OASIS ANNOUNCES NEW PRINCIPAL TO REPLACE WONDERPAUL
Oasis College has named Adrian Smith as their new principal. Smith will take up the role on 1st September and replaces Paul Fenton who has held the post for several years. Smith has previously taught at the London School of Theology and served on the leadership team there. The college also moved to their new premises in February.
ICC TO CLOSE
We are sad to report that the International Christian College in Glasgow is to cease its current educational operations this year. The college will have no further student intake and will aid current students to transfer to other institutions where possible. The college has seen a fall in student intake since 2007, but its legacy will be the many youth workers it has trained across Scotland and the whole United Kingdom.
ANXIETY ‘A TICKING TIME BOMB’
Two major websites designed to help young people struggling with anxiety have reported rises in young people seeking help. Anxiety UK had over 5,000 visits from young people in January 2014, compared to just over 3,500 in January 2013; YouthNet received over 1,000 more visitors during the same time-frame. Emma Rubach from YouthNet said anxiety was, ‘a ticking time bomb among young people.’
LL 1-2-3 GETS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Urban Saints has relaunched their Live Life 1-2-3 website. The scheme, designed to encourage ‘Christians of all ages to commit to intentional, disciple-making relationships,’ has been explored in Matt Summerfield’s book Don’t make history, change the future and in a recent issue of Youthwork. Urban Saints has given out over 18,000 free copies of the book, and the revamped site includes resources and training to support the vision. The site is also looking for youth workers to share their stories of mentoring and discipleship – have a look for yourself at www.livelife123.org
YOUNG PEOPLE MORE POSITIVE
A report by Christian think tank Theos has suggested that young people are more positive about the future of the welfare state than those older than them. While 94 per cent of those over 55 believed the welfare state was facing severe problems, than older generations.
