What is Youth Academy?

We promote youth participation by collaborating with schools, educational institutions, businesses and communities. We improve the abilities of adults to work with young people and strengthen youth participation.

Here at Youth Academy, we believe that when a young person feels included, their trust in their own influence, other people and society is strengthened.  

That is why we use projects, service design and gaming pedagogy to bring young people and organizations together to co-create and create solutions which allow young people to influence the things that matter to them.

We are closely connected to schools and youth leisure activities. Our experts have extensive skills in and experience of inclusive ways of working, facilitation, and interaction.

Read more about cooperation possibilities with us on European and international levels on the page partner with us. 

Our funding mainly comes from projects. In addition to public funding, we also receive support from foundations and corporations.  

Extensive experience in promoting participation

Youth Academy was founded in 1994 by national youth and sports organizations. The aim was to reach young people who weren’t involved in societies and hobbies.

Still today the core of our work is to ensure that all young people are connected to societal phenomena that are meaningful to them and feel that they are able to control their own lives.

In 2023

• we reached approx. 100.000 young people
• we reached approx. 7.300 adults working with young people
• we had approx. 4.000 events.