Our detached street-based offering takes youth work to young people in places where support is needed most. Designed to help foster meaningful connections with trusted adults, positive engagement is built up through activities with an informal education component. 

MYA’s Intensive mentoring team consists of four full-time mentors, each with a specific area of expertise ranging from Youth Offending to Equalities and SEND, Health and Wellbeing and Education

Each mentor utilises 1-1 and small group work sessions to deliver bespoke, trauma informed interventions, developed collaboratively with the young person and designed with their own individual barriers and goals at the centre. 

Part of our remit as an organisation is to grow engagement and provide a voice to marginalised groups so we can support young people’s agency on local and national level. Our dedicated full time Participation Worker leads on a number of programmes designed to inspire young people and get them involved in local activities, so their voices can be heard.

MYA’s Health Team deliver empowering needs-led thematic health education in a range of settings, from schools to streets and parks. 

Each open, empowering programme can be delivered as stand-alone information sessions, or as part of ongoing structured interventions over a number of weeks, with provision for 1-1 and group work. Subjects range from sexual health and relationships to substance misuse, and a dedicated LGBTQ+ offer is available. 

As part of this work MYA also manages a cutting-edge youth facility at Our Place on Longview Drive in Huyton. Our Place brings together partners from across the sector to provide a wraparound service under one roof, with seamless transitions between services. Through Our Place young people have access to a wide range of inclusive experiences and modern facilities, from 1-1 meeting rooms for mentoring to a skate park, professional kitchen and allotment. Access is also made available to a young person’s food bank.

There is also onsite access to counselling  provided via listening ear.

MYA also offers youth club nights and holiday provision at Our Place with a broad range of activities. Open to anyone, young people can join a vibrant, inclusive atmosphere and take part in everything from sport and games like climbing and table tennis to computer gaming, BMXing, dance, cooking and graffiti. In school holiday times, thanks to the HAF programme, we are able to offer hot meals to keep the energy and nutrition levels up!