The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) recently. Too Many Youth Policies To Mention
Archive - April, 2010
Positive Images Awards
Due to my involvement in writing a monthly column for Youth Work Now, I was delighted to be asked to be one of the judges for this year’s Positive Images Awards. The Children & Young People Now Positive Images Awards recognise the important role the media plays in forming public opinion about young people. The [...]
Facebook = Happiness?
I recently read a post on the Facebook blog about how Facebook reduces isolation, connects people together and subsequently makes people happier: A group of Facebook’s data scientists and I decided to measure social well-being on Facebook to find out. We discovered that the more people use Facebook, the better they feel and that those [...]
Local Youth Work (Part 8)
The following is an excerpt from my opening chapter in
Flickr Photo Attribution
(Image: Creative Commons, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from jorgeandresem’s photostream) If like me, you use a lot of Creative Commons Licensed images to illustrate your blog posts, then you’ll love this great Flickr Bookmarklet. Usually to find an appropriate licensed image, I search Flickr then do a lot of copy/pasting to create the [...]
Local Youth Work (Part 7)
The following is an excerpt from my opening chapter in
Playing Rough With Young People
I read this guest post over on morethandodgeball by Matt McGill last week, regarding play fighting (or ‘hazing’) with young people. From the article: Through the years, I’ve wrestled with tons of guys… a handful of times things spun out of control… but most of the time it’s great ministry. We’ve never had any regular [...]
