Mental Health Awareness Week
Nicola Kelly is an NYA Youth Work Specialist delivering on the NYA Academy. Nicola has worked with young people for over 25 years and facilitates unique Well Being events using Creativity, Mindfulness, Change Work and Sound Therapy. For this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, join us daily for Nicola’s top tips for youth workers dealing … Continued
The Sad Passing of Toby Ducker, NYA Interim Chair
We are shocked and saddened to report the passing of Toby Ducker, Interim Chair of our Board. Toby succeeded our outgoing Chair, Barbara Bradley, during 2022 but had served as Trustee of the Charity since June 2016, during which time he chaired our Finance and Governance Committee. Carol Stone will take over as Interim Chair … Continued
Access NWG Exploitation Response Unit Memberships
The NYA are delighted to have signed up for an NWG membership account and as part of this account, we can offer 1,000 youth workers all the benefits of membership at no cost to themselves. The NWG Network is the only child exploitation network working across voluntary/statutory agencies tackling child exploitation including Child Sexual Exploitation and the wider … Continued
Tackling Child Exploitation – the Practice Principles and what they mean for youth work
The National Youth Agency (NYA) welcomes the publication of the new Practice Principles that will help shape and inform the work of professionals responding to child exploitation and extra-familial harm. The Practice Principles, published on 29th March 2023, support all practitioners working with young people to identify child exploitation risks, whilst giving them an understanding … Continued
Youth services to benefit from new Refurbishment Grant scheme to renovate and improve their offer to young people in England
The Youth Investment Fund, funded by the UK Government, is transforming out-of-school opportunities for young people in the most underserved and deprived areas in England. In a drive to ensure as many young people benefit as possible, the Youth Investment Fund is now offering youth services the chance to apply for a Refurbishment Grant of … Continued
Youth Investment Fund of over £300 million allocated to first major beneficiaries to level up opportunities for young people
Over £90 million of new funding has been announced to 43 youth services to enable thousands of young people in England to access high-quality out of school activities to support their well-being, health, and develop the skills they need for life and work. These are the first grants from the 2nd Phase of the Government’s … Continued
Creative Youth Network receives Quality Mark
The National Youth Agency has awarded Creative Youth Network its NYA Quality Mark at Outstanding Level. The charity was recognised for it’s progressive approach to widening participation of young people across the organisation as well as its proven track record in co-designing programmes that recognise – and act upon – the needs and interests of … Continued
GamCare awarded Quality Mark by National Youth Agency for outreach work
Gambling support charity GamCare has today been recognised by the National Youth Agency (NYA) for its work in supporting young people with an Advanced level NYA Quality Mark. The Quality Mark, awarded for three years, recognises high quality youth work through benchmarked standards and indicators based on the National Occupational Standards. The charity, which operates … Continued
New FREE resource for youth workers to support young people with cost of living crisis
A practical new resource has been published by the National Youth Agency to assist youth workers and allied professionals in helping young people understand the cost of living crisis, develop essential money management skills, and build emotional resilience and ways to manage their health and wellbeing. The ‘Exploring the cost of living crisis’ resource pack … Continued
Free Youth Work Training Places Available
More than five hundred bursaries (free training places) for youth work courses are on offer through the National Youth Agency (NYA) and its regional partners. The bursary scheme opens up exciting opportunities in the youth work profession, as well as the chance to specialise in different areas of youth work, or progress into a leadership … Continued