Our purpose
Everything we do at UK Youth is in order to ensure our society understands, champions and delivers effective youth work for all young people.
With an open network of more than 9,000 youth organisations and nation partners, UK Youth reaches more than four million young people across the UK.
UK Youth is involved in the delivery of a range of programmes which collectively reached more than 120,000 young people last year. Programmes include outdoor learning, through our Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Centre in the New Forest, physical literacy, social action, mental health and employability, including our summer jobs scheme, offering paid work experience to young people at risk of violence.
What is youth work?
Youth work is a distinct educational process adapted across a variety of settings to support a young person’s personal, social and educational development in order to:
- Explore their values, beliefs, ideas and issues.
- Enable them to develop their voice, influence and place in society.
- Facilitate the learning of a set of practical or technical skills and competencies that enable them to realise their full potential.”
(Source: 2020 National Youth Work Curriculum)
