CYP Now - NYA lays out ‘roadmap’ to reopen youth work settings

The National Youth Agency (NYA) has laid out how the government’s roadmap to ending the current national lockdown will impact on youth services.

Support will initially be offered outside, the NYA has said. Picture: Adobe Stock

The advice aims to help youth workers prepare for the government’s gradual easing of lockdown.

Restrictions will be lifted in four main stages, Boris Johnson announced last month, starting from next week with the reopening of schools to 21 June when all legal limits on social contact may come to an end.

From 8 March when schools reopen for all pupils, youth organisations will be able to support groups of vulnerable young people indoors and outdoors, said NYA chief executive Leigh Middleton in a webinar released this week.

Youth workers can also continue to deliver online and virtual support, detached and outreach support outdoors and 1-2-1 support for young people indoors, which are currently already permitted.

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