Register To Run The Youth Achievement Awards

Please note that this form can only be used to register to run the UK Youth Achievement Awards in England. For information about how to register in Scotland please visit www.youthscotland.org.uk, for Ireland www.youthaction.org and for Wales www.youthcymru.org.uk otherwise please continue to the form below.

UK Youth are committed to making the Awards accessible to both large and small organisations but need to balance the income generated with the costs incurred by national development of the programme. In order to be able to use the Awards with your young people you will need to ensure that you are registered. The same registration enables you to access the Youth Achievement Awards, Youth Challenges and the Junior Achievement Awards. As a result, there are two types of registration Participating Unit and Operating Agency, which enable organisations to use both the Youth Challenges and the Youth Achievement Awards.


Please select the most appropriate registration category:


Participating Unit Membership (through a National or Regional Operating Agency)

A Participating Unit is an individual youth group or small youth project that will generally work with less than 35 young people on the Youth Achievement Awards per year. It is important that each group delivering the Youth Achievement Awards is registered separately as portfolios are sampled and moderated on a unit by unit basis. If a Participating Unit presents a considerable number of portfolios for external moderation in a year (i.e. 35 or more), we reserve the right to insist that they register as an Operating Agency in their own right or sub-divide into more than one unit.

£60.00

Schools/FE Participating Unit Registration

This regsitration is designed for all secondary schools as well as FE and HE providers. You are not limited in the number of young people you can have involved in the YAA.

£120.00

Junior Achievement Award Unit

Aimed at independent groups which wish to access the Junior Achievement Awards only. These could be primary schools, after school clubs, junior youth groups etc. There is no requirement to be linked to an OA. For independent JAA units please state your region as 'National' and click to have JAA UK Youth as your national OA. If you wish to be linked to an existing OA please go to your own region and register as a PU under them there.

£60.00

Direct Access Agency

For individual youth groups and projects who are unable to link to a regional or national Operating Agency. This price includes a FREE place on a YAA introductory training day.

£120.00

Regional Operating Agency

Appropriate for youth services, city and countywide voluntary associations, regional support agencies etc. Participating Units register directly with an Operating Agency and access support and information from their OA. This fee includes 2 FREE places on a YAA introductory training day.

£588.00 + VAT

National Operating Agency Membership

Appropriate for organisations who wish to deliver the Youth Achievement Awards through Regional Operating Agencies and/or Participating Units across England. A national OA may support regional Operating Agencies in their network who, in turn, support local Participating Units. Alternatively, a national OA may work directly through Participating Units, or by registering a combination of both. A national OA fee now includes a special package of benefits includng a free inhouse training day (worth £700), a discounted place at a UKY conference and discounted Award booklets. For more information on the national OA benefits package please go to: http://www.ukyouth.org/Resources/UK%20Youth/Documents/NOA%20registrations%20benefit%20package.doc (you will need to cut and paste this link into your browser).

£2,400.00 + VAT

Country Programme Delivery Agreement (Available only to Youth Cymru, Youth Action NI and Youth Scotland)

Available only to Youth Cymru, Youth Action NI and Youth Scotland.

£0.00 + VAT

* All registrations for the Awards are charged on a pro-rata rate + the following year's registration in full to ensure that 1st April is the renewal date for all registered Agencies and Units.