These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 1st October to 22nd October. For more related links, check out my links page Youth work in a digital age - Children & Young People Now - Digital media opens up a host of opportunities for youth workers to engage with young people. Tim Davies ...

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Tim Davies wrote a great article about digital youth work which was published in Children & Young People Now last week. As well as highlighting the many ways in which youth workers are engaging digital media to connect with young people, Tim quotes my previous articles about using text messaging with youth groups. Here's the beginning ...

There have been a couple of posts in my feed reader recently about behaviour and discipline in youth groups. Firstly Chris Kidd gave his top 12 tips for behaviour management which was then picked up by Ben over at DOPCANDY. So I thought I'd share the strategy that we use for keeping discipline at a lively youth group of around 60 ...

Start Freedom is a new initiative from the excellent Stop The Traffik. The aim is to raise awareness of human trafficking among young people. A global campaign for schools and young people who will become aware of the issues surrounding human trafficking and realise the power to make a difference. There are currently four downloadable lesson plans available on the site which are free to use and adapt in schools across the world. Check it out here. ...

Last weekend we took 25 11-14 year olds from the church youth group away on a residential weekend. It was a great time on the theme of the Parable of the Sower from [youversion]Matthew 13:1-9[/youversion]. One of the activities was for the young people to film their own version of the parable and edit it on the computer. There were ...

The following is an article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine last week (A supplement of Children & Young People Now). As of October 2009, I have taken over the Last Word column on the back page. In addition to the print copy, it can be found on the CYPNow website here. It can be better to text than to talk The ...

Last week I was at the Rank Foundation annual business conference on the theme of The Changing Experience of Young People. One of the guest speakers was Tony Jeffs, lecturer and author of many youth work texts. He gave an entertaining and controversial talk regarding the history of youth work practice in the UK and the current state ...