Young Employee Network

✨ SAVE THE DATE ✨ The YEN Awards 2025/26 nominations have closed and it’s almost time for the big day on Thursday 5th March 2026! We’re excited for a brilliant afternoon, celebrating all the amazing things our colleagues have achieved over the past year. 🎊👏🏻

We had an amazing time celebrating the festive season together at our Christmas social last Friday evening! 🎄🎅🏼 👏 A big well done to Tom for taking home the bowling crown! 🏆 Thanks to everyone who joined and made it such an enjoyable evening.🤩🎊 #ChristmasSocial #YEN

Merry Christmas!! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Festive Tea ‘N’ Talk yesterday! A big well done to the quiz champion Cassie🎅🏻🎉

Don’t forget to nominate a young employee who you think deserves a special recognition for YEN Awards 2025/26! To do this you will find a link on our Kirklees Council Intranet Page and also on our YEN Teams page. ⭐️

YEN Awards 2025/26 - Time to nominate! ⭐️ We’ve made an exciting upgrade to this year’s YEN Awards! After reviewing feedback and nominations from previous years, we’ve now changed one of the award categories to “Young Leader Award”

👋Meet our Health & Wellbeing Lead! We’re thrilled to present Becca, Health & Wellbeing Lead at YEN. Take a look at her quote to learn more about her and see the value she adds to our network! 🤗❤️ #Health #Wellbeing #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

👋Meet our Charity & Volunteering Lead! We’re excited to introduce Cassie, Charity & Volunteering Lead for YEN. Check out her quote to get to know her and discover what she brings to the network! 💬✨ #Charity #Volunteering #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

👋 Meet Our Learning & Development Lead! We’re delighted to introduce Nicola, the Learning & Development Lead at YEN. Read her quote to learn more about her and the incredible impact she has on our network. 📈📚 #Learning #Development #Workshops #YEN #GetToKnow #MeetTheTeam

👋Meet our Communications Lead! We’re thrilled to present Charlotte, Communications Lead at YEN. Take a look at her quote to learn more about her and see the value she adds to our network! 💫💛 #Comms #Engagement #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

👋Meet our Communications Lead! We’re excited to introduce Ellie, Communications Lead at YEN. Check out her quote to get to know her and discover what she brings to the network! 🗣️💕 #Comms #Engagement #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

👋 Meet Our Digital Lead! We’re delighted to introduce Elizabeth, the Digital Lead at YEN. Read her quote to learn more about her and the incredible impact she has on our network. 🖥️👏🏻 #DigitalLeadership #YEN #GetToKnow #MeetTheTeam #NetworkImpact

👋Meet our Co-Chair! We’re thrilled to present Jodie, Co-Chair of YEN. Take a look at her quote to learn more about her and see the value she adds to our network! 🌟🧡 #CoChair #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

👋Meet our Co-Chair! We’re excited to introduce Rebekah, Co-Chair of YEN. Check out her quote to get to know her and discover what she brings to the network! 💬✨ #CoChair #Leadership #YEN #GetToKnow #NetworkImpact

We’re kicking off weekly posts to introduce the amazing leads behind our network—one spotlight at a time. Keep your eye out and get ready to meet the team! 👀💫 #NetworkLeads #MeetTheTeam #yen

We had an incredible volunteering day at Eden’s Forest the other week, getting stuck into some floor clearance and we even got to chop wood with axes! It was a brilliant experience spending time outdoors connecting with nature. 🌿🪓🌳 Thank you @edensforestcic for having us!☺️

A huge farewell and thank you to Sophie! She has been incredible and we are very grateful for everything she has done for YEN. Wishing all the best, stay in touch! 💛

The biggest farewell and thank you to Luc! He has been nothing short of brilliant, such an inspiring leader from the enthusiasm and dedication he brought to the role. Wishing all the best, YEN wont be the same without you!💙

Well done to all the winners and everyone nominated! 🧡✨

Earlier this year, we hosted our annual YEN Awards for 2024. And the winners are...

Earlier this month, YEN leads and volunteers assisted the Brunswick Centre to pull together packs to distribute to various communities in Kirklees and Calderdale. Thank you to everyone involved!