Well I finally made it to the Youthwork Summit. After 2 years of near misses, it was good to be at the event and participate along with 1,000 other Christian youth workers. The following is some of my notes and observations from the day, but is no means comprehensive. The official summit website will be posting videos of [...]
Tomorrow morning I’m heading up to the Youthwork Summit, and really looking forward to it! I’ve been following the various tweets today from the early day with Marko and it seems he’s been talking about the importance of belonging for young people. To sum it up, Neil Fox posted the following from the day: He [Marko] suggested [...]
Ok, so here’s a last minute plug for the Youthwork Summit that’s happening on Saturday. I’ve already posted about this event, but it’s in 3 days and if you’re not already going you should be! Dates: Saturday 19th May 2012 Venue: Jesus House, Brent Cross, London Cost: £30 for the day At £30 for a full day of creativity and [...]
Last week I spent the majority of my time in The Littlehampton Academy, helping to support the Prayer Space that was happening there. I previously blogged about the first prayer space we ran in the school last year, and this was a very similar experience. We again used the resources from Orison, to create an interactive experience [...]
A quick plug for the YMCA George Williams College Open Days on 15th June and 13th July 2012. I would highly recommend the college to anyone interested in becoming qualified as a youth worker or studying related subjects, and there’s some new options this year including an MA in Youth Work. They are only specialist youth work [...]
Posts have been a little erratic on this site for a while, so my apologies for not being as consistent as usual. I generally try to post at least once a week, normally two or three times when I can, so the last month has been a pretty poor show! There’s no single reason for [...]
Although not strictly a youth work event, this weekend of personal development is well worth a look! My church, Arun Community Church, is hosting One Step Forward, A weekend of personal development on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th June 2012. It’s being facilitated by Jim McNeish and the team from Cantle, a Leadership Development Consultancy working predominantly [...]
The Young Foundation, part of the Catalyst consortium has published the final draft of their ‘Outcomes Framework for Young People’s Services‘ and are looking for feedback. Could this be a useful tool for your work with young people? The last 10 years of government policy has pushed towards targeted outcomes in work with young people, [...]
Yesterday I spent a fun and thought-provoking day at YMCA George Williams College for the Youth & Policy ‘Thinking Seriously About Youth Work and Policy’ Conference! The focus of the Conference was to look at youth work in the light of government policy and the implications for the sector. There was a good range of [...]
This week I’ve been talking with Youthforce, a national training provider, about accessing their accredited youth work courses for free! I get asked a lot about training and qualifications in youth work, particularly from those in the voluntary sector who are looking to develop or enhance their skills. I’ve also got a number of long-term [...]
