Lord Wei to speak at CHYPS Convention

We are pleased to announce that Lord Wei, who was the Government adviser on the Big Society in the Cabinet Office from 2010 to 2011, will also be speaking at the CHYPS Convention at Aston University in Birmingham. Lord Wei will be attending the second day of the convention that already includes key note speeches by the Children’ Minister, Tim Loughton, Cllr Les Lawrence and Commander Jones from the association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)

Nat Wei is a social entrepreneur, interested in social reform, and a citizen with a keen interest in developing civil society solutions to social problems. Nat was a former advisor with the government on the Big Society, works with the Community Foundation Network to develop local responses to the Big Society, and serves in the House of Lords as the youngest and only active Chinese peer. Nat lives with his family in Shoreditch, East London.

He is also the Director of Shoreditch Ventures, an exciting new social reform initiative

Convention Update

The line up for the Convention includes both Simon Hughes MP – the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats - and Graham Stuart MP – the Chair of the Education Select Committee  on Monday 7^th November.

The Shadow Cabinet reshuffle, however, has seen Andy Burnham move to lead on health, with Stephen Twigg becoming Shadow Education Secretary along with a new team. We are just awaiting confirmation that Stephen will replace Andy Burnham as the opening speaker at the Convention.

He will be joining the already strong line up of speakers and contributors at this year’s Convention:

• Debbie Jones Vice President ADCS
• Fiona Blacke, CEO, NYA
• Jim Sweeney, Youth Link Scotland
• Rob Edwards, Wales PYO Group
• Kevin Ford (FPM) and David Tyler (Community Matters)
• Bethia McNeil(Young Foundation) - Evidencing Impact
• Bryan Merton (DMU) Research: impact of policy, onintegration of services & youth work
• Sir Tony Hawkhead, CEO, Groundwork UK
• Brendan O’Keefe (RBKC ) Employee led mutual
• Leon Mexter (NE RYWU) The Diamond Model
• Pauline Adams (Hackney) From Theory into Practice
• Tony Gallagher (Ofsted) Commissioning of Youth Services
• Liam Preston, Chair of BYC
• Faiza Chaudary Deputy CEO , NCVYS

There are some day places still available and now a reserve list for those wanting overnight accommodation.

For further details please contact Lisa Putnam on 0116 242 7453 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

From next week you’ll see some changes to the CHYPS website and there’s more than just a change in layout. There are several new features:

• Feeds from key websites such as Parliament, DfE and other specialist young people’s websites

• Members access only areas that give you the opportunity to share ideas and work either within a region or nationally with other Heads of Service

• Market place: access to a range of providers from the youth work field looking to support you to deliver services in your local authority area

• Subscription service – an opportunity for you to manage your email subscription and decide on the updates you want  from CHYPS on the latest information on developments in young people work and the issues that affect them

• A new CHYPS Face Book site and Twitter sites

This will also mean a change in these e-bulletins: with the range of opportunities and information being available, the CHYPS bulletin will be also be re-launched as a CHYPS Blog, with contributions from David, members of the CHYPS Board and guest contributors.