YLP Initiatives Hub
YLP Initiatives Hub

Driving Positive Change
Across Skills, Education
and Communities

Through our initiatives, forums and campaigns, we bring organisations together to tackle sector challenges, champion inclusion, improve outcomes and create opportunities for learners and communities across Yorkshire and the Humber.

🌱 Green & Sustainable Development 🏳️‍🌈 Pride in Further Education 🎓 NEET & Youth Engagement 🩷 Women in FE & Period Poverty 🛡️ Safeguarding & Prevent 📚 Books for the Inside 🧠 Mental Health & Wellbeing
Our Impact Areas

Seven initiatives. One shared mission.

Each initiative is member-led and forum-backed, turning sector-wide priorities into practical action across Yorkshire and the Humber. Tap a card to see how it works and how to get involved.

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Sustainability
Green & Sustainable Development
Helping providers embed net zero, carbon literacy and sustainable practice into curriculum, estates and everyday operations.
Areas of Focus
  • Embedding sustainability into teaching, learning and assessment
  • Carbon literacy training for staff and learners
  • Sharing estates and procurement best practice
How to Get Involved
  • Join the Green & Sustainable Development forum
  • Share a case study from your organisation
  • Nominate a sustainability lead as your forum contact
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Inclusion
Pride in Further Education
Championing LGBTQ+ inclusion across the network through visibility, training and shared celebration.
Areas of Focus
  • Visibility campaigns across the member network
  • Staff and governor training on inclusive practice
  • Celebrating Pride milestones across Yorkshire providers
How to Get Involved
  • Fly the flag — join a network celebration event
  • Share your organisation's inclusion policy for peer review
  • Contribute a story for the network newsletter
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Youth Engagement
NEET & Youth Engagement
Reconnecting young people not in education, employment or training with real routes back in.
Areas of Focus
  • Shared referral pathways between providers
  • Early identification of young people at risk of NEET status
  • Joint outreach with schools and local authorities
How to Get Involved
  • Join the NEET & 16–18 forum
  • Flag local cold spots in provision
  • Offer a taster or bridging placement
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Equity
Women in FE & Period Poverty
Supporting gender equity in the sector and tackling period poverty as a barrier to learning.
Areas of Focus
  • Free period product provision across sites
  • Championing women into leadership across the sector
  • Tackling attendance barriers linked to period poverty
How to Get Involved
  • Sign up as a period-product donation point
  • Join the WISE forum
  • Share your gender pay gap or progression data
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Protection
Safeguarding & Prevent
Keeping learners safe through shared best practice, training and rapid alerts across the network.
Areas of Focus
  • Cross-provider safeguarding alerts and updates
  • Prevent duty training and guidance
  • Designated Safeguarding Lead peer network
How to Get Involved
  • Join the Safeguarding & Prevent forum
  • Nominate your DSL as network contact
  • Share a policy update or emerging risk
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Prison Education
Books for the Inside
Getting books and learning resources into prison education settings across Yorkshire, supporting rehabilitation through literacy.
Areas of Focus
  • Book donation drives across the member network
  • Supporting literacy programmes in custody settings
  • Sharing best practice from the Prison Support forum
How to Get Involved
  • Run a book collection at your organisation
  • Join the Prison Support forum
  • Volunteer expertise in literacy or ESOL delivery
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Wellbeing
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Building staff and learner mental health support into everyday practice across the network.
Areas of Focus
  • Shared mental health first aid training
  • Staff wellbeing and burnout prevention resources
  • Learner support pathways across providers
How to Get Involved
  • Join the network wellbeing forum
  • Share your wellbeing offer as a case study
  • Nominate a mental health champion
Why It Matters

Change happens faster when the sector moves together

"No single provider can tackle these challenges alone — but a network of 100 can."

YLP's initiatives exist because our members told us what mattered most. Each one is shaped, driven and delivered by the network itself — pooling expertise, resource and reach so that action lands further and faster than any one organisation could manage on its own.

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Member-Led

Every initiative starts as a forum priority raised by providers themselves.

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Measurable Impact

Progress is tracked and shared back across the network each term.

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Yorkshire-Wide

Reaching learners and communities across all four Yorkshire sub-regions.

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Always Evolving

New initiatives launch as the sector's priorities shift and grow.

Get Involved

There's a way in for every organisation

However big or small your team, there's a straightforward way to plug into an initiative and start making a difference.

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Join a Forum

Attend the relevant forum and hear directly what's being planned.

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Share a Case Study

Tell the network what's working at your organisation already.

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Nominate a Lead

Put forward a staff contact to champion the initiative internally.

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Get in Touch

Not sure where to start? The YLP team will point you in the right direction.

Every initiative is open to all YLP members. Drop us a message and we'll point you in the right direction.

Want to shape what we do next?

YLP's initiatives are member-led. If you have an idea, a challenge or a cause you'd like to champion, we'd love to hear from you.