This is the first ever guest post on this blog, and is also the first in a short series written by former young people I have had the privilege of working with. Having been involved in youth work for well over 10 years, many of my old youth groups have gone on to do amazing and exciting things. Some, to my immense pride, have also gone on to work with young people themselves. I have asked a few of these individuals to write about their experiences of ...
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 1st July to 31st August. For more related links, check out my links page
The Bible in One Year - Soul Survivor's Bible In One Year blog. A space for us all to share our thoughts, questions, inspirations and challenges as we read The Bible in ...
So the Positive Images Award winners have been announced. It seems a while ago now that I spent an intense day in London helping to sift through the masses of brilliant entries to pick winners for each category.
Now in their fifth year, the Positive Images Awards shine a spotlight on the great work youth groups and individuals do ...
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 had very limited time, I outlined ...
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 theory and practice.
Family ...
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 ...
The following is a short article I wrote that was published in Youth Work Now Magazine (A supplement of Children & Young People Now) recently.
Too Many Youth Policies To Mention (more...) ...
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 Awards, which have been running since 2005, aim to encourage the media to take the lead by looking for positive story angles when reporting ...
I read this guest post over on morethandodgeball by Matt McGill last week, regarding play fighting (or 'hazing') with young people. From the article:
Through the years, I’ve wrestled with tons of guys... a handful of times things spun out of control... but most of the time it’s great ministry. We’ve never had any regular ...
These are my youth work, youth ministry, childrens ministry and schools work links for 22nd March to 31st March. For more related links, check out my links page
PARENTS FIND FAITH VIA THEIR CHILDREN - A SUNDAY school launched at a church near Petersfield has been life-changing – for parents as well as children.
Orange Leaders ...
