The Youth Foyer Network

We’re here to prop up the day job, not distract from it.

For over 30 years, we have been working with youth supported housing services across the UK to build infrastructure for success. Through bespoke 1:1 support from our team around your diary, we will work with you to talk through challenges, develop solutions and reflect on progress.

Your membership journey is led by you, which means that we aim to meet you where you are and support you where you decide it’s most helpful.

Community of Practice:

Become a valued member of a flourishing community of over 50 passionate youth supported housing services across the UK. Share learning, experience and best practice, and delve into issues affecting young people on the ground through responsive events and brokered connections with peers.

Bespoke Consultancy:

Get tailored support, consultancy and coaching, in areas such as:

• Marketing and communications
• Fundraising and bidwriting
• Direct organisational advocacy (e.g. with commissioners or parent organisations)
• Strategic planning
• Impact monitoring and Theory of Change
• Social value and social return on investment
• Brokered connections within and beyond the network to share best practice on organisational development.

Staff Skills Development:

Access on-demand learning, tools and resources for your team through our suite of discounted training packages, including:

• Advantaged Thinking
• Restorative Practice
• Coaching
• Intro to Trauma Informed Practice
• Leading Yourself & Others
• Powering Up Youth
• Bespoke training designed to meet a specific development need in your service

Data & Insights:

Harness data and insights on your service, benchmarked against the national picture, with direct support on how to effectively interpret and use it, including:

• Tailored benchmarking reports to understand how your service’s context and impact compares to national averages
• National reports on young people’s interests, challenges and experiences to help shape and develop your offer for young people
• On-demand insights from across the network to support your service’s development
• Deep dive events on sectoral trends to explore emerging challenges with peers from across the network

Learning for Young People:

Access resources and frameworks to support effective learning for young people, including:

• The Youth Foyer Learning Framework, outlining the key learning outcomes to support young people’s transitions to adulthood
• Learning materials for young people
• Programmes and small grants for young people (ad hoc and subject to funding and location)

Validation of your service:

Demonstrate your commitment to best practice and be awarded a quality mark from an independent panel to showcase your impact on the lives of young people.