Training sessions on Participation and its benefits to difficult to engage young people in Wales

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The Welsh Assembly Government’s work on children and young people’s participation is underpinned by its commitment to Article 12 of the UNCRC which states that children and young people should have a say on matters which affect them.The Welsh Assembly Government is determined to ensure children and young people’s participation is mainstreamed into normal business processes, such as developing policy, consulting citizens and stakeholders, procuring and auditing services, appointment of staff etc. The Welsh Assembly Government wants to see participation embedded as a sustainable feature of the way organisations do business in WalesThe Welsh Assembly Government have been running a Participation project designed to increase opportunities for children & young people aged 0-25 to participate in decision-making on issues which affect their lives. The aims of the initiatives taking place are to support, facilitate and raise awareness of the active involvement of children and young people from a broad range of social backgrounds and across ability rangeThe ESF Reach the Heights funded “Your Voice Your Choice” Participation Project is aimed at providing young people aged 11-19 from Convergence Areas in Wales with the opportunity of getting involved in training, taking part in the project and making decisions, planning and reviewing any action that might affect their lives.The aim is to provide training sessions on Participation to young people (11-19) (groups or individuals) who share a protected characteristic , who may be difficult to engage, with the emphasis on tackling underachievement.Under the Equality Act 2010 the following characteristics are protected characteristics – age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation.The Welsh Assembly Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7060 0480E-TENDER ACCESS INFORMATION:- Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pmHOW TO FIND THE ITT:- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’ - The etender references for this contract are: Project_20208 and PQQ_29707