Aotearoa Regional Youth Worker Networks

• The Canterbury Youth Workers Collective

  The Collective works to ensure that youth work in the Canterbury region is carried out in a planned and efficient way by coordinating youth work training and is committed to the development of youth work as a unique and professional practice.

  CYWC consists of youth workers in the province of Canterbury, New Zealand and has been an incorporated society since 1986 with a charitable trust status.
  We are funded by the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Community Trust and the Department of Internal Affairs.

International Youth Work

• AED

  Strengthening the field of youth development through the preparation and professional development of youth workers in the United States.

• Brunel University

  Brunel University is situated in West London. They have a centre for Youth Work Studies.
  They deliver
  - BA (HONS) Youth & Community (2 years)
  - MA in Youth and Community Work (2/3 years)
  - MA Youth and Community Studies (2 years part time)
  - Graduate Certificate in Professional Development (two-term course)
  - Doctoral Studies
  - Research
  - Short courses/consultancy
  New Programmes
  - BA Sport Youth Work (3 years)
  - BA Youth and Community Work (launched 2008)

• infed

  exploring informal education, lifelong learning and social action.

  A clearing house for Youth Youth policy and research in the UK.

• The National Youth Agency

  The NYA supports those involved in young people's personal and social development and works to enable all young people to fulfill their potential within a just society in the United Kingdom.

• Youth Affairs Network Queensland
• Youth Specialties
• YouthLink Scotland

  YouthLink Scotland's vision is...

  To lead the youth work sector in Scotland. It will champion the role and value of the sector and challenge government to invest in the development of dynamic and accessible youth work opportunities demonstrating Scotland's commitment to young people.

• YPN Magazine

  YouthWork Now and its associated monthly print magazine Youth Work Now bring together professionals who work with young people across the fields of youth work, youth justice, advice & guidance, social care, health and education.

Ministry of Youth Development

• Ministry of Youth Development

  The Ministry of Youth Development – Te Manatu Whakahiato Taiohi – promotes the interests of young people aged between 12 and 24 years inclusive. The Ministry promotes the government’s Youth Development Strategy Aotearoa, and has five key functions. These are:

  - providing young people with a central point of contact within government so they can express their views and interests
  - providing government with advice on how to improve outcomes for young people
  - working with government agencies, local government and communities to deliver positive youth development opportunities
  - funding services for young people in local communities
  - building and sharing an evidence-base about youth development in New Zealand

Recommended

• 18 Ltd - Decoding Youth. Teens, Students Sub 30's

  18 Ltd is a team of individuals who combine research expertise, youth expertise, project management and maverick consultative processes to provide youth research and insights to clients.

  Already working with some of New Zealand's leading brands offering research data, marketing advice and general expertise in the youth arena we minimise the risk and maximise the budget through knowledge and insights that keep our clients one step ahead.

  Based in central Auckland, 18 utilises four key strategies to maintain its hardwire into youth culture;

  * Online quantitative panel of 4500+ youth aged 14 - 30 via its 18tracker.com tool
  * Employ staff who have their finger on the pulse of youth. Our researchers may be research experts but they're youth experts first.
  * The analytical support of NZ's most awarded research agency and our parent company Research Solutions
  * Stop, Look and Listen. This philosophy applies to our approach to clients as much as it does to the youth market. It helps us listen to both sides of the equation, find an effective strategy to illicit the insights and listen to the youth in the most effective manner.

  18 Ltd's key objective is to make a difference. They decode the messages coming out of the youth market by tuning in to what they have to say and giving that information back in a fashion that enables better decision making.

• AHI International

  AHI International is a community solutions company designed to provide high quality systems support, consultancy advice and development assistance to civil society organisations, the public sector and other communities of interest.

  AHI brings together expertise from experienced community, health and development professionals who have a common commitment to accelerating social development in New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.

  Drawing on a wide body of international literature and diverse global networks, AHI combines new knowledge with a grounded understanding of proven best-practice in community engagement, participatory research and development work.

• Children's Commissioner

  This website to provides information about the work of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s and children’s and young peoples rights.
  The Need Advice? section can help solve problems or answer questions about the rights, interests, and welfare of children and young people.
  You can order Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s resources online.

• Community Sector Taskforce
• Global Education Centre

  Global Bits

  Global Bits is a resource developed by the Global Education Centre
  especially for youth workers and other community educators. It provides
  info and ideas on global issues, and activities which help you explore
  the issues with young people. The free resource comes out three times a
  year, and covers everything from music and fashion to trafficking and
  climate change. Click here for a full details on previous issues and to
  sign up for upcoming issues.

• IOD
• Key Fund
• Kids New South Wales
• Kiwi Careers
• Kiwiqual
• Outward Bound

  Outward Bound New Zealand mission as a Charitable Trust is inspiring personal and social development through value based experiential learning in an outdoor environment.

• The Clearing House
• Virtues project
• YD:YJ Youth Development:Youth Justice

  YOUTH DEVELOPMENT : YOUTH JUSTICE

  Everyone can do something to help young people stay out of trouble with the law.

  Preventing youth offending is much more about changing the way our society views and treats young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, than about punishment and retribution.

  This is a website for people in Aotearoa who are interested in encouraging positive youth development and effective strategies that lead to reducing the number and severity of crimes committed by young people.

  The site is managed by volunteers - so if you have some time to invest in this project please let us know!