Jon Jolly: My Life & Youth Work

thoughts, ideas and reflections on working with young people

Entries Tagged ‘history’

History of Youth & Community Work Study Conference

Browsing the excellent Infed website today, I came across the History of Youth and Community Work Study Conference taking place early next year. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the name, the conference is an opportunity to explore the historical development of youth and community work.
Like earlier gatherings this will include a mix of plenary sessions, workshops and [...]

Who has impacted you?

So I’ve taken up the challenge from Andy at Issues For The Christian Youthworker to think about the young people that have impacted me and my work.
There are quite a few who I could name for a number of reasons, so I’ll try and be concise.
Rosie, Anna and Emily have all taught me a lot [...]

Starting Out

This week I’ve got the pleasure of the wonderful Emily on work experience, so I was already thinking about training and introductions to youthwork when I got an email from Rosie asking to shadow me for a day. This promted me to try and find a good practical and theoretical framework to help explain Christian [...]