‘Introduction to Keyfund’ Training

‘Introduction to Keyfund’ training qualifies you as a Keyfund Facilitator and a member of a Keyfund network. Once you have attended you can add the Keyfund process to your youth work toolkit to enhance the work that you are already doing with Young People.

The Unit is hosting the training session on 19th March 2012 9.30am – 4.30pm at their offices in Felling, Gateshead. RYWU-NE is the licensee for Keyfund Participate NE.

Keyfund Participate NE is open to young people aged 11 to 25 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.

To book on to this training click - http://www.keyfund.org.uk/training/213/introduction-to-keyfund-training or if you have any questions contact the Unit on 01914404410 or email Michele Deans on mdeansy@yahoo.co.uk.

Keyfund BLAST

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.