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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · 20h

Did you know that young people often face legal challenges but may not have access to the right support?

NYAS offers dedicated legal services to ensure that children and young people have their rights upheld and their voices heard.⚖️

Learn more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/NYASlegal

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being told you have 24 hours to pack your things into bin bags and leave everything behind.

Imagine losing your teddy, your best friend, the one thing connecting you to your past.🧸

Has your local authority signed our #MyThingsMatter pledge for dignity in moving? Learn how you can help!👇🏻

My Things Matter | Supported by Madlug Bags | NYAS

My Things Matter is a NYAS campaign in partnership with Madlug to champion dignity and respect for children moving in care.

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · 7d

Train with NYAS!👨🏼‍🎓

With many years experience, our trainers are sector experts with practice-based knowledge.

What we offer:
🔹 Accredited Qualifications
🔹 Practice-Based Webinars
🔹 Bespoke Training Packages
🔹 Management Development Webinars

Get in touch with us at [email protected].

Training | Specialist Child and Family Training | NYAS

As a leading advocacy and children’s rights charity working across England and Wales, NYAS are proud to deliver accredited professional training courses, including advocacy training, to support and empower social workers, professionals and practitioners across the children's social care sector. Learn more.

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · 8d

Need a quick and easy way to find your nearest advocacy provider?🔎

Use our Advocacy Search Tool to find out who is nearby that can help you.⬇️

Who Is My Advocacy Provider? | Find Your Advocacy Provider | NYAS

Wondering who provides advocacy services in your area? Find your advocacy provider with NYAS' advocacy search tool.

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Apr 8

Great to be a part of helping to develop this guide!

Mentoring and befriending can play a crucial role in improving mental health and helping children and young people reconnect with their families.

New evidence published today highlights just how impactful these relationships can be. 🌟

Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · Apr 8

New 📢 #MentoringandBefriending Practice Guide for #CareExperienced children & young people. Find out about evidence-based mentoring and befriending support that can improve mental health, reduce offending, and support family reunification: foundations.org.uk/practice-guides/mentoring-and-befriending

Copy about the Mentoring and Befriending Practice Guide with an image of two dark-skinned people. One is smiling and wears a colourful head scarf, they look towards the other person (who is slightly out of focus), who has long braids, gold hoop earrings and wears a yellow jumper. The copy reads: This Practice Guide has been produced to help senior leaders, in local authorities and third sector organisations, to commission and expand the availability of evidence-based mentoring and befriending programmes that have been found to improve outcomes for children and young people.

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Mar 27

NYAS responds to announcements made in yesterday's Spring Statement.

Statement reads:

The impact of yesterday’s Spring Statement, and the welfare cuts that it heralds right across the UK, is hard to accept, or to fathom. At NYAS we have welcomed UK Government commitments to a new child poverty strategy, just as we have welcomed their new ’corporate parenting’ duty on all government departments to give special regard and added support to children in and leaving care. Yet it’s hard to see those important promises reflected in cuts to benefits that the government’s own calculations say will see poverty levels rise even higher.

The withdrawal of entitlement to PIP (health top up on Universal Credit) for disabled young people under 22 has been given no rationale as a policy except for cost savings. No reflection on the real lives and needs of the young adults who will face isolation and profound hardship without it, at precisely the point in their transition to adulthood when they will need it most. No reflection of any ‘corporate parenting’ principle towards those in that age group who are also facing the huge challenge of leaving care at 18.

But the impact will be wider still. The message this announcement sends to all children and families living on benefits, especially those with disabilities, is that they cost more than we can afford as a country. At NYAS we believe the opposite – our country cannot afford more poverty and destitution. One child in poverty is one too many. One homeless young person is one too many.

We urge the government to listen to the outcry and think again. Listening to the voices of children, young people and everyone most directly affected by government decisions is exactly what our charity is here for – and we find every day that when we listen, we learn. There could be no better time to show that government is listening than now.

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Renters' Reform Coalition @rentersreformco.bsky.social · Mar 17

We were pleased to coordinate this open letter to Angela Rayner on guarantors signed by 28 organisations.

Far from allowing certain types of tenants access to housing, guarantor requests are often a tool for discrimination. They must be restricted.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Labour urged to crack down on ‘unfair’ guarantor rules which lock renters out

Exclusive: Leading charities call on Labour to change the law

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Mar 7

96% of babies with care-experienced mothers in Project Unity were placed under child protection before birth.👶🏼

Past care-experience often affects views on the ability to parent.⚖️

NYAS Cymru calls on @welshgovernment.bsky.social to review and improve referral processes.🔍#TrustUsToCare

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Mar 6

NYAS Cymru calls on @welshgovernment.bsky.social to set up an ‘active offer’ of support from Project Unity for care-experienced young women once a pregnancy is noted.🤰🏻

This provides earlier support, improving outcomes before legal proceedings.⚖️

Guidance for LAs is needed. #TrustUsToCare

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Mar 5

Data Collection!

Our first #TrustUsToCare recommendation urges @welshgovernment.bsky.social to publish annual data on care-experienced young women and child protection.👶🏼

To support them we must track how many have children and enter care.📢

Local authorities should report on this yearly.

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Mar 4

Ahead of #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating the vital work of Project Unity & Trust Us To Care in supporting young mothers across Wales.✨

A huge thank you to @welshgovernment.bsky.social for funding the project —giving young mums the support they deserve.

More content incoming.👀

Image of a young woman holding her baby. The image says "Trust us to care. International Women's Day. 8th March 2025."

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Jan 8

We will be sharing lots of our advocacy work and campaigns for change over here, so follow along to stay up to date with what we are up to!

But don't worry, you can find support from us here: www.nyas.net/get-support/

Join us as we work to change the lives of children in care.💙

The National Youth Advocacy Service | NYAS

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is a leading children's rights charity providing a range of services to support, safeguard and empower care-experienced children, young people and adults in vuln...

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Jan 8

At NYAS, we listen to what children and young people want. We care about what they say, and we empower them to have their voices heard, especially when other people are making decisions about their future.

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NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) @nyasservices.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hi everyone!👋

NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is a charity that supports and empowers care-experienced children, young people and adults in vulnerable situations. Our mission is to make sure every child feels heard, safe, and involved.📣

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