Regional 

• London Detached Forum 7th July
• Mobile Youth Facilities (MYF) Conference - Saturday 24th July 2010

The London Detached Forum will takeplace on:
Wednesday 7th July from 1.30 to 3.30
at
Camden Detached Project,
Crowndale Centre,
218 Eversholt Street,
London NW1 1BD
(Tubes: Mornington Crescent, Euston or Kings Cross).

Please feel free to pass this on and let me know if you plan on
attending so I can book the right size room.

Sacha Kaufman
Camden Detached Project Coordinator
Telephone: 020 7974 7263

Mobile Youth Facilities (MYF) Conference

Sharing Good Practice

Rochdale MBC Youth Service

Saturday 24th July 2010

Hopwood Hall, Rochdale


Arrival from 8.30 - Start 9.30

Booking Form

THIRD LONDON DETACHED CONFERENCE IS A SUCCESS!

The 3rd London Region Detached Youth Work Training Conference took place on Saturday 13^th March 2010 at the Harrow Club, W10 with over 50 delegates attending from 20 authorities/organizations. Organized jointly by Camden, Croydon and RB Kensington & Chelsea, with the support of the FDYW, the conference offered stimulation, motivation and inspiration as well as opportunities to learn together, debate ideas and develop good practice.

The day started with thought provoking speakers - Malcolm Ball, Sonia McCollin and Trevor Hutchinson. Participants went on to further discuss the issues raised: in defence of youth work; the changing landscape of the streets; working with the Police.

After a fantastic lunch (not a sandwich in sight!), there were excellently facilitated workshops on ‘starting out + moving on’, ‘group work’, ‘working with diversity’ and ‘management dilemmas’ for our ‘community of practice’ to share experiences and thoughts in order to learn and develop together.

Overall, participants’ feedback proved the day to be a great success, with the vast majority agreeing the aims and their own expectations had been met. Comments included: enjoyable; fun, useful and interesting; learnt a lot; informative; lots of ideas to take back. Suggestions included: more time; more workshops; another conference ASAP.

Thank you to all who were involved, attended and supported the event, especially Emily Colinsbeare, Robin Middlemiss and Dawn Bryan for the workshop facilitation. Well done to the event organisers: Karen Morgan, Trevor Hutchinson and Sacha Kaufman.

To continue the momentum generated from this event, take forward the issues raised, get and give support, workers are invited to attend the London Detached Forum 21^st April 1.30-3.30 at Camden Detached Project, 218 Eversholt Street, NW1 1BD.

The ethos of the Forum is ‘by Detached Youth Workers for Detached Youth Workers’. Participants can air their views, raise issues and concerns to work towards improving professionalism and service delivery. There is an open agenda and all detached youth work practitioners/manages in London are welcome to attend.