Mark over at The Grove Is On Fire posted about this article on the Guardian website. It’s a thoughtful post from a school physics teacher about religious students in his classroom struggling to reconcile science and faith – what they see as contradictory approaches to understanding the world. He concludes: I can’t help but feel [...]
So the Positive Images Award winners have been announced. It seems a while ago now that I spent an intense day in London helping to sift through the masses of brilliant entries to pick winners for each category. Now in their fifth year, the Positive Images Awards shine a spotlight on the great work youth [...]
The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) last week. In addition to the print copy, it can be found online here. Good riddance to ContactPoint
On Tuesday I gave a short presentation at Link Up, an event organised by the YES team of Chichester Diocese for those churches working with young people. My brief was to talk about engaging with young people outside of the church environment – something I’ve done quite a lot of in my work. As I [...]
Lars Rood has been writing some very honest topics about on his blog recently. Has latest is ‘Why working at a church can be lame‘. As someone who is currently employed by a church, I found it pretty interesting! I must point out at this stage that I do love my job. It is good [...]
Following on from my previous post about the Tinkering School and how creating meaningful experiences for children allows better learning, is this article about the Kolle 37 playpark in Berlin, Germany. Here at the playground the children have the opportunity to build their own huts, make fire, work in the garden, watch and work with [...]
We recently received confirmation that we have been successful in our funding application to Children In Need. The high-profile charity has agreed to support our Launch Pad breakfast club with around £8,000 a-year for three years, to help us continue to provide this vital service. Launch Pad is a FREE Breakfast Club that runs before [...]
