by admin | Jul 10, 2024 | Attention, Children, Massage, Participation, Story Massage, Young People
I still hear people say that Covid-19 has a lot to answer for. The impact it had at the time still has ripples years later. The advice at the time of the global pandemic included staying apart from other people. For many, especially those who are tactile, this proved...
by admin | Nov 8, 2023 | Children, Partnerships, Young People, Youth Centre, Youth Work
I received a message this week from a friend wishing me ‘Happy Youth Work Week!’ in a similar way to someone saying Happy Birthday. It was thoughtful and well meant, but a fellow Youth Worker in the country, Dempsie Earles, posted on a youth work forum,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2023 | Attention, Children, Participation, Relationships, Young People
We all have moments where we wish we were somewhere else, but what happens when you’re working with a child or young person who struggles to engage constructively with another young person and the expectation is that they will? Working together is an essential...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Partnerships, Relationships
There’s magic when two mentors meet. This morning I had the absolute pleasure again of sharing time with the fabulous Lisa Jaskulla. We sat and pondered by the water and took time to breathe, share our concerns, and recognise our need to pause and reattune to...
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | Wellbeing
It’s World Mental Health Day. An opportunity to raise awareness. We should be raising awareness every day. I’ve been open about my diagnosis of GAD and depression since soon after I collapsed at work mid-2016. I wasn’t open to start with. I couldn’t have it. I...
