
Leigh Middleton OBE
@leighnya
Passionate advocate for young people and youth work. CEO at the National Youth Agency. Lead not own. All views expressed are my own. @natyouthagency (he/him)
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http://www.nya.org.uk 03-06-2014 21:08:28
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We caught up with Tower Hamlets Director of Children’s Services, Steve Reddy, at our Annual Youth Work Conference with Youth Endowment Fund in March. For Steve, youth services must listen to young people today and create something they truly value – services they can access to

Last week, the Committee met with members of the UK Youth Parliament Youth Select Committee. We discussed #MediaLiteracy and recommendations from the Youth Select Committee's recent report on Youth Violence and Social Media. Find out more about our inquiry: committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/medi…

As part of its ongoing inquiry into media literacy, the Lords Communications and Digital Committee met with members of the UK Youth Parliament's Youth Select Committee to better understand young people’s views on the topic. The Youth Select Committee’s members are aged 14-18 and represent regions across the UK. ⬇️


Looking forward to joining this brilliant panel discussion next week and representing British Youth Council! 🙌 Taking place the day after the first 🇪🇺-🇬🇧 Summit, this is sure to be an unmissable event!

A debate on the long-term funding of youth services is happening in parliament today, led by Natasha Irons MP. We appreciate Natasha and all parliamentarians supporting this vital discussion on the transformative impact of #YouthWork. With the Government’s #NationalYouthStrategy


NYA CEO, Leigh Middleton OBE, welcomes today’s announcement from the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy MP and urges that this must be just the beginning. Read his full statement ➡️ nya.org.uk/response-to-to… #YouthFunding #YouthServices



BSc Youth Studies students at London Metropolitan University heard from a range of industry experts—Yemi (Trailblazers Mentoring), Huda (IntoUniversity), Paul (Essex Youth Service) and Rin (Brook🏳️🌈) shared insights into their organisations, job opportunities and issues affecting young people.











Congratulations to Hessle Rd Network for being the first youth work organisation to go through our NYA Quality Mark re-validation assessment and achieve Outstanding Level accreditation, demonstrating their commitment to maintaining the same high standards for a further three
