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Evidence of Need

Crucial evidence of young people's needs for advice and counselling to support your funding bids.

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Advice Needs:

Youth Access report on Advice Needs and Recession

Youth Access Policy Briefing, 2009

For policy makers and planners on why and how to build in young people's need for advice and counselling services as a vital part of recession resilience work.

Locked Out: Young people’s housing and homelessness needs and the impact of good advice

By James Kenrick, Youth Access, August 2007

A Youth Access report detailing evidence of young people’s substantial needs for housing and homelessness advice and the cost of their marginalisation from services.

Young People’s Social Welfare Needs and the Impact of Good Advice: Issues Paper

By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2007

This paper summarises a variety of research evidence on young people’s needs for advice, the impact of problems, the difference made by advice, access, funding and workforce issues. Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services.

Young People and Civil Justice: Findings from the 2004 English and Welsh Civil and Social Justice Survey

By the Legal Services Research Centre, published by Youth Access, 2007

Key research report covering young people’s social welfare advice needs, impact of problems and advice seeking behaviour.Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services.

Rights to Access Project Interim Evaluation Report

Michael Bell Associates for Youth Access, 2007

This report provides a summary of the interim findings of Youth Access’ Rights to Access Project, and contains valuable evidence on how young people want legal advice delivered to them, key success criteria for developing a Youth access Law Centre-style service and evidence on the impact of targeted legal advice from outcomes monitoring and a longitudinal study. Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services.

Rights to Access: Meeting Young People’s Needs for Advice

By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2002

This major Youth Access report remains the most comprehensive source of evidence on young people’s needs for advice and access issues available anywhere.Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services

Delivering Information Advice and Guidance

By Barbara Rayment, published by The National Youth Agency, 2006

A briefing written for senior youth work managers planning the delivery of IAG as part of the implementation of Youth Matters. Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services.

Collated Evidence of Young People's Preferred Modes of Access to Advice

By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2007

Extracts from the 2007 reports by the Legal Services Research Centre and Michael Bell Associates (see above) that detail evidence on how young people currently access advice services and how they want to access advice services, including their preference for face to face over telephone and internet services.

Responding to Young People's Legal Advice Needs in the Context of Youth Matters and other Policy

Article by James Kenrick and Barbara Rayment, published in Youth Policy Update October 2005

Legal Services Commission Contract Data on Young People

By James Kenrick, Youth Access, 2006

An analysis of legal aid contract data from 50,000 NfP cases, showing the poor deal received by young people.

The Case for Investing in Youth Advice in London

By Youth Access and Law Centres Federation, 2006

Campaign paper written for London Councils

Young People Need Advice Too

By James Kenrick, published in Legal Action journal, June 2005

Article aimed at legal advice practitioners, managers and planners

Counselling Needs:

Youth Access's Breaking Down the Barriers publications won the 2004 BACP Research Award and are essential reading for anyone interested in mental health provision for 16-25 year olds.

Breaking down the Barriers: A Strategy in Development

By Catherine Wilson, Youth Access, 2002

A major Youth Access report setting out a strategy for meeting the counselling and mental health needs of 16-25 year olds. The report includes research findings identifying the need to improve counselling provision. Essential reading for anyone planning, funding or providing youth advice services.

Breaking down the Barriers: Key Findings

By Catherine Wilson, Youth Access, 2001

This report presents the key findings of an evaluation of counselling and mental health provision for young people carried out by the Breaking Down the Barriers Project.

Breaking down the Barriers: Case Studies

By Catherine Wilson, Youth Access, 2001

This report highlights the results of a series of in-depth interviews on the subject of young people’s counselling needs conducted in four contrasting areas with social services, Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services and voluntary sector YIACS.