Sandwell Youth Service Provision – Discussion with the Voluntary and Community Sector

‘Building Brighter Futures’ is the theme of this year’s National Youth Work Week (3rd – 9th November 2025) and Sandwell Council’s Youth Service and the Voluntary and Community Sector Children and Young and People’s Forum Steering Group are inviting colleagues from the Voluntary and Community Youth Sector to join us in a session where we will be sharing the findings from our review carried out by the National Youth Agency and exploring how we develop a Youth Offer which helps us to build a brighter future for our young people.

This is an opportunity for you to hear about the main findings from the review, to celebrate how we support young people, for us to identify key area’s that we can jointly work on and to see how we may collaborate moving forward in terms of further developing and improving the youth work offer for young people in Sandwell, ultimately helping them to build brighter futures.

The voluntary sector plays a vital role in youth service provision, offering diverse opportunities and support that supplement and enhance traditional youth services, with the sector often filling gaps in provision and allowing for a more tailored youth focused approach.

Voluntary organisations provide universal youth services and early intervention support for young people, especially those who may fall through the cracks in the traditional system.

If you are currently offering services to young people, would like to find out more about what is available, or would be interested in developing services in the future, please join us for these discussions. It is important that we hear from you about what is working for young people, what we need to do more and where we can effectively work together to enhance what is available.

Taking place on Tuesday 4th November 2025 – 1.00pm – 3.00pm at Coneygre Arts Centre, Sedgely Road East, Tipton DY4 8UH

To book a place please view – https://buytickets.at/scvo/1726597