by admin | Jan 9, 2026 | Charity, Children, Mental Health, Partnerships, Relationships, Schools, Wellbeing, Young People, Youth Centre, Youth Work
Can a youth club revival help the ‘anxious generation’? – podcast | Young people | The Guardian As I sat in the dark by a smouldering fire before heading to bed, one of the youth work forums I’m part of shared a link to an article in The Guardian with a...
by admin | Nov 22, 2024 | Children, Partnerships, Young People, Youth Centre, Youth Work
Reflecting on my first few months as a Charity Manager I stumbled on an old notebook that acted as a professional reflective journal when I was Charity Manager of a small youth charity. For the first ten weeks I wrote and reflected every single day about the...
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 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...