What happens when you give youth workers and young people the microphone and ask them to share their thoughts on youth provision? Recently, UK Youth launched its findings from research commissioned by NCS on what youth groups want youth services to look like in the future, and what is needed to support that vision. The research found:

• The preventative role youth work can play in young people’s lives.
• The critical role that open access provision plays as a foundation for other types of youth work.
• The importance of responding to young people’s individual needs and giving them ownership of the provision and spaces they engage with.

The research shows findings on the needs of the sector’s workforce, the pressures faced by the increasing scale and complexity of challenges facing young people, and the place of digital solutions in the sector.

Check out the voices of youth workers and young people in the project’s animated film here. Read the report here.