate NE is open to young people aged 11 to 19 (up to 25 for young people with learning difficulties or disabilities) who live in the North East and are engaged with or wish to be engaged with the Regional Youth Work Unit North East’s designated programmes, which are currently:

Truth About Youth – Challenging and changing the negative perceptions about young people.
North East Youth Network – Providing young people with a voice to influence decisions on issues which affect them.
somewhereto_ – Giving young people the opportunity to access spaces to do the thing they love doing.
NE-Generation – Changing the way young people and the cultural sector work together in the North East.

If groups don’t have a facilitator already, why not get trained as a Keyfund Facilitator yourself (or, alternatively, we may be able to assign one).

What happens next?

Talk to the young people you work with, and see if their Keyfund idea fits the Keyfund Participate NE programmes. If it does, then go to www.keyfund.org.uk and get your groups registered! As mentioned above there will also be future ‘Introduction to Keyfund’ training courses.
If you know of any colleagues who’d like to become new Keyfund Facilitators visit the keyfund website, choose the course for you, and sign up online.

More Information

For more information about Keyfund and joining Participate NE’s network here at the Unit contact Michele Deans on mdeansy@yahoo.co.uk or call 01914404410

 

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Nov

02

somewhereto_ host and rap!

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Sara and Louie came to somewhereto_ to gain opportunities to speak at huge events and increase their skills at public speaking and rap entertaining. The both of them compered a huge event at the Sage Gateshead called ‘The Power Tour’ where there were 150 people in attendance. The Power Tour took place throughout last week and featured young people’s bands performing at venues across the country. The pair had a great rapport with the audience and their performance was applauded from all angles and the crowd found their humour extremely entertaining.

Louie was also presented with the opportunity to perform his solo act of beat boxing and rapping which is part of his somewhereto_ project. Louie loved it and this was his second rap performance at huge public events through somewhereto_. This was after he was also given an opportunity to be part of the grand opening event. Louie wrote a rap to music by Gateshead’s Voltage Volunteers which acted as the keynote opening speech for the Juice festival. Louie and the musicians performed the track at the grand opening at the Sage Gateshead on Tuesday 18th October.

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Oct

12

somewhereto_ be a Talented Writer

Featured Articles / North East Youth Network / Somewhereto
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Maddie Otter is a member of the North East Youth Network and now found space with the somewhereto_ programme. She has had a brilliant article published in Live Magazine and we thought we would share it with you. Not only does the article highlight the positive activities of youth programmes and how useful they are to young people, but really shows how talented this young person is. Enjoy.

http://www.live-magazine.co.uk/2011/10/politics-whats-the-point-in-participation/

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Aug

30

NEYN Meeting

Featured Articles / North East Youth Network
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The North East Youth Network steering group had their third meeting last Wednesday 24th August at the RYWU offices.

The day started with a focused meeting with some of the members as they are undertaking The British Youth Council (BYC) Youth Voice Award. Later on in the day this meeting branched out to a bigger Network meeting.
The group then identified key issues which young people are facing and highlighted four which they would like to develop into regional projects. The Network’s young people split into four groups and pitched their project plans to members of the RYWU staff team in a Dragons Den style at the end of the session.
See more photos here
There was great discussion in all groups and really interesting points raised. Watch this space for more work from the Network coming soon.
If you would like to be involved in the North East Youth Network to have a chance to get your voice heard on issues important to you contact Neil Burke on
neil@rywu.org.uk or call 0191 440 4410
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