{"id":196103,"date":"2024-07-24T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T08:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avow.org\/?p=196103"},"modified":"2024-08-07T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:59:46","slug":"avow-young-influencers-keep-their-pledge-to-young-homeless-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/avow-young-influencers-keep-their-pledge-to-young-homeless-people\/","title":{"rendered":"AVOW Young Influencers Keep Their Pledge To Young Homeless People"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647ac19\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647ad32\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  ><style>.ld_fancy_heading_6a28d9647ae08 .lqd-highlight-inner{height:0.275em!important;bottom:0px!important;}<\/style><div class=\"ld-fancy-heading ld_fancy_heading_6a28d9647ae08\">\n\t<h1 class=\"ld-fh-element lqd-highlight-underline lqd-highlight-grow-left text-decoration-default\"   >  Avow Young Influencers Keep Their Pledge To Homeless Young People<\/h1><\/div>\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_  liquid_vc_single_image-6a28d9647b201\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1797\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_2471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471.webp 1797w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471-1536x1026.webp 1536w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2471-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1797px) 100vw, 1797px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647b2af\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647b374\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In December, the AVOW Young Influencers (part of the Youth Led Grand Scheme by Welsh Government, administered through the WCVA) received an application from Wrexham\u2019s Info Shop for a small grant (\u00a375) to allow them to gift some selection boxes for young people who are homeless, or in temporary accommodation. The Young Influencers looked at the grant and realised that it was in their power to do more \u2013 and so they did.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647b46c\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647b514\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cIt simply wasn\u2019t enough\u201d said Fionn McCabe about the small grant applied for.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647b5d0\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647b67c\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In December, the Young Influencers gave a grant of \u00a3500 pounds to the Prevention of Youth Homelessness Service, with a further \u00a3500 for emergency bags to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Led Grant Scheme is a grant scheme where by young people between the ages of 14 and 25 (the Young Influencers) make real decisions about how grant money is spent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647b744\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647b7e0\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_  liquid_vc_single_image-6a28d9647bb52\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1797\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_2483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483.webp 1797w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483-1536x1026.webp 1536w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2483-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1797px) 100vw, 1797px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647bc47\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647bd3a\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Over the following months, discussions were had on what would best go into the emergency bags, with the Young Influencers themselves being involved in the discussions. On the 21<sup>st<\/sup> of July, Isabelle Prince, a representative of the Young Influencers, and AVOW staff visited Info Shop to deliver the bits and pieces that will become part of the emergency bags that the Info Shop staff can give out to those in desperate need.<\/p>\n<p>These are practical things like deodorant and washing items, instant food, hot chocolate, hats, blankets and Pound Bakery vouchers. There are battery packs to help keep their phones charged. The Young people need access to the internet in order to be able to apply for accommodation, jobseekers\u2019 allowance, and other benefits, many of which are only accessible online. The Pound Bakery vouchers ensure that they are at least able to have something warm to eat.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647be4f\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647bf0b\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_  liquid_vc_single_image-6a28d9647c259\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1797\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_2494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494.webp 1797w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494-1536x1026.webp 1536w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2494-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1797px) 100vw, 1797px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647c30f\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647c3d2\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cA Huge thank you to the Young Influencers. The impact that this will have on the young people that we support is huge\u201d said Lucy Easton, Youth Homeless Prevention Coordinator for the Youth Homeless Prevention Service. \u201cSo many people end up in temporary accommodation don\u2019t have anything, just perhaps the clothes they are standing up in, so all of this will be a great help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our pleasure entirely\u201d said Katherine Prince, Development Manager for Volunteering, Community and Finance at AVOW. \u201cThe young influencers are really appreciative of everything that you do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647c4b4\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647c558\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>In putting together what the young people might need, the Young Influencers panel have added some quick dry food, as well as a bag to help carry it all in.<\/p>\n<p>These kits will ensure that young people who are homeless, or in danger of being homeless have a few essentials to make it through that moment of crisis.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647c627\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647c6da\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_  liquid_vc_single_image-6a28d9647c9d8\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1797\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506.webp\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"DSC_2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506.webp 1797w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506-1536x1026.webp 1536w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/avow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/DSC_2506-720x480.webp 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1797px) 100vw, 1797px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647ca87\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647cb9c\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  ><div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_separator_no_text vc_sep_color_grey\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span  class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647ccc2\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647cd6b\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was only in December of last year that the Young Influencers gave \u00a31000 for young homeless people to have a good christmas. They had received a grant for \u00a375 to help get presents for disadvantaged children. This is when these young influencers decided to split the \u00a31000 to give \u00a3500 for warm blankets, socks and gifts, to ensure that the young person receiving the gift was not only had something to open but could be warm and cosy on the face of a cost-of-living crisis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the \u00a3500 for Christmas presents, these young people also allocated another \u00a3500 for emergency bags. These bags are for when a young person is forced to leave their home and have nothing. The emergency bag will contain emergency essentials for this difficult and traumatic event. Which the young influencers got to deliver today to the info shop. With battery packs, hand warmers and blankets going into theses emergency bags.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"vc_row liquid-row-shadowbox-6a28d9647ce5d\"><div class=\"ld-container container\"><div class=\"row ld-row ld-row-outer\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 liquid-column-6a28d9647cf01\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"  >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>You can see what else the Young Influencers have been up to on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AVOWWrexham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AVOW Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the December article <a href=\"http:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/young-influencers-give-1000-grant-to-help-homeless-young-people-have-a-good-christmas\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avow Young Influencers Keep Their Pledge To Homeless Young People In December, the AVOW Young Influencers (part of the Youth Led Grand Scheme by Welsh Government, administered through the WCVA) received an application from Wrexham\u2019s Info Shop for a small grant (\u00a375) to allow them to gift some selection boxes for young people who are [...]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":196104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,95,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-young-people","category-funding","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avow.org\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}