Youth Service Bronze Quality Mark

Tonight we had a different type of meeting on the VPOD! We met with assessors who are inspecting the Youth Service as they are in the process of applying for the Bronze Quality Mark for Youth Work in Wales.

We discussed the role of the youth cabinet, the work we do in the local community and the impact we have by ensuring the voices of young people are listened to by decision-makers.  We promoted our current area of work\; the youth satisfaction survey, and how we are in the process of piloting the survey in local youth provisions to find out what young people think of the Youth Service.  We hope that this survey will be used as an annual evaluation tool to ensure the voices of young people are listened to.  We also mentioned the accreditation we are working towards, an Agored Cymru Unit in 'Young People's Participation - Having a Voice' as well the support we all receive from our youth workers.

Good luck to the Youth Service in gaining the Bronze Quality Mark!

Youth Cabinet promote Town Twinning

We attended the Beats, Eats & Treats event at Barry Island on Saturday which had lots of food and craft stalls, music, food demonstrations, the VPod  and play activities on offer. 
We helped promote the work of the Vale Town Twinning Association and met delegates from the Vale twinning towns: Mouscron in Belgium, Fecamp in France and Rheinfelden in Germany. 
There was lots to do and see, we are already looking forward to next year's edition!