by Institute for Youth Work | Mar 5, 2021 | IYW NEWS
On the 26th of February 2021, the Institute for Youth Work (IYW) facilitated the first of a new range of membership engagement events, on this occasion bringing together a number of LGBT+ professionals and allies from across the youth work sector. The event, loosely...
by Adam Muirhead | Dec 11, 2020 | IYW NEWS, MEMBER NEWS, YOUTH WORK NEWS
The word is out – at last night’s AGM I announced that I would be stepping down as Chair of the Institute for Youth Work Council and Chair of Trustees. Since I first heard about the formation of the Institute for Youth Work in late 2013, I was keenly interested in...
by Esther Horner-Aird | Oct 13, 2020 | IYW Emails & Newsletter's, IYW NEWS
A perspective piece by IYW Council Member Esther Horner-Aird Last week the sector received a huge boost with the publication of the Youth Work Curriculum, spearheaded by the National Youth Agency (NYA) and brought together by Lead Associate Liz Harding. The document,...
by Mark McCormack | Sep 23, 2020 | IYW NEWS, MEMBER NEWS
As millions of Young People return to schools, colleges and universities the concerns about a second wave of the global Covid-19 pandemic gather speed, and with it further limitations on our liberties to fight the virus. It feels like the A-levels and B-TEC fiascos...
by Charlee Bewsher | May 28, 2020 | IYW NEWS, YOUTH WORK NEWS
I send this blog from home, like many of you I am working remotely and only going into the office on my allocated day. While working remotely is not new, it is the essence of detached work. The doing every meeting via a screen and the absence of a warm...
by Ruth Richardson | May 8, 2020 | IYW NEWS, MEMBER NEWS, YOUTH WORK NEWS
Across the country many of us are now planning how we gradually start to re-open youth provision for our young people. I can’t say we will be getting back to ‘business as usual’ as COVID-19 will be around for some time, and the impact of the virus on young people and...
