The Young Foundation, part of the Catalyst consortium has published the final draft of their ‘Outcomes Framework for Young People’s Services‘ and are looking for feedback. Could this be a useful tool for your work with young people? The last 10 years of government policy has pushed towards targeted outcomes in work with young people, [...]
The Safe Network is an excellent website and series of resources for community and voluntary sector organisations around best practice in keeping children and young people safe. Jointly managed by the NSPCC, Children England and Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), Safe Network was created as a result of the Government’s Staying Safe action plan and [...]
Are you confused between your Outputs & Outcomes? What’s the difference between your Vision, Purpose, Aims and Mission? Jargonbusters.org.uk is a new website designed at cutting through the confusing terms and definitions in the charitable and voluntary sector to enable organisations to be clearer in their language. It’s been put together by a group of [...]
The following is an assembly plan that I wrote for schoolswork.co.uk and was published in Youthwork Magazine in the August 2010 Issue. Back To School Assembly The following set of activities are adaptable ideas for use in an assembly at the beginning of the new school year. The overall theme is on having a positive [...]
A number of weeks ago, a conversation started between youth workers on twitter about finding funding to help support the work they do. I was able to share a few links to websites that I have used in the past, and I thought these links might be of use to others too. As a caveat [...]
Something I’ve been struggling with for a while, especially since taking on more responsibility and oversight for a number of different areas in my job, is about managing my time better. Generally I have a good sense of what is important, and usually manage to achieve what is needed in the right timeframe, however I [...]
After posting our Social Media Policy the other week, I’ve found a great additional resource that may be of interest to those that found it helpful. Jon Coombs is a youth pastor at Canterbury Baptist Church in Canterbury, Australia. He has written up and published on his blog a far more comprehensive document titled ‘Electronic Communication [...]
The following is an Easter assembly for use in secondary schools that has a focus on the cross as a symbol of hope. Aim: To explain that Easter is more than chocolate eggs, and to explore the idea that bad things (like a torture implement) can be used for good. Intro: Introduce yourself and the [...]
Dave Johnson and I have been working on drafting some guidance around use of social media and networking within our organisation. I finished off the policy yesterday, so thought I would share it here as I’ve had two separate conversations with people this week who were looking for advice on how best to implement [...]
The following is a group session plan for young people to explore what it might mean to be made in the image of God. I have used it with young people aged 11-15, but it can be adapted for other ages. It is intended as an introduction to the subject, so doesn’t [...]
