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Warwickshire Youth Conferences
The 2023 conference was held at Warwick University in November
Young people chose 8 themes that local organisations ran workshops around during the day. The 8 themes were:
Climate Change Awareness & Sustainability
This workshop will give young people the opportunity to explore their feelings and understanding of climate change. Young people will be given the opportunity to act as Chief Executive Officer and create a sustainability strategy!
Warwickshire County Council's Substantiality Team will also give young people ideas on what they can do to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.
Safety in Warwickshire
This workshop will give young people an opportunity to enter a Virtual Reality World by wearing virtual headsets. Young people will watch various police and safety scenarios and then have to make difficult choices.
The workshop will give young people a chance to voice their opinions on how safe they feel in Warwickshire and what they would like to see happen to make Warwickshire feel safer.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
More info to come…
Careers & Opportunities
More info to come…
Let’s Talk Money
This workshop discusses all things money! The first half of this workshop will have a panel of experts ready to answer any questions that young people may want to ask about money matters, including issues or worries they have around money.
The second half of the workshop will look at things that young people may need in the future and how to prepare and plan for them, for example, buying their first car, going to university, renting a property and so on.
Activities & Green Spaces
More info to come…
Let’s Talk Money
This workshop will look at empowering young girls and women to feel safe in their surroundings. It will explore how to increase their self-esteem as well as mental health and wellbeing.
The workshop will give young girls and women the opportunity to listen and learn from the experience of other women on how they can feel more confident. The workshop will also give ideas and provide toolkits on how to keep up good physical and mental health.
Identity (LGBT+)
More info to come…
Take a look at our 2022 Youth Conference
And check out the Youth Conference 2022 report (PDF, 2.3 MB)
Together we can be the voices of tomorrow, so use your voice to make a change!
If you have any questions or queries, please contact childfriendly@warwickshire.gov.uk