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Youth Access model

Briefing paper

National youth counselling study

A report into the outcomes of counselling in YIACS local community-based settings, and on the profile of their service
Blog

We must ensure young people are listened to in the COVID recovery

Youth participation has come a long way – but we need to go even further to ensure young people are listened to in the COVID recovery.
News

£1.4 million of National Lottery funding to empower young people to shape mental health services

Youth Access awarded nearly £1.4 million in National Lottery funding to put the voices of young people at the centre of service design
News

A cornerstone of the mental health system: Voluntary sector counselling services

Our latest research shows the importance of voluntary sector counselling services
Resource

Delivering better: A competency framework for YIACS

Delivering Better outlines the skills, knowledge and behaviours for the effective delivery of Youth Inf
News

Investment in YIACS key to delivery of Government's vision for mental health support in schools

We respond to the green paper Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health
Blog

Green Paper must not distract from the vital work to implement Future in Mind's whole systems approach

James Kenrick gives a cautious welcome to the Government's Green Paper on children and young people's mental health
Briefing paper

CCGs embrace effective VCS models

New evidence suggests we may be at the start of a voluntary sector-driven transformation of young people’s mental health services.
News

GPs bypassing CAMHS

GPs and other statutory professionals are increasingly referring vulnerable young people straight to voluntary sector youth counselling services.
News

CAMHS transformation - or ‘more of the same’?

As CCGs reveal their Transformation Plans, a new report finds local authority cuts, a lack of joined-up commissioning and protectionism threatening early intervention and prevention services.
News

Youth advice & counselling services “at sharp end” of supporting older teenagers

Accessible voluntary sector model trusted by young people to provide effective long-term support.
Briefing paper

YIACS: An integrated health and wellbeing model

A briefing explaining the Youth Information, Advice and Counselling Services (YIACS) model, now known as the Youth