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From the Frontline - The net has boundless opportunities for us

1 August 2008, Mike Amos-Simpson, Youth Work Now

One of the most misused words I hear is "empowerment" - often used without consideration to what "power" we are able to hand over. More recently "participation" is the shiny...

A cabbie's diatribe on disaffected youth

9 July 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

We had a good chat about it - youth crime and youth provision are, as always, high on the political agenda.

From the Frontline - The media revolution needs youth workers

2 July 2008, Nic Millington, chief executive of The Rural Media Company inHereford, www.ruralmedia.co.uk, Youth Work Now

Virtually every month a new piece of communications technology, aimed squarely at the youth market, is launched.

Editorial: The decline of the male youth worker

2 July 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

It's hard to imagine nowadays a time when male youth workers outnumbered female youth workers. But back in the early 1980s it was not unusual for youth services to employ...

Sometimes youth work just has to be there

2 July 2008, Nick Wilkie, chief executive of London Youth, Youth Work Now

I recently heard a story about a church in Massachusetts.

Are youth workers prepared for bereavement?

25 June 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

As we read almost weekly of the death of another young person through violent crime, it is perhaps easy to forget that young people die, albeit fairly rarely, from a...

Information is key to problem drinking

18 June 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

The government's recent Youth Alcohol Action Plan is a welcome response to the growing problem of young people drinking alcohol.

Clergy has a place in delivery of youth work

11 June 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

A vicar of the Church of England recently celebrated 50 years in the priesthood.

From the Frontline - No space for workers in Myplace initiative

10 June 2008, Jon Jolly, Youth Work Now

The government's Myplace initiative will provide £190m of capital funding to help create new youth facilities across England.

Editorial: Detached youth work deserves more support

4 June 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The past week has seen high-profile measures to tackle the country's knife-wielding, booze-guzzling teenagers.