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The street, and people’s behaviour
within it, has always been the subject of controversy, but surely never
more so than now.
For some, a place of
‘anti-social behaviour’
and crime, a place to be feared. For others, a playground, a place of
freedom, creativity, culture and commerce, even a home. Yet others use it
as a meeting place, a site for discussion and protest. How should these
activities be valued?
The Dispersal Order, the curfew,
surveillance, tends one way: the street is safer when ‘cleansed’. At
best, only ‘Positive’ Activities can be sanctioned within it. Young
people ask: “when you tell me to move on, where do you mean to?” For
many, ‘Community Safety’ means “keeping the community safe from
young people.” Presence, it seems, is the problem.
Others counter: a vibrant,
populated street, where people accept a generalised responsibility for the
socialisation
of each other, is safer, better, a place of real ‘community’.
One thing is undeniable, the
street is a social space; and, implicitly then, a moral, ethical and
political space; perhaps even a democratic space. As detached youth
workers, the street is our place of work; how should we work within it?
Let us examine it, think and talk about it, and try to conclude. |
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Speakers
include;
Tom Wylie– ex-Chief Executive of the National Youth Agency. ‘
Tony Jeffs- Editorial group member of Youth and Policy and
University lecturer.
‘Learning from history– finding positive messages from our past.’
Graeme Tiffany– Author of Reconnecting Detached Youth Work,, amongst
others.
‘The Politics of the Street: Implications for detached and outreach
work with
young people in public spaces.’
Sabina Frediani– Campaign Director for Liberty. ‘Liberty’s
campaign work with young
people around curfews, dispersal zones, mosquito devices etc.’
Karl and Sophy Hallam– founding directors of Cadence Works. ‘Hoodie,
Goodie, Buddy project.
Jason Wood– Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University/author of Work
with Young People: Theory and Policy for Practice. ‘The Problem
of ‘Community’ for young people’s Citizenship Formation.’
Graeme Neal– Children’s Service Manager– Barnardos. ‘Barnardo’s
Blackpool Play Project.’
£350
per person
(Including
all food and accommodation)
Or
£85 per day
Plus
a fantastic Saturday evening’s entertainment
including ‘The Magician’-Rob
Chapman, guitarist Paul Newman, and a
street-dance display from Freelance Dance Team. |
Workshops
include;-
Vanessa
Rogers– Nationally acclaimed youth work consultant.
‘Positive
Activities– team games and group work ideas to use on the streets.’
And
‘Positive Relationships– street based activities to explore sex, lies
and love.’ Vanessa will be providing resources to take away with you.
Jason
Wood-Senior Lecturer De-Montfort University.
‘Education
for Effective Citizenship-Using the Street.’
Graeme
Tiffany-Freelance researcher, trainer, lecturer, and education
specialist. ‘The
Politics of the Street: Implications for detached and outreach work with
young people in public spaces.’
Sacha Kaufman-Project
Co-ordinator, Camden Detached Project. ‘Opportunity for creative
programming for the streets, leading to recorded and accredited
outcomes.’
Michael Whelan– PhD
researcher. Exploring the links between young people’s public space
experiences’ and violence using the tool of social mapping.’
Richard Stowe-Senior
Lecturer at LJMU. ‘Interpretations of arcadia: Its relevance to
contested spaces in neighbourhoods.’
Paul
Crawte-Service Youth Work Manager for
unitary authority. ’Using simple circus skills to explore the
informal learning available in a street based setting.’
Holger
Hohner Mertmann– Manager
of Pluto Community Centre, Wanne, Herne, Germany. ’The Street is the
Safest Place-insight into youth work in City of Herne, Germany.’
Bill
Cox– President of FDYW. ‘A View
from the Streets’. This year with the opportunity to later present and
share with the whole conference examples of good practice from within your
projects.
For
further information and booking details, please contact;
fdyw@nya.org.uk
www.detachedyouthwork.info
www.detached.youthworkonline.org.uk
NB. This programme could be subject to change |
