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Youth Work Links for 7th September to 29th September

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These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 7th September to 29th September. For more related links, check out my links page FunAndGames.org Home Page - The online resource for all those looking for ideas, games and things to do for children and youth The enemies of reason: Agendas, idleness ...

Youth Work Links for 2nd April to 29th April

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These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 2nd April to 29th April. For more related links, check out my links page Compass - A manual of Human Rights Education with Young People - Youth workers launch campaign for a return to core principles - Children & Young People Now - Limited ...

Limited access to youth clubs

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I read an interesting article from The Guardian Society section today about how young people have limited access to youth clubs. According to government figures, there are an estimated 12,000 youth centres in England, yet a 2007 survey by the charity 4Children found that 80% of young people say they have "nowhere to go". The survey ...

Youth Work Links for 8th March to 2nd April

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These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 8th March to 2nd April. For more related links, check out my links page Stuck in the Middle - serving Middle school students and equipping people who love them 'Acne lights' used to stop young people gathering - Youth Work - Children & Young ...

Social networks alter minds of young people

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I noticed this short news article about how a British Neuroscientist is concerned that Social Networks such as Facebook, MySpace, et al can permanently alter the minds of young people. Greenfield said while the government was looking into issues around online child safety and privacy, the issue of how sites such as Bebo and MySpace ...

Youth Work Links for 20th November to 24th November

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These are my youth work, youth ministry and schools work links for 20th November through 24th November. For more related links, check out my links page How Boys and Girls Learn Differently | America's Schools | Reader's Digest - David Chadwell, the country’s first—and only—state coordinator of single gender ...

Teenagers ‘optimistic about jobs’

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The BBC News website is running a story about the findings of a government-commission poll of 15 to 19 year olds. Of the 765 surveyed, nearly 90% felt they would find work - an overwhelming positivity from the young people. However, when contrasted with another survey on adult's views of young people joining the workforce, it ...

‘Supply vicars’ unable to control unruly congregation

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I'm loving the satirical news posted over at NewsBiscuit and this particular article caught my eye! ‘Supply vicars’ unable to control unruly congregation Rural parishes unable to find permanent members of the clergy have been forced to bring in supply vicars whose inexperience and lack of authority has made them vulnerable to ...

I want a cab, innit!

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I'm loving this story about a London teenager who tried to call directory enquiries to book a cab to Bristol and accidentally ordered some furniture! She tried to book a taxi but used the cockney rhyming slang "Joe Baxi" to the confused operator who told her they were unable to find anyone by that name. The short-tempered woman snapped back, saying: "It ain't a person, it's a cab, innit!" The operator responded to the request by locating ...

Young people warned over social websites

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The BBC are running a story today about the dangers of posting too much information to social networking websites like MySpace, FaceBook, etc. While this information is nothing new (stories of cyber-theft, bullying and suicide have been coming thick and fast for a while) the article comes at the angle of how this information can ruin ...