This year we have signed up as a family and as a youth club (opps haven’t told them yet!). I thought we were quite “good” with our plastic use so felt this year we were ready to sign up. I have decided to document some of the thought process and what we do in case…
Youth Work
It makes a difference for this one
I have always tried to work with people rather than numbers. Some funding requirements nowadays push for numbers I believe we need to push for quality rather than quantity. In this respect I thought I would share with you a story: Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to…
Healthy Eating Bike
Our aim is to strengthen communities through encouraging inter-generational skill sharing, enabling healthy and more active individuals. Young people and Community Find the young people and find the community Demonstrate to them Get the young people to participate and involve the community Combine the work together – bring young people and the community together Discuss…
Empowerment
I believe in empowering people in whatever way I can. I try to live by this adage: I lead, You Watch I lead, You Help You lead, I help You lead, I watch
Youth Engagement – A Vision
Identify young people most at risk of disengagement Speaks for itself really. Strengthen employability This is not necessarily about equipping with skills. Young people need the discipline that comes from working. i.e. Be in work by 9, work until 5, no smoking, no swearing in work etc…. Social change We need to engage with the…
Rude vs Mean vs Bullying
There is a distinction between the above behaviours: Rude Inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else. They might have elements of bullying but rudeness is generally based on thoughtlessness, rude manners or narcissism, but not actually meant to hurt someone. Mean Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once or maybe twice….
The Importance of Listening
I cannot stress the importance of detached youth work. I am sad that this important role has been lost and I feel society has become a lot shallower because of it. Issues and concerns surrounding isolation, access to good public transport, deprivation and resilience, along with caring responsibilities become evident through the “one to one”…
Detached Youth Work
From “Thinking on your feet, The Prince’s Trust” Detached Youth Work is a model of youth work practice, targeted at vulnerable young people, which takes place on young people’s own territory such as streets, cafes, parks and pubs at times that are appropriate to them and on their terms. It begins from where young people…
In Praise of Teenagers
I have 2 daughters and both of them are very precious to me. One is aged 11 and the other is 8. When they were born, I loved them both – before they were born actually! They then started to grow up and will one day hit the grand age of 13….. So will I…
God’s Love – The magic of Christmas
This is a simple children’s talk for explaining the magic of God’s love and how it grows as we give it away. Start the session by explaining that we are going to discover a bit of magic. But in order to do so we need to do some maths. Ask. Who here likes maths? Now…