 Yo! Christmas bookings now open
Wolverhampton's YO! Christmas programme is now live, offering hundred's of activities and events for the city's children, young people and their families during the festive holidays.
The activities, many of which are free and include food, run from Wednesday 27 December to Friday 5 January 2024, and range from sports, photography, arts and crafts, dance and drama workshops. Book now.
 Schools celebrate getting Anti Bullying Charter Status
Nineteen schools in Wolverhampton were awarded the Yo! Wolves Anti Bullying Charter Status at a ceremony recently.
The awards, which are given to schools and youth organisations who demonstrate their commitment to preventing and dealing with bullying among young people, were presented by the Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Dr Michael Hardacre, at the City Suite at the Civic Centre. Read more.
Young Care Leavers Week celebrations
The City of Wolverhampton Council celebrated the achievements of its young people leaving, or about to leave, care through a series of events held to mark Care Leavers Week 2023.
Young people and their Young Person’s Advisors took part in 10 activities last week, including a wellbeing and beauty evening where they were able to enjoy facial treatments, henna mehndi and Lush gift sets provided by their Grand Mentors from Volunteering Matters, and a team building day giving back to the local community at Wildside Activity Centre.
Young people also took part in an annual review of the Local Offer for care leavers, at which a new loyalty card was formally launched, giving care leaves a range of valuable discounts.
Wolverhampton's Local Offer for care leavers aged between 16 and 25 provides information about a wide range of services which could help young care leavers prepare for adult life. It includes details of support which they are entitled to by law, as well as additional services that the council has been able to secure with the help of partner organisations.
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Inclusion Conference 2023
City of Wolverhampton Council’s Education and Childrens Services hosted its annual Inclusion Conference last month. The conference was attended by a range of education and children's services staff including Head Teachers and SENCOs. During, The Co-production and Youth Engagement Team attended to showcase the opportunities available for young people and families to get involved in shaping services and support in the city. Members of HY5! also shared their video that gives an update on their Inspiring Change training and why other young people should get involved. Watch now
My Ideal Park
 Parks and open spaces: Young people from HY5! met with city planners to talk about their experiences of using parks and open spaces in Wolverhampton. They said that having safe places to go and spend time is really important, it can make them feel happy, keep healthy, make new friends and feel part of their community. Young people created a vision about what their ideal park would look like. This has been shared with the council to help develop our parks and open spaces in the future.
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