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Viewpoint - Still forced to think national, not local

5 March 2008, Tom Wylie, the former chief executive of The National YouthAgency, Youth Work Now

Youth workers have long known that young people don't organise their lives to fit government priorities or local service structures. The group that hangs round the off-licence would prefer to...

Just don't mention the Olympics

5 March 2008, Michael Bracey, Youth Work Now

It came as news to me that as soon as the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Games is over and done with, we will commence our "Cultural Olympiad".

Editorial - The battle for funding won't go away

5 March 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

At a time when young people are politically a high priority and unprecedented levels of money have been promised to the youth sector, it's disappointing to hear that many of...

From The Frontline - Right on versus right off youth work

5 March 2008, Andy Upson, Youth Work Now

There are some excellent youth professionals working with young people but are they wasting their time working with the "wrong" type of young people?

My progress plan for the year of the rat

8 February 2008, Ashley Sweetland, Youth Work Now

February 2008 is the start of the Chinese year of the rat and it's time to Really Address Things.

Issues matter over personalities

8 February 2008, Michael Bracey, Youth Work Now

Voting for Southend's next youth mayor is taking place later this month. This isn't a new thing: young people elected their first youth mayor more than 50 years ago. And...

Editorial - The human cost of Connexions losses

8 February 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

Connexions has had a chequered history since the first centres opened on high streets in England about seven years ago.

Let's keep youth centres for young people

8 February 2008, Mark Blundell, executive director of Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey, south London, Youth Work Now

I have just completed the second leg of my Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship looking at larger youth centres in various cities in the US. Many of these offer facilities beyond...

Viewpoint - The internet is just one way to reach them

10 January 2008, Fiona Dawe, chief executive of YouthNet, Youth Work Now

Can you remember life before the internet? For today's 16-year-olds, born in 1992, there has never been a time when it didn't exist. What's more, they have grown up with...