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A Word From Our CEO:

Welcome everybody to our new website. We hope that you will enjoy it and you will contribute to the network moving forward as we grow and develop throughout 2024. Please do take a look at the free training and support that is on offer and if there is anything else you would like to work on with us, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Young Lives Wakefield

Young Lives Consortium (YLC) is a membership organisation of Voluntary Community Social Enterprise (VCSE) groups working with children, young people and families across the Wakefield District.

We work alongside a broad range of organisations which include charities, voluntary and community groups, uniform and faith groups providing play, youth services, sports services, and more.

Our Services

All organisations have a duty to keep children and young people safe. Our Safeguarding section will assist your group to meet its responsibilities.

Safeguarding

Our Resources Section contains useful links and downloads for all groups working with children, young people and families.

Resources

Empower your organisation with essential Training, Workshops, and Events to keep up to date with best practice standards.

Training

Young Lives Consortium works alongside partners to deliver a range of different projects across the Wakefield District.

Projects

Explore a range of personal and business development opportunities including jobs, volunteering, networking and development.

Opportunities

View and share upcoming events, discover and book free workshops and training events.

Calendar

Organisation Directory

Discover our Organisation Directory to find out about VCSE organisations working with children, young people and families in the Wakefield District.

If your group would like to be listed in our Directory you can Sign Up Here or to find out more about joining read our FAQs

Our Aims

We aim to represent, support and strengthen Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises (VCSE) and charity organisations providing services for children, young people, and families by administering a range of services including timely and up to date information, advocacy and representation, expertise, skills share, training, and much more.

Together we achieve more, progress faster, and deliver better services.

We are currently updating our Prospectus, please check back here soon. If you would like to take part, please click here.

Visit the About Us page and the Young Lives Prospectus to find out more, or click here for information about becoming a member of the Young Lives Consortium.

To get the most out of Young Lives you might want to:

Join Young Lives
Explore the YLC website using the Sitemap
See our Training Section to find out what Training we can provide

You can also follow Young Lives on Twitter: Twitter

Connect with us on Facebook: Facebook

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Welcome to the Young Lives Website!