Take 15 minutes by 31 Mai to make your youth work visible and shape future investment
National Youth Sector Census 2026
The National Youth Sector Census 2026 is the most comprehensive survey of youth services and youth work provision in England.
Managed annually by the National Youth Agency (NYA) with funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and supported by the Home Office, the Census creates a consistent national and local picture of:
- Where youth services are delivering support
- Which communities and local authority areas are being reached
- How youth work is funded
- Where there are gaps in local youth provision
This data plays a vital role in shaping local authority planning, commissioning decisions, and national programmes including the National Youth Strategy and Young Futures Prevention Partnerships.
We’ll share everything we learn in our annual National Youth Sector Census Snapshot Report. All data is handled securely and used to support evidence-based decision making.
Completing the Census ensures your organisation and services are included and discoverable.
Why complete the National Youth Sector Census?
Whether you have taken part before, or it is your first time, if your organisation supports young people, your voice and data matter.
Local and national decision‑making depends on high‑quality, up‑to‑date data about youth provision in England.
By completing the Census, your organisation helps to:
- Build an accurate picture of youth services in your local area
- Support local authorities and commissioners to invest where need is greatest
- Reduce duplication by creating a shared national dataset
- Ensure youth work is visible in policy, prevention and early‑intervention planning
If youth services are not visible in the data, they risk being overlooked in future funding and commissioning decisions.
- Complete in 15 minutes
- Tick box format
- No login required
- No detailed financial information
- Can be saved and returned to later
We are asking people to complete their Census return by the end of Mai 2026 to be included in this year’s Snapshot report.
Cwestiynau Cyffredin
I bwy mae'r cyfrifiad?
If you’re delivering support to young people, places where they can have fun, with the support of a youth worker and volunteers who advise, guide and create opportunities for young people then you should be included.
It’s open to:
- Youth clubs
- Youth workers in schools, hospitals and other settings
- Uniformed groups
- Other professionals who support young people using youth work principles
- Youth support workers and volunteers, especially in small charities and grassroots organisations
- Youth work managers who may not deliver youth work themselves but run the charity or service
- Commissioning managers in Council services who commission their youth service out to the VCS sector
- Violence Reduction Units and organisations supporting young people at risk of being drawn into crime, antisocial behaviour, or violence against women and girls even if that is not the explicit mission statement of your service. This includes any and all youth services including, statutory, volunteer based and group activities
It looks at things like budgets, types of activities provided, expenditure, the make-up of staff teams and ratios of paid staff to volunteers. It also focuses on the issues and topics youth workers are regularly dealing with right now.
Whoever your work is funded by, whether its Local Authorities, charities or the voluntary sector, we want to hear your views.
The National Youth Agency has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport to deliver the Census and analyse the data.
Sut gall y cyfrifiad eich helpu chi?
Completing the Census should only take around 15 minutes, but will bring numerous benefits.
Taking part helps you, and others, to:
- Be more visible to commissioners and partners
- See what else is being offered in your area so you can identify partnership opportunities
- Make stronger funding applications – it’s a powerful tool to demonstrate a local need for provision in your area
- Identify best practice and innovation elsewhere that you can learn from – or showcase your own
Pam mae angen y cyfrifiad arnom ni?
The NYA has been funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to deliver the Census as the data collected provides the picture of youth work in England to inform policy making and funding decisions.
The data collected shows where youth work is taking place and the type of services offered, as well as highlighting discrepancies in funding and areas of local need.
With a National Youth Strategy, and new programmes such as Young Futures Hubs now being delivered, the government’s renewed focus on youth work is clear. It is essential to have robust data and insights on the sector to support the development and delivery of these plans.
The census data is also helpful for commissioners of youth work, allied professionals and youth workers themselves who may want to map provision in their local area, identify gaps and also partnership opportunities.
Sut fydd yr NYA ac eraill yn defnyddio'r data hwn?
The Census data supports the NYA’s work to advocate for more funding to build back the youth work sector after more than a decade of spending cuts.
Alongside our Workforce Survey and other research, the Census is also helping the NYA to shape the plans for changes to the qualification framework for youth work, so that we can build the skills and capacity of the workforce in the time needed.
There are many other ways that the data could be used, such as:
- Policy makers can see where there is youth provision and expertise to support pilot initiatives and testbeds for new programmes
- Funding bodies could view the data to see what kind of support youth clubs are offering and identify where their funding could help these providers extend their reach and impact
- School leaders could use the data to see where local youth work provision is nearby which could provide support to improve pupil wellbeing and attendance
- Scoping of local youth provision as part of the Serious Violence Programme, including Young Futures Panels Pilots, VRUs and SVD.
Sut ydw i'n cwblhau'r cyfrifiad?
Mae'r Cyfrifiad wedi'i leoli ar wefan Youth Work One, platfform ar gyfer adnoddau arfer gorau, hyfforddiant, digwyddiadau a chyfleoedd ariannu ar gyfer y sector ieuenctid.
Bydd angen i chi gofrestru ar Youth Work One cyn cwblhau'r Cyfrifiad.
Ni ddylai'r Cyfrifiad ei hun gymryd mwy na 15-20 munud i'w gwblhau os oes gennych eich holl fanylion wrth law.
- Manylion cyswllt
- Rhif Cofrestru Comisiwn Elusennau (os yn berthnasol)
- Rhif Tŷ'r Cwmnïau (os yn berthnasol)
- Lleoliadau lle mae'r sefydliad yn gweithredu, ynghyd â dyddiau gweithredu ym mhob lleoliad
- Hyd y rhestr aros (mewn misoedd)
- Ffynonellau incwm e.e. rhoddion elusennol, nawdd, cyllid grant gan y llywodraeth genedlaethol ac ati.
- Cyllideb ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol hon
- Gwariant ar gyfer y flwyddyn ariannol ddiwethaf
- Hyd yr amser y byddai eich cronfeydd wrth gefn yn caniatáu gweithrediad arferol
- Nifer y gweithwyr llawn amser a rhan amser, a'u lefelau cymhwyster gwaith ieuenctid
- Nifer y gwirfoddolwyr, a'u lefelau cymwysterau gwaith ieuenctid
Oes dyddiad cau?
The Census is open until the end of Mai 2026.
The data will be shared with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and also the Home Office to support the implementation of the Young Futures Prevention Partnerships part of the Young Futures Hubs programme.
A snapshot report will be published in Autumn.
Cymdeithas Gymunedol Highfield
Dysgwch am sut mae Cymdeithas Gymunedol Highfield yn meithrin perthnasoedd dibynadwy o fewn y gymuned.
Adroddiadau cyfrifiad
See our learnings from what you told us in 2025 and previous years:
Adroddiad Cipolwg Haf Cyfrifiad Cenedlaethol y Sector Ieuenctid 2025
Cyfrifiad Cenedlaethol y Sector Ieuenctid yw'r trosolwg blynyddol mwyaf cynhwysfawr o waith ieuenctid yn Lloegr o hyd. Mae Cyfrifiad 2025 yn tynnu ar ymatebion gan dros 1,000 o sefydliadau, gan ddatgelu sector dan bwysau sylweddol ond yn darparu cefnogaeth hanfodol i bobl ifanc ledled y wlad.
Ciplun Cyfrifiad Sector Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol, Haf 2024
Mae adroddiad Ciplun 2024 yn dangos bod galw cynyddol am gymorth iechyd meddwl yng nghyd-destun cyllid ansicr darparwyr gwaith ieuenctid y sector gwirfoddol.
Cyfrifiad Cenedlaethol y Sector Ieuenctid – Adroddiad Ciplun 2023
Mae'r adroddiad hwn yn darparu dadansoddiad o'r data a dderbyniwyd gan 920 o sefydliadau gwaith ieuenctid rhwng Mawrth 2022 ac Ebrill 2023, gan roi cipolwg ar y Sector.
Cyfrifiad Cenedlaethol y Sector Ieuenctid: Adroddiad #2, Cyflwyno Gwaith Ieuenctid yn Lloegr
Crynodeb o dystiolaeth o ymchwil ansoddol gan awdurdodau lleol, sefydliadau ieuenctid a chymunedol, pobl ifanc, a dadansoddiad o ddata eilaidd.
Crynodeb Cychwynnol o Ganfyddiadau o Gyfrifiad Cenedlaethol y Sector Ieuenctid
Crynodeb cychwynnol o'r data sydd wedi'i gasglu gan dros 25,000 o sefydliadau neu is-unedau o sefydliadau o bob rhan o'r sector a'r wlad.
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