Black Country Support Worker………

Our Black Country Support Worker is based at Lower Gornal Community Youth Centre, Darlaston Youth Centre and Control House, West Bromwich, to maintain closer links with affiliates, associates and partner organisations in the Black Country. Support services offered include: 

·        Developing links with local authorities and Connexions Black Country

·        Maintaining a stronger working relationship with the wider voluntary sector

·        Promoting bayc to non-affiliated youth groups and organisations

·        Evaluating the work that bayc undertakes with affiliated members within the Black Country

·        Providing information and support to affiliated youth groups/organisations

·        Investigating the positive points of affiliation to bayc

·        Offering support and advice in implementing various quality standards where youth groups and organisations do not already have these in place, for example: insurance, child protection, equal opportunities, health & safety and criminal records checks

·        Providing information on various projects, such as Youth Achievement Awards, art and drama projects and young women’s development

·        Informing youth workers about training undertaken by bayc

·        Promoting our Studio Barn residential centre

·        Providing personal visits

·        Offering programme support

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Young People and Music.

Black Country Networking Event 

Tuesday 4^th November 2008,

The Public, West Bromwich 

Do you offer activities for young people? Do you run music projects or music making sessions or lessons for young people in or out of school? Do you want to find out how music making could help young people on the edge of exclusion and crime?Are you already working with young people like this? How can we offer opportunities to the talented young people who are not getting the chances they need?

Help us build a picture of music provision in the Black Country, and find out where new activities are needed.Youth organisers meet music providers, musicians meet people who could use your skills. We want to meet music and arts organizations, youth workers, teachers, policy makers, extended schools managers, musicians and other artists who work with musicians. The event starts with lunch at 12 noon, and end by 5pm.The afternoon will include

• Active information sharing
• Creating a youth and music map of the Black Country boroughs
• Inspiring case studies where music has changed lives and opened doors for young people
• Finding the gaps - geographic gaps, gaps in participants, gaps in leadership?
• How can we fill them, how do we work together? Actions to take forward

 Please forward this message to any individuals or organizations who could contribute or benefit. 

To book your place please return the attached registration form via email to:

Christina Timms, Regional Executive Officer, Youth Music

Christina.timms@youthmusic.org.uk

Tel: 07738 147733 

Youth Music is a national charity supporting music making for children and young people, especially those with least opportunity. Youth Music has invested funding in music projects in Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Walsall in the last two years. We are keen to develop partnerships to reach the young people with least opportunity, who could benefit greatly from music making. www.youthmusic.org.uk   

In the morning, at 10.30 MusicLeader West Midlands is holding a group discussion and activity for new/potential music leaders.If you know anyone who might be interested in this session as well, please contact:  MusicLeader West Midlands 0121 236 7948

Erika.scotto@musicleader.net  

MusicLeader West Midlands is dedicated to the professional development of music leaders, offering information, advice, training, networking, and online resources at www.musicleader.net  

Christina TimmsRegional Executive Officer, West MidlandsYouth Music07738 147733 

www.youthmusic.org.uk 

www.youthmusicweek.org.uk