In Defence of Youth Work
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In Defence of Youth Work campaign, tweets from critical youth workers / trouble makers!
England, United Kingdom
Joined August 2010
Have you booked your space yet for our annual conference? We'll discuss the current political context, what it means for #youthwork, and how we respond and resist. Monday 23 March, Ruskin College, Oxford. Find out more and book at
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Questions for Paulo on his 100th Birthday – A workshop for celebration & diffraction of Freire’s work
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Please join In Defence of Youth Work, Institute of Youth Work & TAG/PALYCW to discuss the relevance of Paulo to youth work today especially in relation to Anti-Oppressive Practice. ‘What does ‘…
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Inno-fucking-vation: The return of the I-word in youth work. Sharing @youthworkable's recent blog post on innovation and the missing millions for youth work.
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We couldn’t resist re-using Adam Muirhead’s carefully chosen title for his recent blog, ‘inno-fucking-vation’, in which he rails against the government Minister’s excu…
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Storytelling as evaluation in youth work? Bernard Davies reflects on a new article by @tania_dsc on the potential for storytelling workshops as resistance to neoliberal accountability
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Bernard Davies responds to fellow IDYW steering group member Tania de St Croix’s new article in Pedagogy, Culture and Society that reflects on IDYW’s storytelling workshops as evaluatio…
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Youth work in Japan under Covid -reflections from practice
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At the beginning of this year, a small group of youth workers and researchers from Japan and England met up online to discuss how youth work has fared during the pandemic.
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Lockdown reading for youth workers, and a young activist event
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Socially distanced youth work – thanks Youth Link Scotland / 6VT’s Cairn Service, see A belated happy new year to our readers, for what it’s worth in these difficult times. WeR…
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Youth voice – Bernard Davies’ latest analysis
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Jon Ord and Bernard Davies in conversation We are delighted to share news of Bernard Davies’ latest critical reflection on youth voice and participation: ‘Youth voice: the possibilities…
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Resistance in a climate of anxiety and precarity - @TonyTay17235019 shares a version of his intended contribution to our #YWW20 seminar on resistance
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Tony Taylor – our friend, comrade and former IDYW coordinator Scuppered by a power cut, our former coordinator Tony Taylor was unable to make his planned contribution to our Resistance semina…
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Youth workers’ every day marvels… when does persistence become resistance? guest post by @JanetBatsleer1 from our #YWW20 event on resistance
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In today’s guest post, Janet Batsleer shares the text of her talk at our recent Youth Work Week seminar on resistance, in which she reflects on themes of resistance in the diaries sent in by …
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Our fears and resistance to working collaboratively - guest post by @RichardsonRuthy from @iyw_tweets
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In today’s post, Ruth Richardson shares the notes from her challenging and thought-provoking talk at our recent Youth Work Week seminar on resistance. Ruth is Development Officer at the Institute f…
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Reflecting back on youth work: ‘social action’ in Manchester, 1963
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At a time when young people are protesting the disgraceful systematic downgrading of their A level results (once again affecting the prospects of working class and disadvantaged students in particu…
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“We’ve had enough” – police station blockaded after youth workers arrested
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Today there was a planned demonstration outside Tottenham police station, where young people and other community members protested against the overpolicing of Black communities. Award winning youth…
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Educate, agitate and organise – Malcolm Ball responds
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Thanks to Lewisham youth worker and IDYW steering group member Malcolm Ball for this guest post, a response to a recent article by Bernard Davies on this site entitled ‘Young people, jobs and…
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Announcing the speakers for our BLM and youth work seminar
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Announcing a wonderful speaker line-up for our IDYW seminar on Black Lives Matter and Youth Work: Steph Green teaches community development and youth work at Ruskin College. She wrote a rece…
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Book now to discuss Black Lives Matter and youth work
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Book now for our free online seminar, Black Lives Matter and Youth Work on 3rd July, 3:30pm-4:30pm: We envisage this online seminar as a participatory discussion on Black Lives Matter as it relates…
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