All Issues articles – Page 82
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IssuesReady-To-Use Games + Ice Breakers: Football Games
Football games might sound like a tautology: obviously football is already a game. But football contains some glorious minutiae that are ripe for being explored and played with, and so, in honour of the European Championships this month, here are some football games.
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IssuesPoverty, family breakdown and mental health
In December, Health minister Norman Lamb MP, Sarah Brennan, CEO of Young Minds UK, and other leading experts and policy makers
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IssuesSuicidal thoughts: Break the silence
As youth workers, we’re getting much better at talking about mental health issues – we’re familiar with self-harm, eating disorders and depression. But statistics suggest that suicidal thoughts are more common than all of these… and no-one is talking about them. ThinkTwice’s Rachael Newham calls on us to break the silence surrounding this stigma
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IssuesYouth Work Lab: Branding
A young person I work with recently pointed at my shoes and exclaimed, ‘What are those?’ Unaware of the current meme (look it up) I was about to reply, when I realised the question wasn’t looking for an answer, but rather was to publicly call me out the fact that my choice of footwear was not relevant to this young person, and as it appears, many young people in the youth club. Not having the right brand, in the eyes of the young people, made me a target of ridicule. Branding can play an enormously important part in the lives of young people.
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IssuesRussell Brand
No one seems sure of how it’s happened, but Russell Brand has become the UK’s articulate voice of youthful concerns.
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'Porn on the Brain'
‘I’ve heard about ten or eleven year-old children who are traumatised by porn; they’re not talking to their parents until they’re going through
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IssuesThe Teenage Brain
The teenage brain is a mysterious, glorious and sometimes frustrating thing. American youth ministry writer and thinker Mark Oestreicher explores the latest discoveries on adolescent brain development, and what their significance might be for youth ministry
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IssuesXY Boys: How to keep boys in Church
The gender gap in the UK Church continues to grow, with more women than men filling our pews. How can we redress this gender imbalance in our youth groups and ultimately the Church of the future ? Christian Vision for Men ’s Carl Beech believes we need a fundamental shift in the values underpinning our youth ministry
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IssuesResource on Trial: The Treasure Box People
Children’s workers put resources through their paces
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IssuesResource on Trial: Carousel in a Box
By the Bible Curriculum £160 - A year’s worth of weekly Bible teaching for 4 to 11 year olds thebiblecurriculum.com - Worth your time - a solid resource.
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IssuesSex Box
I remember stumbling across erotic fiction in my mid-teens. Every time I opened the book it was like white heat pouring from the page. It was scandalous. Daring. Exciting. A woman was writing about the united beating of heart and sex that together can create ecstasy. And oh, such ecstasy! I didn’t really know what any of it meant, but I knew one thing: the author loved the way sex melted two people into one. She craved the surrender that was at once both beautiful and terrifying.
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IssuesThe Youthwork Box Office
Roll up, roll up! Welcome to the youth work box office – the home of youth work related moving pictures and talkies (aka videos). We’ve gathered the best DVD resources and YouTube clips out there, for your viewing pleasure. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show….
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IssuesThe Youth Work Lab: Boundaries
Welcome to the Youth Work Lab: the place where key youth work theories are tried and tested by on-the-ground practitioners. Each month,
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IssuesFrom the horse’s mouth: “We need young people leading church so it isn’t boring”
Liz Skudder is the youth outreach worker at Christchurch, Billericay. She spoke to Eleanor and Rebecca about young people leading in their church. This conversation highlights the need for young people’s voices to be prominent among church leadership conversations. Liz is doing a great job empowering the young people, but this discussion shows that it’s not easy or a short-term task. It is wonderful, in the trickiness of it all, to hear Eleanor and Rebecca’s enthusiasm for their church, demonstrating the vitality that young people bring to the mix. Eleanor is 13 and plays in the church youth band. Her hobbies are musical theatre and dance. Rebecca is also 13. She swims and is obsessed with Harry Potter. She plays the flute in the church youth band.
