Training

2020

Youth Focus North East became the region’s lead for the National Youth Agency Bursary scheme, where we began delivering Youth Work qualifications, starting with the Level 2 Award in Youth Work Principles.

2022

We became a training centre with Skills and Education Group, and developed the training and consultancy centre called Engage.

2023

We began running the Level 3 Certificate in Youth Work Practice, a Level 2 Youth Award in Youth Work Principles, and an Accredited Course for workers and volunteers to increase their knowledge and confidence in how to support young people who are visually impaired called Access Unlimited.

Our number of learners went onto double, growing from just 44 learners in 2022/23 to 106 by the end of the academic year of 2024,
across all qualifications and accredited courses.

2024

We will be launching more qualifications and CPD opportunities, including Level 1 Certificate in Youth Work in Exploring Youth Work and an accredited course in Participation in the Capacity Building Training in Youth Work and Working with Visually Impaired Young People.

This work is important in helping rebuild youth services in our region, enabling youth workers to gain a professional qualification to support their ongoing work with young people to gain professional qualifications.

Youth Work Qualifications

Accredited Programmes

Ahh wow that is amazing to hear. I am over the moon!

Fab I’m so pleased with how I have done on this one as I was a bit worried! Thank you so much for all of your feedback Zoe really appreciate it.

That’s great thanks and thanks for the feedback too, it’s challenging fitting all of this in but I’m enjoying the course 🙂

Woo hoo 🥳 Thank you for marking so quickly and getting it back to me! Yes that champagne will be getting opened very soon!

Yay! Fantastic! Glad to be finally done with the course. Thank you for everything, it has been an insightful and exciting experience.

Ahh that’s fantastic news. I am super duper happy to hear that! Thank you so much for all of your support Laura and from Zoe too. I really enjoyed the course.

Thanks for the feedback and the support throughout, despite this being challenging I’ve really enjoyed sharing thoughts and ideas and reflecting on practice with fellow workers. Pleased to have made it to the end!!

That’s great thanks for the feedback Zoe, really encouraging, this unit was a tough cookie!

Fab thanks for your feedback, on the last lap now! 🙂