Publications
Our publications are aimed at providers, planners and funders of youth information, advice, counselling and support services.
They encompass a wide variety of topics, setting out evidence and providing practical guidance and tools to use within organisations.
All publications below are available as free pdf downloads.
Recently added publications
The outcomes and impact of youth advice - the evidence
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, December 2011
Description: This report is intended as a one-stop evidence resource for anyone wishing to understand the adverse impact of social welfare problems and the beneficial impact of youth advice services on young people‟s lives.
Download: The outcomes and impact of youth advice - the evidence
On the Right tracks – Key Findings on the State of Youth Counselling
By Youth Access, November 2011
Description: The On the Right Tracks (OtRt) survey uncovers a variable picture of youth counselling, with some services financially relatively secure and well-embedded within their local planning and commissioning structures. Others appear much more fragile: small front-line services with insufficient capacity and resources to participate in commissioning processes and at risk of closure.
Download: On the Right tracks – Key Findings on the State of Youth Counselling
Heading for Trouble?
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, November 2011
Description: A summary of new evidence on the role of advice services in preventing youth offending and the potential impact on crime of cuts to advice services
This briefing is for providers, planners, researchers and policy makers with an interest in: services for young people; legal advice services; the youth justice system. It follows a recent JustRights report, Not Seen and Not Heard, revealing the impact of proposed legal aid cuts on children and young people.
Download: Heading for Trouble?
Civil Legal Problems: Young People, Social Exclusion and Crime
By James Kenrick, Youth Access, November 2011
Description: This briefing sets out summary findings from the 2010 wave of the Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey (CSJPS), alongside supplementary findings from the earlier (but larger) 2006-9 Civil and Social Justice Survey (CSJS). The summary findings reveal the experience of civil legal problems by young people in England and Wales, and place this experience in a broader context. The findings illustrate clear links between civil legal problems, social exclusion and crime.
Download: Civil Legal Problems: Young People, Social Exclusion and Crime
Making Tracks Report
By Dr Cathy Street, Youth Access, September 2011
Description: This report brings together the results of an external independent evaluation which examined three key areas: 1. The difference made by the pilot sites’ interventions to the social, mental and physical health of young adult service users 2. The impact of the pilot project on raising awareness of young adults’ needs in local PCT and GP commissioning practices 3. The factors which might enable better partnership working between GPs and the VCS
Download: Making Tracks Report
Easing the Strain
By Youth Access, December 2010
Description: A summary of an evidence report showing how young people’s information, advice, counselling and support services (YIACS) ease the strain on young people and on commissioners of services.
It shows that YIACS are effective, good value and provide outstanding outcomes for young people across a whole range of social policy and health agendas. Useful as a punchy précis of the detailed evidence of the case for YIACS and as a campaigning tool containing the key messages.
Download: Easing the Strain
A proven early intervention model – the evidence for Youth Information Advice Counselling and Support services (YIACS)
By Youth Access, December 2010
Description: A detailed evidence report giving a comprehensive survey of the proof of the effectiveness, value for money and outcomes of YIACS services. Compellingly demonstrates the major contribution YIACS can make across a range of health and social policy imperatives. Useful to support funding bids and tenders. Essential reading for planners and commissioners of youth services.
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