What is Youth Work Week?
Youth Work Week celebrates the youth workers who make a difference to you. It’s a chance for young people to share their experiences of the social activities, wellbeing support and the safe spaces that youth clubs provide.
How can young people get involved?
Is there a youth club or youth worker who plays an important role in your life?
Has a youth club activity helped you to gain new skills, be more confident, or make new friends?
- Share your stories with us in our comments box below about what your youth worker or youth club means to you.
- Write a poem or create some artwork to express how your local youth club/worker helps you to stay safe and well.
- Ask your youth worker to submit content to be featured on the National Youth Agency Website’s Youth Work Week Gallery. for how your youth workers are helping you build your future.
- Drop-in to a local youth club and see what events, activities and support they can offer you and your friends. Find local youth group organisations in our Ask the Expert Directory
How can youth clubs get involved?
- Go to the National Youth Agency Website to download campaign resources to celebrate with your young people
- Host an open day or community event to showcase your services to young people and tell us about it, email: [email protected]
- Get your staff and youth workers to sign up for a free online Get-Into-Filmmaking Workshop on 6th November, 4pm-5pm, to develop core, practical skills to share with and inspire young people.
- Follow The Source on Instagram and Facebook to help us promote youth news in Suffolk, and sign up to our Suffolk Assembly of Youth (SAY) newsletter which shares activities and services offered by youth organisations.
Suffolk Youth Work Resources
What’s Happening for Young People in Suffolk?
- Suffolk Youth Pledge – Back in April, Suffolk’s Youth Parliament teamed up with local councillors to sign the Power of Youth Charter. It’s all about making sure your voice is heard and that young people help shape decisions about their future.
- 16–18 Youth Support Services – This is a team partnership between schools, colleges, youth services, and Suffolk County Council to help young people move into education, jobs, or training after Year 11. If you’re unsure about your next steps, they offer advice, 1-to-1 support, group sessions, and drop-in events across Suffolk to help you find the right path—even if things don’t go as planned.
- Youth Focus Suffolk – This project helps local youth groups do awesome things for young people. It’s backed by Suffolk County Council and the Collaborative Communities Board.
- Independent Travel Toolkit – Need help getting confident with travel? This toolkit gives young people with additional needs the skills to travel independently and safely.
Share your stories here for how a youth worker/group has helped you…
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I used to be a sea scout growing up – best times, made friends away from school (which I didn’t like), encouraged me to be brave and try things out of my comfort zone like, abseiling and building rafts. Still remember my scout leaders and the life skills they taught me.
“I now have a tattoo of some advice a youth worker once gave me, to remind me that I do matter”