All Editorial articles – Page 116
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Negative Stereotypes Hurt Teenagers' Job Chances
Over three quarters of teenagers believe that negative portrayals in the media are hurting their job prospects.
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BlogChampioning Schools Workers
Schools work has become a central part of youth work. Schoolswork UK's Jenni Osborn shares we she thinks it is becoming more and more important.
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IssuesChallenges facing young people
Central YMCA have released a report highlighting the challenges faced by British young people (aged 16-25). The Challenge of Being Young in Modern Britain report also looked at some of the biggest barriers to overcoming these challenges.
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Games Master: Party Challenges
This issue I’m going to do something different. Rather than games, I’m going to cover challenges. I’ve found that these can work very well
when you have a lot of kids but not a lot of space. Split your hall into various stations and at each station have a challenge. Then split the kids into teams with about five children in each team. Ideally you’d have the same number of teams as stations but it doesn’t matter if you have fewer teams. (If you have one more team than stations set up an extra drinks break station.) Give each team a minute to understand
and practise each challenge, and then three minutes to do as well as they can at each one. Rotate the team around the stations after each period. To find out the overall winner, give each team a point for the position they finish in at each station (best at that challenge = one point, second best = two points, etc), and the team with the fewest overall points wins. Emphasise in all the challenges that they should be working as a team. The challenges may seem easy but when you see the panic every time you call ‘ten seconds left!’ you’ll know it’s working well! -
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Opportunities and challenges
During my era there were masses of volunteer youth workers and most of them were passionate about one thing and that was the gospel. They had a view that the only reason we did this was because we were gospel people. Then we put some qualifications into youth work, which was the right thing to do and really positive, but what happened was that a number of churches would employ a youth worker and they would come from a far broader perspective of holistic youth ministry and sometimes lost the intentionality of gospel.
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BlogReady-to-use Mentoring: Invitation and Challenge
A couple of years ago I was drafted in to help a rural youth work trust with a couple of youth groups and drop-ins – the leader had stepped down from the groups because it was clearly not working for him or the young people…
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A new challenge
The schools’ work page has taken on a new format. We will be featuring three sections: ‘dream’, ‘develop’ and ‘do’, all themed under one theme. Each box has its own purpose.
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IssuesQ & A : Steve Chalke
Last month, Steve Chalke, founder and leader of Oasis Trust, surprised many youth workers by saying that churches shouldn’t employ youth workers straightaway and that young people ‘don’t have any money to tithe, and smash the toilets up, contribute nothing and use all the resources’. He spoke to editor Jamie Cutteridge about these comments and how to build sustainable youth work
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IssuesMatthew Reed : CEO, The Children's Society
In 19th century Dickensian Britain, poor children had two choices: begging on the streets or going to the workhouse. Edward Rudolph, a Sunday School teacher, felt there had to be a better way. 133 years ago he founded The Church of England Central Home for Waifs and Strays, which ran children’s homes all over the UK. Today, The Children’s Society has a different name and its work looks different, but its core value – that every child is unique and should be given the opportunity to become the adult they were meant to be – remains unchanged. While today’s children living in poverty might not be in the workhouse, many thousands are going to school cold and hungry. Sam Donoghue meets Matthew Reed, the current CEO, to find out what is being done.
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BlogA day in the life of : Tim Gough, Youth Centre Director
In this week's 'a day in the life of' blog, Tim Gough, centre director of Youth For Christ Llandudno in North Wales, shares some short anecdotes and gives us an insight into his typical Thursday
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IssuesCelebrity couples
Sometimes events in the news are so cataclysmic that the very fabric of the space-time continuum feels punctured. Other times, the news builds up stories to suggest that the space-time continuum has been irreparably ripped - last month, Brad Pitt’s and Angelina Jolie’s divorce got the space-time treatment, becoming seemingly the only story capable of knocking The Great British Bake Off off the front pages. In an age where divorce seems more common than ever, why is this still a big story? (Not to underestimate how damaging any given separation is to the family and those surrounding them). Despite decades of evidence warning us against it, we continue to put our faith in celebrity couples, and have our collective hearts broken when it all goes wrong.
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IssuesChildren view parents, not celebrities, as role models
A study has found that seven out of ten children see their parents as role models, with only 8% of children citing celebrities such as Justin Bieber and One Direction as their heroes.
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BlogNew Christians at Soul Survivor – Stop doubting and celebrate!
It’s easy for numbers of new Christians to wash over us, but fortunately Will Jackson is on hand to remind us of the lives changed this summer…
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BlogReady-to-use Movie - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Hunger Games was a surprising film when it was released back in 2012. Not only was it a really good adaptation of a (really good) novel, but it managed to appeal to teenagers and adults alike. Catching Fire is a rare sequel; in many ways it is better than its predecessor. It has a bit of everything when it comes to ethical discussion: the class system, the right to kill, celebrity culture, disagreeing with authority and a good old fashioned discussion about love.
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Games Master: Cat and Mouse, Flour Power, Story
Three easy games to use with the children in your group.
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IssuesCase Study: Kidz Klub, Liverpool
Twenty years ago, Kidz Klub was launched by Frontline Church, Liverpool, in order to reach children affected by poverty with the message of Jesus. Jonny Pettman tells us more
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Case Study: Who Let The Dads Out?
Who Let The Dads Out? was set up in 2003 to engage fathers, father figures and their children in the local community. Starting in Chester, there are now 109 registered groups from Inverness to Exeter. Founder Mark Chester tells us more.
