Notes of the G:up AGM September 2007

The meeting was attended by:

Angela Ball YMCA Triangle Project

Andrew Bartley WAYC

Peter Beer Connexions 4 Youth - Telford & Wrekin Council

Rhian Belcher 4Children

Arkle Bell Moseley Road and Sparkhill Methodist Circuit

Angie Clarke Spurgeons

Claire Corbett Spurgeons

Simon Cottingham The Children's Society

Carole Cumino GOWM

Hannah Dobbin NCVYS

Karen Gardiner Race Equality Foundation

Jenna Hall Continyou

Michelle Harrison WM Area of Young Farmers' Clubs

Linda Hinde Spurgeons Child Care

Jim Jenkinson YMCA England

Vic Jones Warwickshire CC

Bruce Kirk Spurgeons

Mark Koszak Staffordshire Council of Coluntary Youth Service

Mike Langsford Fields in Trust

Neil MacKinnon WM Area of Young Farmers' Clubs

Claire Mamo Spurgeons

Dave Marsh Play England

Peter Miller bayc

Emma Morris YMCA Triangle Project

Assata Owen Race Equality Foundation

Graham Parker Walsall Voluntary Action

Sally Perks Youth Organisations Wolverhampton

Ilona Pinter NCVYS

Kevin Priest Dudley Council for Voluntary Service

Steven Pryse NCVYS

Gareth Roberts Birmingham Scouts

Ruth Rickman-Willaims Regional Youth Work Unit

Lakhvir Sahota Play England

Helen Smith Warwickshire CVYS

David Springett Clubs for Young People

Alison Straker G:up

Sue Thomas Stoke Children's Fund

Debbie Welch Parents and Children Together

Jason Wright VCS Matters

AGENDA

9.30 am Registration

10.00 Welcome and introductions

10.15 G:up - alliance launch and steering group elections

11.15 Break

11.30 Market place - info sharing, engagement and consultation

12.30 pm Lunch - food, networking and activities

1.15 Election results

1.30 Participatory workshop

2.45 Break

3.00 Workshop session 2

4.15 Close

Alliance launch and elections to the Steering Group

The G:up Constitution was adopted. It was proposed by Dave Springett, seconded by Peter Beer and passed unanimously by 17 member organisations.

The Steering Group Members (other than those already nominated by regional member networks) were elected as block. Elections were proposed by Michelle Harrison, seconded by Mike Langsford and passed unanimously by 17 member organisations.

Market Place including information and consultations on:

• Lottery funding - Family Learning, Playful Ideas and an update on the next round of the Young People Fund
• Info exchange - bring your information to share with others
• G:up business plan - be a part of planning our future
• Destination West Midlands - make your mark on the regional voluntary and community sector infrastructure strategy to 2014.
• Stock Take - feed in your thoughts on VCS involvement in your Local Authority to the GOWM meeting that leads to priority setting for Children's Services
• Participation Works - find out what's out there for participation workers in this region, plus your thoughts on a regional influence event for children and young people
• Extended Schools - another chance to influence how policy will translate into practice in your area
• Websites - find out more about the G:up website and the new young people led website developed in partnership with UKYP
• Vulnerable Children and Young People - find out about the activities of our learning cluster

Workshops including:

• Youth - 10 year youth strategy presented by the WMVYSF with input from the NCVYS policy team and the Regional Youth Work Unit
• VCS involvement in Children's Trusts - Share the learning from Stoke and Walsall and get involved in planning how we can work regionally to improve things locally
• Play - learn about all the latest policy developments and news including performance indicators for play and the revised charter for children's play and more
• Measuring outcomes and impact when working with vulnerable children and young people - explore some of the challenges faced in proving the value of the work we do as a sector
• Parenting - find out more about the new occupational standards and resources available
• VCS and Children's workforce development funding - Learn from the success in Wolverhampton