The National Youth Agency (NYA) was formally launched. The new organisation was developed within the existing constitution of the Leicester-based National Youth Bureau.
The Director of the Bureau, Janet Paraskeva, was appointed as the first Director of the NYA
The NYA was responsible for the development of youth work curriculum and training development, the endorsement of youth and community work training courses, the accreditation of youth worker staff development policies, the dissemination of information about best practice, assisting with policy development, promotion of partnership working between the voluntary and statutory sectors of youth service, and securing a national focus for the support of youth work.
