LYAN is an organisation promoting excellence in youth arts through cultural exchange and lobbying for the youth arts in London . Our commitment is to initiating personal growth in young people while enhancing their creative potential, and we strive to involve them with a number of artists and organisations.

In 2002 we celebrated youth arts with our first ever Festival of London Youth Arts (FLYA), which brought together hundreds of arts workers and young people from all over London.

Last year we brought you FLYA 2005! It was bigger and better than the last festival and it all kicked off in Trafalgar Square (see the FLYA website).

LYAN is a Registered Charity and a Limited Company.

Present

LYAN is involved in a number of other initiatives such as GEL (young entreprenuers), LIFT Education (theatre workshops), Word Up (poetry and spoken word), the L Group and many others (see our Projects section for more information).

LYAN will aim to continue improving its services to its members and build links with all sectors of the community.

Future

LYAN aims to expand its membership base and offer a more interactive service. We also hope to secure more funding to be able to work with more diverse sectors of the community offering training and networking opportunities to young people and youth arts practitioners.