Author: Chris Cook

Opening Doors to Great Futures

National Boxing Championships

Well done to all who took part in our National Boxing Championships this year. And congratulations to 2024’s National Champions!! Thanks to the army of volunteers who make this fantastic event possible, from those in clubs providing coaching, education and encouragement to the boxers, as well as transporting them around the country enabling them to take part.…
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New National Youth Strategy

On Tuesday 12th November Secretary of State for the DCMS, Lisa Nandy announced the government’s new Youth Strategy. NABGC would like to issue the following response to the announcement. Firstly, we must say that we are pleased that the government is taking the future of young people seriously and seeking to develop a strategy that addresses…
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Launch of Civil Society Covenant Framework

Last Thursday, 17th October, I was honoured to attend 10, Downing Street where the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer hosted a Civil Society Reception. Along with many other national and local voluntary sector representatives, the Prime Minister spoke about his priority to reset the government’s relationship with civil society. As part of this work to reset…
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A Memorable Day

Thanks to everyone who attended our #Stronger Together – Quality Matters Conference & Awards Evening, hosted by BGC Wales and headline sponsored by World Youth Clubs. It was a truly memorable day full of learning, inspiration and celebrating the best of the Boys & Girls Clubs network. There were sporting heroes in attendance and friends from across…
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Stronger Together

Our headline sponsor is once again the World Youth Clubs and the event will feature a great range of keynote speakers and workshops around the theme of quality youth clubs and youth work. The Conference and Awards Evening are kindly being hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Wales in Cardiff at the Leonardo Hotel on Sunday…
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United for Youth

To all NABGC Members and WYC Affiliate Leaders: We’re excited to invite you to the United for Youth virtual conference on September 25 and 26, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm EDT/ 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm UK time ! This event is a must-attend for leaders and supporters of youth-serving organizations.  Why should you attend?  This conference is…
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A new name – World Youth Clubs

We have some exciting news to share that marks a significant milestone for our organization. With the unanimous approval of our Board of Directors, we are amending our name to World Youth Clubs (WYC). When our organization was established in 2019, we chose the name, “World Federation of Youth Clubs” to underscore our legal structure as…
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Drop in at the House

NABGC TRUSTEES HOST INFORMATION EVENT AT PARLIAMENT On Tuesday 23rd March the NABGC Trustees hosted a drop in event at the Houses of Parliament. The event was kindly hosted by Tim Farron MP, who was also promoting a bill that he was putting to the House aimed at ensuring children and young people have more access…
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NABGC Teams Together 7th May

Thanks to everyone who joined our April Teams Together call. We hope that you can all grab a coffee, sit down and join us for our May call when we will be providing you with a couple of opportunities to raise funds for your organisations and / or club. We will have two or three…
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NABGC Teams Together – DCMS Update

Our next NABGC Teams Together call will take place on Tuesday 9th April at 2pm when we will welcome Kirby Swales from government’s youth team within the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. We will be provided with an update of the work of the DCMS, what has been happening across government with regards…
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