The Youth Work Evidence Alliance (YWEA) will focus on the collection and sharing of data across the sector.
Organisers hope the new approach will boost efficiency and aid progress in an area that has often been fragmented and poorly communicated.
They say this has held back progress in the youth work sector, undermining the crucial role it plays in supporting young people around mental and physical wellbeing, social skills and building connections with the world of work.
The news was announced by YMCA George Williams College, which is taking a leading role in the alliance.
A spokesperson for the college, which specialises in youth work training, said: “Underpinning the work of the alliance is a common understanding: high quality youth work changes lives. But evidencing the impact of youth work on the lives of young people – and the communities in which they live – can be challenging.
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