Over a ten year period between 2005-2015, I led the work of Leatherhead Youth Project (LYP), with an amazing team, delivering thousands of youth work sessions in one of Surrey’s most disadvantaged communities. The following ideas were developed through my own personal experience as a young person and over a decade of running an open access youth drop-in, that opened every day after school, for young people aged 11-17. Working with former and new colleagues over the last few years, the Key Principles below have been formalised even more and become the driving force of our work supporting Churches and youth work organisations across the UK.