Blogs
This Race Equality Week, we’re joining those saying ‘Let’s not go back to normal’
5 February 2021
Our Policy and Campaigns Manager, Kahra Wayland-Larty, looks at the pandemic of racism affecting people of colour in the UK, and what we're doing at Youth Access to help build a racially responsive workforce in the youth advice and counselling sector.
Together for youth counselling: Why BACP is supporting a new Youth Access working group
9 December 2020
Jo Holmes - lead for children, young people and families at the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) - writes about her hopes for collaboration with Youth Access’s newly launched National Youth Counselling Working Group and our joint ambitions for ensuring voluntary sector youth counselling services get the recognition they deserve.
Young people's mental health needs are growing. Open-access services are the solution.
24 November 2020
Our Policy and Campaigns Officer, Ruby Waterworth, makes the case for open-access, early support in the mould of Youth Access YIACS.
Youth participation has come a long way – but we need to go even further to ensure young people are listened to in our Covid-19 recovery
3 September 2020
Barry Williams reflects on the progress the youth sector has made during his career, and what he has learned from his first few months as Interim CEO at Youth Access.
Remote mental health interventions work – but not as a replacement for face-to-face support
9 July 2020
Our Policy and Campaigns Officer, Ruby Waterworth, looks at how our new report on remote mental health interventions for young people can help with the sector’s recovery from coronavirus lockdown.
