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And so it begins - the journey of Healthwatch part two

5 June 2017 - 11:28am

I will start by sharing my journey as a young single mother sat on the train travelling north from London Kings Cross, I knew the journey well having spent all my growing years doing the very same trip, backwards and forwards, going home was how I saw it, back to my grandmother. The difference this time was I knew I wouldn’t be returning to London, but that was the only thing I knew.

Fit and Fed - Shaping a youth offer for Middlesbrough

1 June 2017 - 4:22pm

Guest blog by John Downes, Head of Network Development at Streetgames

In a time when we are in the run up to a general election many questions are being asked by young people on what the future will look like for them. It was interesting on last night’s leaders debates that Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood mentioned the role that youth service and youth workers play in helping shape the future of young peoples’ lives.

Give young people some credit for their form of social interaction

30 May 2017 - 4:42pm

The idea of having circles of friends and social interaction has been changed by technology.

Inspiring impact

27 June 2016 - 2:34pm

I had a very productive visit to London last week and no it wasn’t shopping related! I attended a two day Inspiring Impact event held at NCVO, which is literally a five minute walk from Kings Cross but took me 15 because my map reading specs weren’t working properly!

To be truthful, I prepared myself for a very dry and mundane learning exchange, but was pleasantly surprised at how interactive, inspiring and dare I say enjoyable it was.

The curious case of the man at the football stadium

17 June 2016 - 2:36pm

The Riverside Stadium, the home of Middlesbrough Football Club, is not the sort of place you would usually associate with an ‘it all makes sense’ moment, but that is what happened to me the other evening – and no footballs were involved!