In addition to my regular job at Arun Community Church, since April 2008, I have been the Chair of 'yarn' - the network of youth workers and managers who have been supported by the Rank Foundation's funding initiatives. This involves a number of exciting events and opportunities including meeting a wide range of brilliant youth workers doing amazing and diverse work across the UK.
Periodically, the Foundation produces publications around the ...
Tim's written a really helpful post about confidentiality in blogging as a response to one workers' concerns. His list has some great tips for how to balance your writing without revealing too much about particular individuals or situations. Here are a few of the points:
Share general points of learning, not specifics
Whilst I often ...
The following article was originally an assignment I wrote for my degree course at the YMCA George Williams College. Today it was published in 'Contexts, Occasional Paper, Volume 2' an annual collection of writings by students at the college. Aside from magazine articles, this is my first book publication (to be followed later this year ...
My apologies for the lack of original content here recently. It's been a combination of getting our baby daughter into a routine and catching up on vast amounts of work. I hope to rectify the situation soon however.
As of next month, I will be forced to come up with things to write about because the good people over at Youth Work Now (the monthly supplement to CYP Now) have asked me to write a regular column for the magazine! After a couple of ...
The latest issue of Youth Work Now came out today and my second 'From The Frontline' opinion piece is printed on page 9. I wrote it as a reaction to the government sponsored MyPlace initiative:
The government's MyPlace initiative will provide £190m of capital funding to help create new youth facilities across England. For those ...
Recently I've been getting a few opportunities to write about my experience of working with young people. After writing an opinion piece for Youth Work Now back in January, I've been asked to write another one for the June edition. I'm focusing on the Government MyPlace investment into youth facilities.
In addition, as part of my involvement with The Rank Foundation I will be writing a chapter for an upcoming publication on the Foundation's approach ...
Before Christmas I was contacted by the monthly publication Youth Work Now to write an opinion piece for the January issue of the magazine. I decided to base my article on a post I wrote back in November about findings of ADHD medication. Here is my piece that was published in the magazine today:
Drugs don't always work for ADHD sufferers
I’ve worked with many young people with behaviour problems and hyperactive disorders since I started out ...
