The Global Youth Work in Action project was designed by YCare International to provide spaces outside of the formal education system for marginalised young people, to increase their understanding, empathy and interconnection with global issues, international development and poverty. The GYWiA project directly engaged a total of 1197 young people mostly between the ages of 16-25. During the lifespan of the project, there were thirty-three delivery partners from a range of settings and dealing with a multitude of marginalised issues including those with less than five GCSEs, socio-economically deprived young people, young people marginalised because of their sexuality, disability, nationality and or other social stratifications. Global Youth Work as a methodological approach was used to engage given groups of young people, over different time spans, to explore local-global issues through an informal, creative and participative approach to learning. This paper reports on the research findings in relation to the efficacy of the project conducted by this author as a pedagogical tool to engage young people on the margins and highlights the reported knowledge, skills and understanding gained as a result of the project intervention as well as the reported change in behavior

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