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 [...]
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 5th June to 29th June. For more related links, check out my links page Youth & Policy Journal – Youth and Policy Journal was founded in 1982 to offer a critical space for the discussion of youth policy and youth work [...]
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 [...]
Part of my role for the church here is to develop our partnerships with local schools and I often go in to primary and secondary schools to take assemblies or lessons around particular themes. We have also recently been running a Youth Alpha course at the local Academy (where our church meets on Sunday mornings). [...]
Something to get you thinking on a Monday morning! I saw this on Stuart Delony’s blog over the weekend which in turn came from the Catalyst Blog. It’s an animated presentation from a talk by Daniel Pink based on his book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. He states that science shows three [...]
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 19th April to 1st June. For more related links, check out my links page Law Stuff – A website full of information about young people's legal rights. Created by the Children's Legal Centre, a charity that promotes children's rights and gives [...]
On Tuesday last week I went to ‘Transforming Youth Services’, a stakeholder consultation on the future of the statutory Youth Service in West Sussex. Our council like most others, have to make cuts across a number of services in order to reduce spending and meet targets. In West Sussex, the reduction needed in the Youth [...]
Children & Young People Now Magazine, run a short feature each week called Vox Pop where people give their view on a topical question. A few weeks back I was asked to weigh in on the debate over a new title for qualified youth workers. The published article is below: Heads of youth services are [...]
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 [...]
