Youth work - Overview

From music and fashion to poverty and terrorism, young people's lives are intimately connected to the complex, fast-changing and globalised world. This offers both exciting opportunities and difficult challenges to young people and those who work with them.

You can explore what we mean by ‘global youth work' and the key principles underpinning it, through our background information page. You can also find out how DEA has influenced youth work policy and occupational standards to acknowledge the global context to young people's lives.

Our work around global youth work is shared and supported through the Joint Agencies Group of some 40 organisations from the youth work arena.

You can also find our more about our national project Global Youth Action.