Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘youth work now’

No space for workers in MyPlace initiative

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 [...]

Accrediting volunteers

I noticed a brief article on the Youth Work Now website about the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) looking to develop an accreditation system for voluntary youth workers.
Under the system volunteer youth workers would take part in training to develop skills, with successful candidates getting a certificate or card to show they are [...]

Writing

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 [...]

Youth Work Now

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 [...]