Sarah Barley-McMullen, Association Member and Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby, reports on the ‘Local MP Ambassadors Scheme’ adopted by the Youth and Community Work course team in Derby that resulted in a meeting in Westminster with Mims Davies MP, Minister for Civil Society with responsibility for Youth Policy in the week the APPG Youth Affairs Final Report was published.

The statement, by the NYA, welcomes the recent ADCS paper on workforce development across the children and young people’s workforce, and comments on its ambition and recommendations.

The NYA has launched a new 'Research Hub' aimed at improving youth work understanding and practice development through research collaborations.