All Editorial articles – Page 13
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Why we shouldn’t condemn Stormzy for his past life of crime
Honesty was always the best policy in my household when I was growing up. No matter how bad the thing was that I had done wrong, being honest was something my parents instilled in me as giving the best likelihood for forgiveness.
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Youth and Children’s workers dominate Queen’s New Year Honours list
Youth workers, teachers, foster carers and Soul Survivor founder Mike Pilavachi are among those set to be honoured this year in the Queen’s New Year Honours. To honour all their good work, we’ve compiled a short list of some of the Youth and Children’s work heroes to look out of for in the line-up (though there are many, many more!).
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What can we learn about Christmas from sausage rolls?
Christmas: a time of giving, loving and – of course – the coveted Christmas Number 1. Over six decades we’ve seen everything from Bohemian Rhapsody to Band Aid, Mary’s Boy Child to the Spice Girls (even Bob the Builder made it to the top once); and now, for the second year in a row, a chart-topping song about sausage rolls.
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Remembering migrants
December 18th is International Migrants Day – an annual event hosted by the UN raise awareness of the difficulties and challenges of those facing migration all over the world. In response, two experts – Emily Bowerman from Refugee Support Network and Ben Bano of Migrant Support – explain how we can best educate young people and their adult leaders alike to be conscious of migrants this Christmas.
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Blue Story
It’s not often I come back to work after my day is over to write something – and by not often, I mean never – but when the credits started rolling on the new gang film Blue Story, I ran to the nearest bus stop. After 90 minutes of smiles and tears, it was obvious that the adaptation of director Rapman’s popular YouTube series was just too important for me to wait. This charmingly (and somewhat sickeningly) real film had shaken me to the core.
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Ready to use parable – Alonso and the arrogant aberrations
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Same Boat Music 'Good News!' free access
Youth and Children’s Work magazine have partnered with Same Boat Music to give you free access to four tracks from their latest album Good News! – a collection of Christmas songs sung by intergenerational voices that illuminate the joyful news of Christmas with celebration and quiet reflection. They’re ideal to use ...