NYA Routes to Success Programme winner of CYPNow Award
NYA are delighted to have won the CYPNow Recruitment and Professional Development Award for the Routes to Success Programme. The Routes to Success programme, funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, focused on supporting youth sector organisations navigate through the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The programme specifically focused on developing sector practice and an organisational … Continued
Access NWG Exploitation Response Unit Memberships
The NYA are delighted to have signed up for an NWG gold 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 Exploitation Response Unit is the only child exploitation network working across voluntary/statutory agencies tackling child sexual exploitation. The gold … Continued
NYA launches new report and recommendations on Designated Safeguarding Leads in the Youth Sector
NYA is pleased to launch a new report, Keeping Young People in Sight: Designated Safeguarding Leads in the Youth Sector. The report builds on a series of reports published by the NYA on young people’s known and emerging needs through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The new report specifically looks at the widening role of … Continued
National Youth Sector Census: First Report
Findings from the national census of youth provision in England, reveal the large disparity in the amount and type of provision available to young people depending on where they live. The data suggests that there is twice as much youth provision in the most affluent areas as opposed to the most deprived areas, alongside 50% … Continued
Youth services are in crisis, failure to act now will see lost opportunities for young people
With up to 1 in 4 youth centres under the threat of closure, and emergency funding for youth services coming to an end, failure to act now will decimate the youth sector leaving a generation of young people without opportunities to thrive. NYA and YMCA’s joint report, Time’s Running Out, makes clear a national strategy … Continued
New Level 6 Degree Youth Work Apprenticeship approved
NYA is delighted to announce that the new Level 6 Degree Youth Work Apprenticeship has been approved and will be launching soon. NYA led the Trailblazer group, chaired by Carol Stone, working with training providers, youth workers, local authorities and the voluntary sector to write and develop this new Level 6 Degree Youth Work Apprenticeship standard. This new qualification will continue building the infrastructure of the Youth Work workforce, creating new routes into the profession, and developing a new pool of qualified candidates who will continue to grow and evolve youth … Continued
NYA Youth Work Academy launch a new suite of free CPD opportunities
The NYA Youth Work Academy today unveiled a selection of 12 free virtual CPD courses. The new suite of support for youth workers is made possible by our funders and partners: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Youth Futures Foundation National Lottery Community Fund Paul Hamlyn Foundation UFI VocTech Trust The new catalogue of … Continued
To reduce crime requires more than a policing or criminal justice response
The new Crime Reduction Strategy recognises a role for youth work in breaking a cycle of violence at the point of crisis in A&E wards and through alternative provision to reduce school exclusions. However, it falls short in supporting young people with a community response to reduce and prevent crime. When young people have a … Continued
NYA to launch new Media Literacy module as part of DCMS strategy to fight online disinformation
As part of the Minister for Digital and Culture, Caroline Dinenage’s new strategy to fight online disinformation, NYA is delighted to announce that they have received funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for the design and delivery of a Media Literacy module. The new module will be connected to the … Continued
NYA shortlisted for Charity of the Year in 2021 Charity Times Awards
NYA has been shortlisted in the category for charities with an income of £1million – £10million alongside seven other charities across all sectors. NYA Chief Executive Leigh Middleton said “we are delighted and taken aback to be shortlisted for the award and humbled to be listed amongst such illustrious charities. Throughout 2020 and 2021 the … Continued
