From music and fashion to poverty and terrorism, young people’s lives are intimately connected to the complex and fast-changing world.

Global Youth Action is a national project that supports young people to explore and take action on the global issues that matter to them.

We help connect young people to the global issues that matter to them. We support them to make the connections between the personal, local and global, and to connect with peers who share their passions and concerns.

We encourage young people to challenge themselves, to gain a more critical understanding of the world around them, and to challenge inequality and injustice.

We support young people to plan and take action to bring about positive change towards a more just and sustainable world.

We also celebrate action and achievement to show off the great work being carried out by young people

Young people are involved through Global Youth Action Projects and Global Bites

GYA is supported by The Global Collective – a growing group of passionate, dedicated and trained young people from the country who help steer the project locally and nationally and who give us a voice.

Through Global Youth Action Projects young people explore the issues that matter to them and then plan and manage their own community projects over a number of weeks or months.

Global Bites are short, fun and engaging activities supporting young people to take their first steps towards global learning and action. Through one-off sessions they are encouraged to come up with a challenge based on one of the themes:

• Influencing decision-makers
• Environmental action
• Raising awareness
• Celebrating community
• Challenging inequality/social justice

Global Youth Action is managed by DEA in London, and delivered by 5 area hubs:

• The Harambee Centre, Cambridge
• Global Education Derby
• Lancashire Global Education Centre, Preston
• GLADE in Illminster, Somerset
• Leeds Development Education Centre

The GYA hubs work in partnership with youth organisations and specialist agencies to ensure that minority and disadvantaged young people are involved in the project. They also promote and support the development of global youth work locally and regionally.