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...
by Institute for Youth Work | Feb 7, 2020 | IYW NEWS, MEMBER NEWS, YOUTH WORK NEWS
In November 2019 we set our to recruit our first paid member of staff to the IYW and we are able to announce now that Ruth Richardson was successful in being recruited to the position of Development Officer at the IYW. Hi, I am Ruth Richardson and I am the Development...
