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Calm heads are needed in times of hardship

10 November 2008, Adam Nichols, Youth Work Now

A month or so ago there was some doubt as to whether the global financial crisis was being partly generated by the media.

From the frontline - Who would benefit from a licence to practise?

10 November 2008, Mani Sherwin, Youth Work Now

There are lots of things worrying staff, managers and volunteers in third sector organisations working with young people.

Editorial: The erosion of voluntary participation

10 November 2008, Andy Hillier, editor, Youth Work Now andy.hillier@haymarket.com, Youth Work Now

The prominent youth work academic Tony Jeffs noted in 2001 that one of the defining characteristics of youth work was that young people were able to participate voluntarily.

Young people face an Olympic-size challenge

1 October 2008, Tim Waldron, Youth Work Now

This summer I spent two weeks watching the Olympic Games on TV. Inevitably, comparisons have been drawn between what took place in Beijing and what can be expected of London...

Editorial: Putting the fun into funded projects

15 September 2008, Andy Hillier, editor, Youth Work Now,andy.hillier@haymarket.com, Youth Work Now

Youth services across the UK went into overdrive this summer. A whole of host of projects were set up, ranging from traditional sport schemes and youth festivals to more targeted...

From the Frontline - Uniforms allow the person to shine through

15 September 2008, Shane Jefferson, Youth Work Now

Very few youth organisations nowadays require young people to wear uniforms. Organisations such as ourselves (St John Ambulance), the Scouts, the Guides and a handful of others stand apart because...

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...

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.

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...