An ambition to create a new youth representative body to succeed the British Youth Council (BYC) – the “National Youth Council to the UK” (NYCUK) – was revealed in April by the National Youth Agency (NYA).
Despite a string of recent setbacks for UK youth representation, including last year's closure of the BYC after 75 years, the more than halving in the number of local youth councils in the past decade, alongside the estimated £1.1bn of cuts to local authority youth services over 12 years, the NYCUK blueprint document exudes optimism that it can provide the refresh that is needed.
The NYA's What the Future Holds Recommendations Report states: “The role of a National Youth Council to the UK is to hold a space where all youth voice and influence across the UK can come together to network, amplify voices/messages, create broader opportunities for more young people and bring stability to a disparate sector.”
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