The Global Youth Action Project (G.Y.A), an innovative project seeking to empower young people (13-18) to take action on global issues, this starts from the young people's own experience and the action is developed by the young people and led by them.

The Global Youth Action Project (See www.globalyouthaction.org.uk/) is hosted by five Development Education Centres (DECs) nationally and in Cambridgeshire by the Harambee centre for Development and Environment Education (See www.harambeecentre.org.uk/).

A Global Bite is a bite sized taster session on a specific global issue, for example ‘The Arms Trade, Climate Change etc’ or in some cases of global issues generally, for example ‘What is a global issue? And ‘How does it link to my own personal and local experience’.

Other benefits for the young people of taking up a Global Youth Action include training (Youth Worker training, Peer Education training) and support (Workshops, events, resources and facilitation) as well as a grant of up to £500 to implement a project of their choice which takes up action on a global issue as it’s focus. The young people can also attend ‘Global Collective’ (The G.Y.A Youth Network) Residentials and the ‘Local Collective’ a regular Global Youth Action group which meets at the Arbury Community Centre between 7-9 o’clock every Monday.