New Trustees Join NYA Board
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
Kinetic Awarded Advanced Level NYA Quality Mark
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
Youth Sector teams up with British Red Cross on Ukraine Crisis Appeal
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
Support and Solidarity for Ukraine
Youth work is universal, no matter where in the world, or the circumstances, youth work is transformational. Ukraine is a sovereign free-spirited nation fighting for democracy and the rights of its citizens. Youth work must unite to support our colleagues to support young people in Ukraine as they seek to support in horrific times. Our … Continued
NYA pleased to welcome Esther Horner as Deputy Director of Youth Work
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
Level 6 Youth Work Apprenticeship Standard Approved for Delivery
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
NYA Publish Refreshed Safeguarding and Risk Management Hub
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
Another brick in the wall to rebuild youth services
Today, the government put another brick in the wall of a national youth offer, announcing £22m over the next 3 years to reduce the waiting list of non-military uniformed groups, extending the offer of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards to secondary schools, and top up funding for youth social action through the #iwill fund. This builds … Continued
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