Wombourne Youth Action Team is proud to announce the 2008/09 Wombourne Youth Bank.

The Youth Bank is a pot of money that can be allocated to a wide variety of groups to pay for young people’s activities in the Wombourne area. The money is there for anyone to bid into for activities, residentials, arts, music projects etc.

The fund is managed by a group of young people from your area, who will meet to consider and discuss your application and decide on how the fund will be given out.  This group will be working to a set of criteria to help them make those decisions, and you should follow these criteria when filling in this application.

For more information, visit www.wyat.co.uk/youthbank/

We are happy to announce that we have recently received a very generous grant from the v Project in assosiation with GCap Media and Beacon Radio. This money will be used in the promotion of WYAT and to fund several events during 2007. More details will be given shortly.

V is an independent charity championing youth volunteering in England. Their aim is to inspire a million more 16–25 year olds to volunteer and enable a lasting change in the quality, quantity and diversity of youth volunteering.

Do you live in or around Wombourne? Want to make a difference to the lives of the young people in your local area and community? Wombourne Youth Action Team are currently accepting membership applications from our website

If you are between the ages of 11 and 25 and want to make a difference in your community, this is the ideal opportunity. The team is currently in its very early stages and a lot of work is required to establish ourselves as a positive and active part of the local community. We want people who can engage with their peers on issues and pass them to the rest of the team with ideas for tackling them. This is an excellent way to put something back into your community and will look very impressive on a future CV or job application.

More information on what is required of members, what to expect and what you will get out of it is available on request.

The WYAT website is now live. There are still some changes to be made and things to be added so come back regularly.