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Young Ambassador Programme (Wales)

Vision: A youth leadership movement aimed at developing the future leaders of Wales through sport, physical activity, and play. Young Ambassadors will use their role inspire, influence, lead, and mentor within and across education and communities, to connect and support society be healthy and active.

Mission: Provide ongoing, person centred support for Young Ambassadors to develop as confident, motivated, and skilled young leaders. We want them to learn through leadership by providing positive and meaningful opportunities and experiences that will enhance their integral skills.

Purpose: Through cross-sector collaboration, collectively develop, support, and empower Young Ambassadors to facilitate activities, build belonging, tackle inequalities, and use the power of advocacy to help transform Wales to become a more active, healthier nation.

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The Movement

Conferences: 3 regional conferences will take place in North, South-East, and South-West Wales each academic year to train Gold and Platinum Young Ambassadors. Conferences are also delivered at local level by sports development teams to train Bronze and Silver Young Ambassadors.

Virtual Webinars: Each term we will host a live webinar, to support and up-skill Young Ambassadors at all levels of the progression pathway, linked to a specific leadership topic relevant to their role. Webinars will also be recorded, saved, and shared online to playback, and use for training purposes.

Supporting Resources: There will be a continual roll out of new resources to offer ongoing support to young ambassadors, staff, and stakeholders to deliver the movement, which are free and available to download from the Youth Sport Trust website (see details below).

Stakeholder Training: Regional training will take place each academic year for staff who lead the movement, to connect and collaborate, share good practice, and review successes and shortfalls at an operational level to support the ongoing development of the movement in their local authorities.

Network Panels: Have been established to increase communications, connectivity, and collaboration at local, regional, and national level in Wales to support Young Ambassadors, key stakeholders, and Alumni to work together, share best practice, and drive the movement in education and communities.

Termly Newsletter: These termly updates will provide Young Ambassadors and stakeholders with all the latest news and opportunities to get involved in. We will also shine a spotlight on best practice across Wales and recognise Young Ambassadors for their work within both education and community settings.North, South-East, and South-West Wales each academic year to train Gold and Platinum Young Ambassadors. Conferences are also delivered at local level by sports development teams to train Bronze and Silver Young Ambassadors.

Register for the young Ambassador movement

Sign your school, college, or university up to the Young Ambassador movement on Youth Sport Trust’s Young Ambassador Wales website. The registration tab sits at the top of the page: 

Separately, if you are a community club or organisation wanting to run a Young Ambassador programme, email [javascript protected email address]with your details who will sign you up.

Once registered, you will then be able to access free downloadable workbooks and resources as well as further support to help you learn through leadership on your Young Ambassador journey!

For further information, please contact:

Chloe Jordan (Wales Project Officer)

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Check out this film to find out what being a Young Ambassador means to young people in Wales.

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