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Youth Access is seeking a new Chair and other Trustees
13 February 2019
We are looking for up to four exceptional individuals to join the Board from April 2019:
- a new Chair of the Board
- a trustee with financial expertise to act as Treasurer or finance lead
- a trustee drawn from our membership with expertise in youth advice and counselling services or with experience of accessing YIACS in the last 5 years
- a trustee who can strengthen the Board’s range of skills and expertise in a key area, such as property, law, HR, fundraising or youth participation
A cornerstone of the mental health system: Our latest research shows the importance of voluntary sector counselling services
12 December 2018
Voluntary and community sector counselling services play a critical role in helping young people who have fallen through a gap in mental health services provision, new research suggests.
Young people seen by trained counsellors in services run by charities and community organisations expressed very high levels of satisfaction with their care and showed significant improvements, according to the research conducted by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), University of Roehampton and advice and counselling network Youth Access.
Young cut off from justice: Previously unpublished Government figures show a generation excluded from legal aid following cuts
1 November 2018
As MPs prepare for a parliamentary debate on the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) on Thursday, a new report, summarised in Youth Access’ briefing “A Travesty Of Justice: young people’s access to legal aid”, shows that cuts to legal aid have had the greatest impact on vulnerable groups of young people.
