Useful Links

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The Youth Work Curriculum Statement for Wales 2007
You can download the 2007 update of this document from the CWVYS website here.

Equal Opportunities and Employment
Information on Employment Law can be found on the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform website, http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/employment-legislation/index.html.

Child Protection
The Children Act 2004 provides the legislative foundation for whole-system reform to support a long-term and ambitious programme to improve the lives of children, young people and their families. It outlines new statutory duties and clarifies accountabilities for children's services. Every Child Matters: Change for Children sets out the national framework for local change programmes to build services around the needs of children and young people so to maximise opportunity and minimise risk. You can visit the Every Child Matters Website at http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/.

Self Assessment
Estyn provide up to date information and publications on their website, which can be found at
http://www.estyn.gov.uk/dynpages/publications_a_to_z.asp#InspectionGuidance.

Healthy Eating
The Food Standards Agency have some useful information on Healthy Eating for people of all ages. You can link to their site http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/. You may find of particular interest their section for the 'teens' age group, this section can be found http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/agesandstages/teens/.

Welsh Assembly Government
The Welsh Assembly Government department responsible for Youth Work is the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills.

Bullies Out
An Anti Bullying Charity providing help, support and information to individuals, schools, youth and community settings affected by bullying. http://www.bulliesout.com