You may remember that at the end of last year, members of Cardiff Youth Council convened an assessment panel to go over grant applications for a social action grant scheme. The Young Changemakers scheme, which was a collaboration between Child Friendly Cardiff and Plan UK, were looking to fund groups of young people who had project ideas aimed at tackling a gender related issue. Some of our youth council members went through the applications and decided which projects they felt should receive funding.
Monday 29th April was a celebratory event for these projects. The first part of the day consisted of a spoken word workshop where the young people could express their experiences with gender in a creative way.
Professionals were then invited to the afternoon. The young people were able to showcase the work they had done on their projects through networking with relevant adults and presenting their key milestones. It was great to hear about the diverse range of projects!
With so many passionate people in the room, we wanted to use this opportunity to further showcase work that youth council members have been doing when it comes to gender. As a result, some members of Cardiff Youth Council’s Gender Equity Steering Group presented the CFC Gender Report. The report summarises the findings from all the gender projects that the youth council have worked on and provided recommendations based on the findings. The young people set the challenge to everyone in the room to consider what they can do, within their professional capacities, to implement the recommendations from the report.
Please have a read of the CFC Gender Report and consider what you can do to help. Here is the link: CFC-Gender-Equity-Consultation-and-Engagement-Phase-Report.pdf (childfriendlycardiff.co.uk).
To finish, we want to say a massive congratulations to all the young people who worked so hard to bring their project ideas to life to make Cardiff a more equitable city!
