Impact report
National Youth Agency’s impact report 2014:
NYA Vision for Youth Work to 2020
The publication sets out the charity’s aim that by 2020 every young person will have access to high quality youth work in their community. The report lays out the steps needed to make its vision a reality, examining the role of local government, the business community, the youth work sector as well as providers and … Continued
Collaboration & working together
This unit outlines the knowledge, skills and behaviour relating to working together. The delivery of this unit needs to be linked with the real work environment.
Youth premium
The NYA’s commission into sufficiency of the youth offer, made an important recommendation that central government establish a targeted Youth Premium. Similar to the Pupil Premium in formal education, it will ensure disadvantaged young people get access to high-quality youth work support.
Reaching socially excluded young people: A national study of street-based youth work
By David Crimmens, Fiona Factor, Tony Jeffs, John Pitts, Carole Pugh, Jean Spence and Penelope Turner. This research, undertaken by a team from the Universities of Durham, Lincoln and Luton, addresses the question of the role of detached and outreach youth work in the post-1997 policy environment of outcome-driven youth initiatives, and in particular, how … Continued