There's more than one way in.
Whether you're growing up, supporting someone, working with young people or shaping public decisions, NAYD offers a place to explore youth development from your perspective.
Start with what feels relevant. Explore anything else whenever you wish.
What brings you here?
These routes are starting points, not categories you have to fit into. Every resource and learning experience is open to everyone.
I'm a young person.
Explore your youthhood, the systems around you, your expectations and ways to use your voice without carrying responsibility for everything.
Explore young people's route ↗ 02 / EVERYDAY SUPPORTI support young people.
For families, carers, neighbours and communities: relationships, fair access, belonging and supporting young people through change.
Explore communities & carers ↗ 03 / PRACTICE & LEARNINGI work with young people.
Explore developmental evidence, the seven Foundations, Turning Points and the five reflective Practice Frameworks.
Explore professional learning ↗ 04 / POLICY & RESPONSIBILITYI shape decisions.
Discover how budgets, policy, scrutiny, commissioning and accountability shape the conditions young people experience.
Explore decision-maker resources ↗Routes are provisional until the individual Squarespace pages are published. Nobody needs to select an audience to use the Resource Library.
What would you like to explore?
Not sure which audience route fits? Choose what you're interested in and discover a relevant learning tool. These are guided explorations, not tests.
Using Your Voice Without Carrying the Whole System
Explore what meaningful involvement looks like, what influence can mean and why responsibility for action must remain with the adults and systems making decisions.
Suggested starting point · Young people's route
Interactive tools will be linked here as their audience pages are developed. This directory does not collect personal reflections or assess individuals.
Explore beyond your starting point.
Youth development happens across relationships, places, services and decisions. Understanding another perspective can help us see a fuller picture.
Take access to opportunity: a young person experiences whether they can get there; a carer might help them navigate the journey; a professional designs inclusive support; and a decision-maker can influence the transport and funding that make access possible.
Understand the architecture ↗What is youthhood actually like?
Who can notice, listen and connect?
How can services respond well?
What conditions need to change?
All the resources. One library.
Browse guides, workbooks, professional publications, decision-maker resources, posters and visual summaries from one central place.
Filter by audience, topic or format. You don't need to know which collection a resource belongs to before finding it.
Developed by YOUTHOOD.
NAYD is a YOUTHOOD initiative. Explore YOUTHOOD's wider work on youth development, including its Insight-to-Influence learning and resources.