Youth workers and youth organisations

Youth Work Week, taking place from Monday 3 to Sunday 9 November, aims to provide an opportunity for youth organisations, youth workers and young people to celebrate their achievements and the impact of their work. For further information visit www.nya.org.uk/supporting-youth-work/youth-work-week.

The Action Squad Academy website is a free online platform where users can promote and share resources that support organisations or individuals with the planning, delivery or evaluation of social action activities. It is aimed at young people, youth workers, social activists and community organisers. For further information visit https://actionsquadacademy.org.uk.

NCVYS has published a factsheet on policies for voluntary youth organisations, which is designed to signpost to information, tools and services to establish, implement or review policies that are appropriate to the running of a voluntary or community organisation. To download the factsheet visit www.ncvys.org.uk/sites/default/files/Policies%20infosheet_final_aug14.pdf.

The Cabinet Office is providing start-up funding for the Centre for Youth Impact, an initiative which will help organisations that work with and for young people to measure and increase the impact of their services. NCVYS, Project Oracle and the Social Research Unit at Dartington will lead the work that will provide support for all impact measurement initiatives that are relevant to the youth sector, including signposting to existing resources, and provide bespoke, practical help. For further information visit www.gov.uk/government/news/the-centre-for-youth-impact-launches.