National Youth Agency

”“We welcome this significant package of investment in young people by the Department of Digital, Culture and Sport, including the £450 million Youth Matters Fund for 60 local authority areas, as well as an increased investment in Every Child Can with dormant assets funding of £238.5 million to support youth enrichment and help more young people access activiti...

On Tuesday 3 November, the National Youth Agency held our Annual Youth Work Week Parliamentary Summit in the House of Commons, sponsored by Natasha Irons MP and supported by NatWest, through NatWest Thrive, the bank’s money confidence and future skills programme that is

What happens when young people are given the space, support and confidence to speak out about the issues that matter to them?

At Integrate UK’s Annual Youth Conference in Bristol, young people took centre stage to share powerful films, performances and campaigns exploring gender inequality, violence against women and girls (...

When Kristian, Eleni and Zoe first walked through the doors of Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation (CYTO), they had no idea how important it would become in their lives. 

They arrived for different reasons. Kristian heard about CYTO through school and decided to give it a try during the summer holidays. Eleni first attended through a holiday programm...

BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter and Raise Your Voice author Nadia Jae visited The HIVE, Catch22’s youth wellbeing hub in Camden, as part of Youth Work Week 2026, to meet young people and hear directly about their experiences, ambitions and hopes for the future. 

Growing up in South West London, Nadia attended youth clubs from a...