The National Youth Agency (NYA) is an educational charity in England that works in partnership with a wide range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations to support and improve services for young people.
The agency’s particular focus is on youth work and it believes that by investing in young people’s personal and social development young people are better able to live more active and fulfilling lives.
It has four themes:
Work is delivered through training and consultancy, campaigning, publishing and online communications. The agency also validates youth worker training courses. Through its activities the agency wants to ensure that young people have a strong voice and positive influence in society. Funding is received from a number of sources including national and local government and private organisations.
The National Youth Agency is based in Leicester in the United Kingdom and employs some fifty people directly, but also has a large and expanding associate network. Its chief executive since summer 2007 is Fiona Blacke.