Flowers and plants are now getting a home. Made from recycled pallets and built from scratch by several young people.
Fruit Tree Guild
Often fruit trees are planed in orchards with grass underneath. Grass will compete with the trees for nutrients and will need additional nurturing requirements and produce less fruit. A fruit tree guild is where you underplant the tree with plants that nurture and benefit the tree and will have a beneficial relationship. What does this […]
Blueberries, Shallots and Potatoes
Our first crop is being planted. Year 8 and 9 female students got their hands dirty and planted up our first crops. Swift Potatoes Swift potatoes are best known for their ability to produce the earliest crop of all potatoes. They make excellent new potatoes for boiling and salads and are a good all round […]
Situation Puzzles
Par
Par (Cornish: An Porth, meaning creek or harbour) is a village and fishing port with a harbour on the south coast of Cornwall. Par has a population of around 1,600 (in 2012). Par Harbour and the beach at Par Sands are south of the village, and the latter includes a large static caravan holiday park; […]
Schools Work
Youth work can complement the work that schools do. Schools are about educating young people. Youth work is about educating young people but with an informal approach. Schools are identifying an increase in the challenges facing young people including reports of poor mental health, well-being and anxiety, poverty and hunger. As a youth worker I […]
Steps towards a safer youth club
In addition you need to have in place dbs checks on all staff along with references whether employed or voluntary. Enjoy the evening.
Do you despise the small things?
I want to send out a challenge to work with the small things. To focus on the one and to believe God has sent you the one. There is a challenge in working alone with little support and little understanding of the work we do. It is costly. But value what you do. Value your […]
Fun in the Sun Club
We have started running a small club for the young people in the estate. We cook on Anevay Horizon rocket stoves each week. The club is a success with the young people visiting us growing each week. Burger anyone?
Anevay Horizon Stove
Bought two of these yesterday and met a young lad who had been paddling up the Fowey to Golant. We had a small fry up simply because I couldn’t find any food (Lidl shop tomorrow!). These Horizon Stoves from Anevay are amazing and will put disposable BBQs out of business. Why? They are simple to […]
Alcohol and Detached Youth Work
What do you do when you meet young people drinking alcohol? If the young person is under 18 or there is a ban on open bottles or drinking alcohol then the young people will be committing an offence. What do you do? There are several considerations to the answers:
Working with Conflict
In a detached youth work setting I mentioned in an earlier post that there are no rules on the street, you are meeting the young people on their ground. However, all of us deserve respect and this setting is no different and you will want to discuss this with the young people. When you are […]