UK Youth is an active is a member of the Network for Accrediting Young People’s Achievements with three Award programmes represented – the Youth Challenges/Youth Achievement Awards, Peer Mentoring BTEC Certificate/ Peer Education BTEC Award and our Young Mother’s Learning Programme.
UK Youth support the annual NfAYPA conference as well as other conferences and events throughout the year. Recent events have included
- Effective Ways Forward for Entry to Employment Regional Events
- Credit Where Its Due 3 Conference- 10 March 2006
The Network for Accrediting Young People's Achievement (NfAYPA) was formed in 1998 by The National Youth Agency together with a range of key national accrediting bodies in non-formal education (Award Organisations and other relevant national bodies) to foster co-operation and professional knowledge-sharing between organisations.
The NfAYPA produced a 'National Framework of Awards in Non-Formal Educational Settings' which was first published in 2002 and revised in 2003. The framework focuses on national awards and puts these national programmes into a coherent structure, at the same time recognising that they are often part of a wider 'menu of options' available to young people.
Members of the network in January 2005 are:
- AQA
- ASDAN
- Chrysalis Club2000
- Connect Youth
- Duke of Edinburgh Award
- Fairbridge
- Getting Connected
- Girlguiding UK
- National Association of Clubs for Young People
- The National Open College Network
- The National Youth Agency
- The Prince's Trust
- Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
- The Scout Association
- Sports Leaders UK
- Trident Trust
- UKYouth
- Wales Youth Agency
- Weston Spirit
- Wales Joint Education Committee
- YALP
- Youthtrain
For more information about the NfAYPA, log on to the Network’s website www.nya.org.uk/awardsnetwork
