Our roots lie in the co-operation of local people and communities coming together to create their own opportunities through adventure play. Our facilities are among the most unique in the Manchester, which enables us to work with over 4,000 young people in our city each year.

We consistently challenge issues such as social exclusion and disaffection through our work in centres, in our established independent school, and at street level through our detached work.

Through our encouragement of positive learning experiences, the majority of our young people make a successful transition to further learning, training and employment. We work with young people between ages 5 and 24, striving to improve opportunities for young people living increasingly complex lives.

Our website will help you find out what we do and where we’ve come from, what the future holds and, most importantly, how you can be a part of it.

We are constantly looking to grow and improve MYL so we can enable more young people to have successful lives. Through making a donation, fundraising or volunteering, you can help us to support young people in communities and secure their future.