Young people are more likely to experience loneliness than any other age group - & it can have a serious impact on their futures. Molly Taylor from our Belong Collective & Jacob Diggle spoke to BBC Politics about the issue and the need to invest in youth and support services 👇

This is such an exciting role with UK Youth! We've got big plans to convene 10,000 cross sector professionals and young people to solve key issues and impact 1 million young people through youth work! If this sounds like a bit of you come and join our team 🌟🔥👀

NEW: America is a rich country. Britain is a poor country with one wealthy region. People love to compare the UK to Mississippi, but it’s far more informative to look at UK subnationally, too. London ranks fairly well, the rest of the country does not 👉 ft.com/content/e5c741…

It was an honour to address Youth Ministers from across the Commonwealth today - sharing insights from UK Youth research (with partners Frontier Economics) into the economic impact of youth work ukyouth.org/untapped/

We've been advocating for increased government funding for the youth sector. Today, we welcome the government's announcement, confirming the next phase of funding for the National Youth Guarantee through the Million Hours Fund and the Adventures Away From Home Fund. (1/5) 🙌🧵

NEWS: Up to 7,500 young people to experience day trips & weekends away from home, especially young carers and kids from deprived backgrounds The £1.5 million Adventures Away From Home Fund will allow more children & teenagers to enjoy activities. More: gov.uk/government/new…

Today we have opened the next phase of the Million Hours Fund to provide more positive activities for young people to get involved with. Over the summer, this fund supported over 400 youth organisations to extend their provision - this next phase will help hundreds more.

Trips away from home can be a young person's first experience of independence & other life skills, as well as a chance to build friendships Young people at UK Youth's Avon Tyrrell site told us how their trip had benefitted them: gov.uk/government/new…

We welcome #Labour's commitment to investing in 'youth hubs' to support young people, however, we urge all political parties to guarantee sustainable investment in quality youth work for the next generation, for the benefit of the whole country 👇 ✰ Ndidi Okezie OBE

🚨Calling all youth practitioners in England! In partnership with NCS, our research is exploring the future of youth provision. Share your views with us 👇forms.office.com/e/iSFz3WZrFg

📣 We are delighted to have worked with Department for Culture, Media and Sport to produce three new studies that reveal youth work has a positive impact on young people’s health, wellbeing & employability, with the positive effects lasting into adulthood. Read the report here 👇 bit.ly/430tAuA

🧵 (1/5) Today's Spring Budget was a missed opportunity for any specific funding for the youth sector and lacked focus on the biggest challenges facing young people today. We cannot afford not to invest in youth work. A thread:

We cannot afford not to invest in youth work. And the focus just on those at most risk misses a huge range of wider benefits for a diverse range of young people. Investing in youth services is one of the best investments Govt could make. And yet…

We will be hosting a webinar briefing for youth organisations on the General Election on Wednesday 5th June at 1-2pm! 🧵

📢 Big news from Parliament! Lisa Nandy MP calls youth work cuts a 'national shame' and commits to a National Youth Strategy! 🙌 We welcome this and urge the government to back it with meaningful resources in the upcoming budget. #Budget2024 📽️ Full video here:

Ready to welcome everyone to our first #JoinedUpSummit 🥳 bringing together cross sector leaders to learn and co-create solutions with and for young people! Tell us what you’re excited to hear about today below👇

In Birmingham today for the inaugural #joinedupsummit powered by UK Youth & #IWill

New Pod Save the UK out tomo with Zoe Grunewald on Starmer's great reset, Gregg Wallace & the BBC, and UK Youth's Jacob Diggle on how benefit cuts will affect young people. Out tomorrow. Follow the pod so you don't miss it: go.crooked.com/PodSaveTheUK Nish Kumar Coco Khan

Our Chief Impact Officer, Jacob Diggle, joined BBC South Today last night to discuss the impact of cuts to youth work and how we can tackle anti-social behaviour through meaningful investment in young people. 🎥👇 bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…