How to join

You’re there for young people, and we’re here for you. Join the vibrant national network of youth advice and counselling services.

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.  

We use young people to refer to people between 11-25 years old. We know organisations might have different uses of these terms, and/or be limited to serving narrower age ranges due to funding or other challenges. 

Our Values and Principles

We believe that young people should be able to access high-quality advice and counselling services that respect their rights and meet their individual needs. To become a member you will need to commit to implementing our values and principles in your work. Please read Our Values and Principles here.

Membership Criteria 

  1. We offer open access services for young people: this means young people can self refer and access support that is free
  2. We are youth-focused: this means we solely support young people, or if we are an all age-organisation - there is a youth-specific service that is distinct in space, staff and offer
  3. We are a local organisation serving a local community (this could be city, county or other local area)
  4. We are not for profit (such as a charity or social enterprise) 

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Membership for up to £500,000 annual income Membership for up to £250,000 annual income 

Membership for under £50,000 annual income

Want to find out more?

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