From The Frontline - Volunteers are worth all the frustration
By Pete Brierley
Youth Work Now
10 December 2007
Many youth workers cling tightly to their position and keep their vision for projects close to their chest; yet in my experience, your vision is only as great as those who own it. Passionate volunteers are a crucial part of youth initiatives.
Take Tim, for example. Two years ago, he started joining in with a football session we were running on a local estate. It had always been his dream to run a football team and he shared this with me. We could have said: "Sorry, you're only a volunteer and it's a nice idea but it's never going to...