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News

  • Waterside’s 2nd Birthday!

    Today, we are celebrating the second anniversary of Waterside Centre reopening.

    3 August 2023

  • Duck Race

    Our friends at the Rotary Club of Reading Abbey have asked us to share news of the charity fundraising event they’re running at The Oracle on Saturday 9 September.

    31 July 2023

  • Tilehurst Youth Club

    Thank you to youth worker Jessica for this update!

    31 July 2023

  • Waterside – July 2023

    Kelly told us: “The summer months bring a range of activity to Waterside Centre.

    31 July 2023

  • The Wayz – July 2023

    A real summer of fun at The Ways; the month started brilliantly with the Community Fun Day and Bracknell Together Walk.

    31 July 2023

  • Britwell – July 2023

    Britwell Youth and Community Project’s Summer Holiday Club is running from Monday 24 July– Friday 18 August (daily Monday – Friday), 11am – 3pm.

    31 July 2023

  • Updates from our Flagship Youth Clubs

    Please click on the links below for the latest updates from our flagship youth clubs in Slough, Bracknell and Newbury.

    31 July 2023

  • Youth Development and Community Engagement Update

    The school holidays are now upon us and our summer programmes are in full swing.

    31 July 2023

  • Training News

    Here are our upcoming training courses, including posters.

    31 July 2023

  • Staff Spotlight

    In the last update, we caught up with Abbas, who was celebrating his first year of working at Berkshire Youth.

    31 July 2023

Training News

30 June 2023

We run a wide range of competitively-priced training courses. Here are the courses we have scheduled for the coming weeks:

6 July 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Engaging and Communicating with Young People – suitable for full or part time staff, experienced volunteers and leaders in charge of sessions
£30 Member / £35 Non-Member

10 July 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Annual First Aid Refresher
£30 Member / £35 Non-Member

11 July 2023 (10.00am – 1.00pm): Annual First Aid Refresher
£30 Member / £35 Non-Member

29 August 2023 (9am – 4.30pm): Youth Mental Health First Aid
£75 Member / £85 Non-Member

2 September 2023 (9am – 5pm): EFAW
£75 Member / £85 Non-Member

5 September 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Universal Safeguarding
£35 Member / £40 Non-Member

25 September 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Equality and Diversity
£35 Member / £40 Non-Member

16 October 2023: Restart a Heart Day Event – learn how to use an AED
More details to follow

LEVEL 2 Youth Work Course (all 6 sessions make up the full taught element for the full qualification, full cost for this to be announced soon) – these courses are also open to anyone who does not wish to do the full L2 Youth Work qualification

These courses: £35 Member / £40 Non-Member

12 September 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Theory of Youth Work

3 October 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Young People’s Development

2 November 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Group Work with Young People in a Youth Work Setting

13 November 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Reflective Practice

28 November 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Managing Challenging Behaviour

11 December 2023 (6.30 – 9.30pm): Engaging and Communicating with Young People

If you are interested in one or more of these sessions but can’t make this date / time please let us know so we can work with you to find an alternative time /day.

Please also let us know if there are other areas / subjects you would like to cover.

To book a place on any of the above courses a booking form is available here.
Completed application forms to be returned to Training.

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