WLGA

Wales Principal Youth Officers' Group

•  Core Business Paper.pdf - Feb-2023

  This paper considers the core business of the maintained Youth Service in Wales, as delivered by the 22 local authorities. It is published on behalf of the Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group, which is a sub-group of the Association of Directors of Education for Wales (ADEW).

•  Curriculum for Wales - what contribution can Youth Work make?.pdf - Feb-2023

  A discussion paper on behalf of the Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group.

•  The Youth Work Leadership and Management Programme.pdf - Sep-2021

  The programme is co-ordinated by ETS Wales and supported by the WLGA, CWVYS, the Wales Principal Youth Officers Group, TAG Cymru (youth work training providers at HE and FE level) and funded by the National Academy for Educational Leadership (NAEL) and the Welsh Government.

•  Policy Context of Youth Work in Wales.pdf - Oct-2020

  This paper was initially written for the Wales Youth Work Leadership & Management Programme Steering Group as an aide memoire/advisory document to assist the consultant commissioned to carry out work on the pilot phase of the programme.

•  Curriculum for Wales - What contribution can Youth Work make?.pdf - Feb-2020

  A discussion paper on behalf of the Wales Principal Youth Officers' Group.

•  Curriculum for Wales - PYOG Information.pdf - Feb-2020

•  PYOG - Structure for Meetings 2020.pdf - Jan-2020

  This paper sets out the arrangements for meetings for the group.

•  Inquiry into Youth Work.pdf - Mar-2018

  Wales Principal Youth Officers’ Group welcomes the opportunity to respond to the National Assembly for Wales Children, Young People and Education Committee follow-up consultation - Inquiry into Youth Work.

•  PYOG - Youth crime prevention in Wales - what contribution can youth work make?.pdf - Jan-2017

  Local authority Youth Services in Wales, who collectively engage over 100,000 young people per year across a 12 hour per day, 7 day per week and 50 week per year engagement profile, carries out work in a wide variety of settings which prevents young people getting involved in anti-social and/or or criminal behaviour.

•  PYOG - Emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people in Wales - What contribution can youth work make?.pdf - Jul-2016

  Discussion paper on behalf of PYOG which explores what contribution youth work can make to the emotional wellbeing and mental health of young people in Wales.

•  PYOG - Curriculum for Life - What contribution can youth work make to a new curriculum for Wales?.pdf - May-2016

  Discussion paper introduced by PYOG on behalf of the Youth Service in local authorities in Wales which makes a contribution to the huge effort required to successfully raise our children and young people and the challenge this brings. The work cannot be carried out by schools in isolation but requires the input of a wide range of stakeholders, both from the wider education ‘family’ and communities.