Our data
The details of every Youth Hub in England, Scotland and Wales are here for you to take and use, free. Every hub, every address, who it's for and how to get in, in one download. Use it for research, for a council report, for your own map, for anything that helps young people. You don't need to ask us first.
This data is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0).
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About the data
Every Youth Hub in this dataset was found and checked by hand before we published it, and we check it regularly after that. Our sources are the hubs' own websites, the councils and charities that run them, and public announcements from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Each record links to the source it came from.
We check source pages regularly to make sure they're still there and still match our record. When something changes, we verify it before the change reaches the site. Soon, hubs will also be able to confirm and update their own pages, and each record will show when its hub last did so.
We only publish what we can evidence. If a field is empty in the download, that's because we couldn't verify it, and we'd rather leave a gap than pass on something misleading. If you spot something wrong, use the report link on that hub's page and we'll check it.
Right now
Youth Hubs listed: 24
Verified in the last 90 days: 100%
Confirmed by the hub's own staff in the last 90 days: 0%
Most searched towns with no hub: Warwick, Bridport, Lerwick, Abbots Langley and Kings Langley, Hale
Who we cite
ERSA — Employment Related Services Association. The trade body for organisations that deliver employment support. Runs a Youth Hubs map and network.
YEUK — Youth Employment UK. Runs the annual Youth Voice Census.
YFF — Youth Futures Foundation. The what-works centre for youth employment; funds and evaluates programmes for young people furthest from work.
IFS — Institute for Fiscal Studies. Independent economic research organisation; publishes on youth unemployment and benefits.
CPAG — Child Poverty Action Group. Charity and policy body; publishes on benefits, including young people's entitlements.
KCL — King's College London. University; its research is cited in some of the evidence on youth employment and wellbeing.
IES — Institute for Employment Studies. Independent research centre on employment and labour markets; has evaluated youth employment programmes.
DfE — Department for Education. The government department for schools, colleges, apprenticeships and skills in England.
GMCA — Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Publishes regional Youth Voice Census breakdowns.
LEP — Local Enterprise Partnership. Regional bodies that historically funded local skills and employment programmes; many functions have moved to combined authorities.
MCA — Mayoral Combined Authority. Regional government bodies (Greater Manchester, West Midlands, West Yorkshire and others) that increasingly fund local employment support.