Naomi Thompson, Christine Smith, Simon Williams, Tina Salter, Lara Paquete Pereira, Jess Achilleos and David Woodger are a group of youth and community work academics who are calling for a rethink of the National Youth Agency’s proposals to change the qualification framework for youth and community work. They argue that the proposed changes risk colluding with a ‘minimum wage, minimum status’ culture for youth work that will undo decades of struggle.