Youth Action Resources

The NYA helps raise awareness and share good practice on young people's volunteering and youth action through the Youth Action package.

Youth Action package - FREE on subscription - includes:

To sign up for the whole Youth Action package e-mail Rita Kotecha with your contact details. To sign up for individual resources follow the relevant links below.

  • youthaction magazine celebrates the many ways in which young people contribute to their communities and take action on issues that matter to them. youthaction is published in Spring and Autumn and contains stories and examples of activities in young people's own words.
  • Vibes and Voices magazine is aimed at those involved in working with minority ethnic young people. Published three times per year, it has a focus on young people's voluntary activities outside traditional youth and community settings.
  • Youth Action and Engagement - Quarterly sets of thematic case studies illustrating good practice in volunteering and youth action in particular settings with specific groups or addressing particular issues. These collections provide an insight into a range of approaches being adopted, activities undertaken, outcomes achieved, and ways in which organisations have worked to overcome some of the barriers to involving young people. (These case studies complement The NYA's Good Practice Examples which show how youth work can help achieve outcomes highlighted in Every Child Matters).
  • A monthly electronic bulletin e-youthaction, provides the latest news on youth action and engagement.
  • Youth Action briefings and related documents – archive - includes occasional briefings, resource listings and other sources of information also combine to make up the Youth Action package – previously produced papers and related documents are available for downloading.




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