🧠 Young people’s mental health is in crisis — and youth workers are stepping up.
Today, UK Youth & @dartingtonsdl.bsky.social launch the Youth Work Role Cards, a new resource that explores the many ways youth workers support wellbeing.
#YouthWork #MentalHealth #ThrivingMinds #UKYouth
Youth work & outdoor learning orgs bring the skills, spaces & relationships that make enrichment real for every young person.
By working together with schools, we can prepare young people for a better future #BackYouth🤝
@dofe.org @ukyouth.bsky.social @avontyrrell.bsky.social
To deliver the new #EnrichmentEntitlement, schools need strong partners.
Our research shows enrichment works best when it’s well-resourced, community-connected & built on trusted partnerships. 🔽
t.co/WzvSWjPqbb
As a proud member of the Back Youth Alliance, @ukyouth.bsky.social is delighted to see the commitment to an #EnrichmentEntitlement for every young person in the Curriculum & Assessment Review.
To make it work in practice, youth work must be recognised as a core partner #EnrichmentforAll
🌍 World Mental Health Day: celebrating the impact of Youth Work 💚
We’re finishing up in Manchester for the Conservative Party Conference and began with a @ukyouth.bsky.social YouthZone panel!
Panellists included @lauracunliffehall.bsky.social, an AQA Student Advisory Group member, a UK Youth member and AQA Head of External Affairs, @c-fraser.bsky.social (1/8)
Fantastic to chair a joint panel event hosted by @ukyouth.bsky.social @dofe.org at #Lab25 🌹
We discussed the economic & moral case for outdoor learning youth work & enrichment & how it can support community cohesion, mental & physical health - thanks
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social for joining us 👏
Last week we celebrated the UK Youth Gala at the Four Seasons, London. An incredible night of inspiration, young voices, and generosity 💙
Huge thanks to our staff, speakers, young people & guests. Together, we raised funds that will make a real difference.
#UKYouthGala #ThankYou #YouthEmpowerment
The upcoming National Youth Strategy must recognise & support this through sustainable long-term funding & clear metrics for successful delivery
This should be a moment to turn the tide on one and a half decades of underinvestment
💡Youth work plays a crucial role in young people's lives
@ukyouth.bsky.social highlights the transformative impact of Hunslet Club in Leeds & orgs like it - check out article on BBC News ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A fantastic afternoon discussing:
💡the need for sustainable funding cycles for youth work
💡the transformative impact youth work can have helping young people get into employment & upskill
Huge thanks to @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social & Ashtead Youth Club for hosting us @ukyouth.bsky.social
A great afternoon spent with outdoor education leaders in Westminster encouraging MPs from all parties to support our campaign to make outdoor residential experiences accessible to all young people.
Outdoor education can boost confidence, build resilience, and change lives.
An image of a person holding up a banner which reads: Trans folx are not a threat, transphobia is!. Overlaid text: In flux between identities: the mental health impacts of transphobia. By Jay
"I think a lot about what it’s like for those of us who have parts of our identities become ‘hot topics’; when our existence, lives, and experiences are contested. It’s hard enough trying to cope in this world and figure ourselves out, whether we’re trans or not. I just want to live my life, instead of feeling like I’m dodging transphobic bullets from the media, the government, and the world."
🗣️ "We exist in struggle, but we could do with less of a fight".
This #TransDayofVisibility, read Jay's account of the toll that transphobia takes on their mental health, and how they navigate accessing mental health support: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/in-flux-betw...
If gov continues on this trajectory, it is placing future generations under strain with little gain #SpringStatement
The upcoming National Youth Strategy needs to reverse a decade of cuts & unlock potential of youth work for young people
See @ukyouth.bsky.social response: ⬇️https://bit.ly/3XwuTjo
Great to see the Government’s plan to develop a National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
This initiative builds on the foundations laid in @bencooper1995.bsky.social's 2022 report ‘A National Music Service’, created in partnership with the Musicians Union
musiciansunion.org.uk/news/governm...
Great to be reunited with fellow former @youngfabians.bsky.social
at the Alumni Dinner last night 🌹
Good to hear from Fabians at the heart of government
@chriscurtis94.bsky.social
@jessasatomp.bsky.social @steveracemp.bsky.social
@abdi-duale.bsky.social
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social
"Despite a government drive to distribute laptops, the Sutton Trust found that by the first week of the January 2021 lockdown had little improved, with just 10% of teachers reporting that all their students had adequate access to a device for remote learning."
Graphic design with a red background featuring white text styled like a retro diner. The main text reads 'Deliver You' in bold, cursive lettering. Above it, 'NATIONAL * YOUTH * STRATEGY' is written in uppercase. Below, a checkered pattern separates the tagline 'What’s YOUR order?' in a mix of script and pixelated fonts. At the bottom, 'POWERED BY' is followed by logos for HM Government, #iwill movement, My Life My Say, and Savanta
The Government is creating a 10-year National Youth Strategy to improve services & empower young people. Help us reach 10-21-year-olds and ensure their voices shape this once-in-a-generation plan!
🔗 Share the survey: iwill.org.uk/NYS-Deliver-... #DeliverYou #NationalYouthStrategy
