Welcome to Youth Access

Highlights

Our story & mission

Our mission is to ensure all young people can access free support on their journey into adulthood from community-based advice and counselling services that respect their rights and meet their individual needs.

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News

Youth Access responds to new statistics on young people's mental health

NHS digital publishes it's findings of the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of mental health and wellbeing

Introducing the Quality and Improvement Programme

We are working on a new programme that will drive the growth and development of advice and counselling services with a youth work ethos

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Events

Members and young people take to parliament

Parliamentarians were informed and inspired ahead of developing Young Futures hubs
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In conversation with a youth-led social action co-designer

Youth-led social action pilot co-designer Grace reflects on her role
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Reflections of a Youth Action Leader: A journey of growth and change

Warith Rawahi reflects on their time as a Youth Action Leader as part of our Youth-led Social Action Pilot

How services work

We begin by realising one size doesn't fit all

Every young person is different and the help they'll need is different as a result

What to expect

A tailored approach for each individual

Every young person is treated with respect and according to individual need

What support is available?

Find support and advice that is right for you

Our members offer a wide range of support services, right across the country

Our members

133

members accross the UK

58,061

service directory visits

399,876

young people supported by our members

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42nd Street: Exploring what creativity can do for young people

Rod Kippen explores what creativity can innovatively do for young people

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No5 Young People: Voter registration campaign

No5 shares how they worked with young people at their service to support voter registration

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42nd Street: Partnership working

42nd Street talk to us about their exciting partnership to further support young people

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Centre 33: Removing barriers to support

Centre 33 share how they increased engagement with young people facing health, social and economic inequalities

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No Limits: Reflecting on 30 years of service

No Limits established in 1993 reflects on 30 years of transforming young lives

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Mancroft Advice Project: Mental Health Advice

MAP shares how and why they developed a drop-in mental health advice service

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Young Persons Advisory Service: Data monitoring project

YPAS talk us through their innovative data monitoring system

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Centre 33: Improving access through partnership

Centre 33 talks to us about improving young people's access to support

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Membership benefits

The Youth Access membership exists to empower and champion the national network of youth advice and counselling services in a variety of ways. How can we support your service?

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