NYA are excited to announce the appointment of three new Trustees.  We welcome Amma Anderson, Daniel Chery and Ali Pickering to the Board. Barbara Bradley, NYA Chair of Trustees commented, “We are delighted to be welcoming three new trustees to the NYA Board.  Our new trustees bring a wealth of personal, professional and youth work … Continued

NYA is delighted to announce that Kinetic has been award the Advanced Level NYA Quality Mark.  The NYA Quality Mark recognises high quality youth work through benchmarked standards  and indicators based on the National Occupational Standards.  The Award is a celebration and acknowledgment of how organisations demonstrate they achieve high standards of quality assessed against … Continued

Supported by the National Youth Agency (NYA), the British Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal has set up a central site for youth workers, youth groups and sector organisations to donate funding raised to support humanitarian aid for the people affected by the conflict in Ukraine. Youth projects and young people are invited to raise funds to support the Red Cross’ response in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. … Continued

Esther will join NYA from April 2022 and join the team to help strengthen the Youth Work sector and face any challenges the sector encounters as we move out of pandemic restrictions. Abbee McLatchie, Director of Youth Work said “We are pleased to have appointed Esther to the NYA team as Deputy Director Youth Work. Her expertise, … Continued

The Level 6 Youth Work Apprenticeship Standard is now approved for delivery. The NYA and ETS Committee will work with Regional Youth Work Units, Employer Networks and Universities to support a network of delivery institutions across the country. As universities are approved to deliver this, they will be listed on the getting qualified page on … Continued

Following the launch of the NYA’s Safeguarding and Risk Management Hub in April 2021, we have been listening to the feedback from our hub users and are delighted to be implementing a number of changes across the hub.  This evolution includes increasing user accessibility and customisable functionality across the hub, alongside adding a new search … Continued

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