If you live in the UK then you can’t have escaped the fact that many public services are either being axed or under threat of severe funding cuts. Sadly in the youth sector nearly every single service is facing hugely disproportionate cuts, with many services simply shutting down (mainly because they are not seen as [...]
On 27th – 28th June 2011, Youth and Policy is sponsoring the third ‘Thinking Seriously’ conference looking at the theme of Young People and Faith: implications for youth working. I’ve been invited to participate to the event, and am already quite nervous about it! Here’s some more information: Youth and Policy’s third ‘thinking seriously’ conference [...]
YCML (youth, culture and mission lectures) are again running two days of lectures for youth workers who are interested in taking their theology and practice that little bit deeper. About YCML The youth, culture and mission lectures is a collaboration of three groups who all have a passion for young people and mission. The Sophia [...]
In addition to the Youthwork Summit and Youthwork The Conference I mentioned previously, a few more youth ministry conferences have made their way onto my radar! The Now and the Not Yet of Youth Ministry What: First up is ‘The Now and the Not Yet of Youth Ministry’ training day run by New Wine. According [...]
Other bloggers have already mentioned this, but the 1st-7th November is this year’s Youth Work Week organised by the NYA. There’s a load of resources up on their website around the theme of “celebrating great youth work” with factsheets on various topics. Click here to go and have a read. You can also join Youth [...]
A number of interesting events have hit the radar recently for Christian youth and schools workers in the UK. Click the links for more info on each one and maybe I’ll see you at one of them? Schoolswork.co.uk Imagine Event For Christians who visit and work in schools, this will be a unique opportunity to [...]
A live webcast featuring UK celebrities will be aired later this afternoon (Thursday 18 March) at 4pm GMT as part of a youth-led campaign to dispel negative perceptions of young people, while highlighting examples of youth leadership. This epic online broadcast is the first of its kind, created by young people for young people. The [...]
After flicking through Google Reader earlier, I realised that I never posted about the upcoming Youth Work Online Unconference on 11th July. It’s called Connected Generation 2009 and will be held in the same Central London location as last years event. Best of all, it’s still FREE to attend! UPDATE: After posting this, I realised [...]
I’ve just seen this over on DOPCANDY, the Christian Schools Work Conference is coming up on 23rd June in Guildford. Back by popular demand The Christian Schools Work Conference offers Schools Workers the opportunity to hear from some of the counties leading practitioners as well as network to your hearts content. The theme is Schools [...]
