The consultation, which was launched on 26 September, will run until 30 November. It aims to capture the youth sector’s desire for the development of an Institute for Youth Work and thoughts and views on how it would potentially operate.
The concept of an Institute for Youth Work has been debated for many years. Now, through its work with Catalyst – a consortium of four organisations co-ordinated by NCVYS, working with the Department for Education as the strategic partner for young people as part of the department’s wider transition programme for the sector – the National Youth Agency is assessing the feasibility of taking the idea further.
The first phase of this work will be to identify whether the notion for an Institute for Youth Work is supported, in principle, by the sector and will focus on capturing viewpoints from all levels – students through to senior youth work practitioners.
- For further details visit www.nya.org.uk/exploring-an-institute-for-youth-work
