The latest from MYA

Liverpool City Region Talent Match Programme, funded by UK SPF Levelling Up Fund and Youth Futures Foundation, is seeking to procure services to enhance our offer which support young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive and/or socially excluded to progress into training, education, or employment. We are seeking providers to deliver the following services between June 2024 – March…

Jamie is a member of Knowsley Youth Cabinet, and is currently in his first year of college studying graphic design. Jamie entered the Merseyside Police Christmas Card competition in December and entered the attached design below: Jamie put a lot of thought into his design, stating “The way I interpreted and thought of the brief is about wanting the community to acknowledge the…

Ruby O’Brien, one of our Knowsley Youth Cabinet members entered a UK national competition in October last year for the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) Young Influencer of the Year. Ruby chose to enter a poem about firework safety around selling fireworks to young people. After her poem was selected as a finalist, Ruby was asked to create a video…

Merseyside Youth Association would like to thank Cash for Kids for supporting our young people and their families this Christmas! MYA was delighted to hear we had been successful in our application to provide gifts to local children and young people who are at risk to waking up to nothing on Christmas Day. Knowsley’s Operational Manager Lesley says: “Last year…

A dedicated team of youth workers completed the Liverpool Santa Dash yesterday (Sunday 3rd December), braving the elements by running 5k through the city, to raise valuable funds for our Knowsley Youth Food Bank. MYA’s Knowsley Youth Food Bank was the first in the region, set-up to specifically support young people under 30 who may be struggling for a variety…

Young participants from Talent Match recently took part in a three-day work experience with Merseyside Police. Their journey began at the Joint Control Centre (JCC), where they were able to observe it’s vast call handling floor and the calm professionalism of the staff during real time calls. Their experience continued at Lea Green, a training base, where they got involved…

Monday 6th November to Sunday 12th November 2023 was National Youth Work Week, this year’s theme focused on ‘Youth work in every place and space’. MYA’s Knowsley team took this opportunity to capture the views of our young people and explore the impact and importance of youth work. Knowsley Youth Council (KYC) Ruby wrote: “Happy Youth Work Week to the…

This summer saw our Know staff team deliver a 4-week HAF (Holiday Activities and Food) programme across Huyton and Kirkby. Over 250 different young people accessed the programme, engaging in a range of different activities and experiences, and over 1280 hot meals were provided to local young people. See our short documentary below: MYA’s New Know project delivers inclusive youth-led…

This summer saw a wonderful joint-programme between groups in Knowsley. Led by MYA’s Integrated Youth Service Knowsley team, staff delivered 40 days of free football and youth work throughout the holidays! Read more here:

MYA is a Direct Learning Centre for the Duke of Edinburgh award, this means we are an open centre for DofE provision across Liverpool and Knowsley. This is our first year of operation, so it was great to get a team of Bronze participants out on their expedition element last weekend. An all female team of 7 young people took…