Natwest are launching a new initiative this week in partnership with the National Youth Agency to improve young people’s confidence around money, to help champion their potential. Natwest are joining forces with Marcus Rashford MBE and the National Youth Agency to launch the Thrive Programme – a new programme being trialled at youth community centres … Continued

The National Youth Agency is delighted to launch a new Working with Young People – Media Literacy and Digital Youth Work course, as part of the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport’s (DCMS) Online Media Literacy Strategy.  NYA has received funding from DCMS to design a new module to upskill youth workers in media … Continued

NYA was delighted to work with the Commonwealth Secretariat in delivering four virtual training sessions to youth workers from St Kitts and Nevis.  These sessions provided the youth workers with the opportunity to discuss relevant themes and develop skills for their teaching practices.  The workshops explored topics of safety in a group, Covid-19, celebrations, endings, … Continued

Following the success of the Bursary Funding launched by the NYA in November 2019, which has so far offered 650 youth work training bursaries (Levels 2 & 3), the NYA is delighted to announce that an additional 547 bursaries are now available for 2022/23.  The bursaries, which have been made possible by £790,000 of Government funding, will continue to widen access and secure youth work training for … Continued

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