The Erasmus Family: when the dust settles, we will just go back to doing what we do!
I feel the need to write. As much as I am saddened, I am somewhat angry at a sector I have been part of for almost 30 years. In October...
Youth Workers and Trainers - beautiful people that I still don't know!
I have just returned from Tool Fair XVI in Marseille – congratulations to all for their efforts. An immensely enjoyable experience, I was...
The Republic is not yet ready to embrace the North!
It’s often said that the measure of a country is determined by how it treats its minorities. I also see it as one where a country can...
Humour is not being cancelled!
As a lover of humour and someone who has used humour throughout my life, and in my work, and sometimes 'paying the price' for it, it is a...
Don’t make promises you shouldn’t keep
Initially Will laughed, he was still smiling even in the second or two after Jada rolled her eyes. It could have been one of those I'm...
Being 'future-fit' means going back to the past!
Recently I attended ‘The Quality Bonus’ conference in Berlin, the second of such events which focuses ‘on [the] education and training of...
Evolution - where have we got to and what has been the impact – Part 3
We are driven by a need to have purpose It might be stating the obvious, but we are driven by the need to have purpose, including the...
Evolution - where have we got to and what has been the impact – Part 2
In Part 1 I wrote about nine ways in which I believe we humans have evolved, or to put it another way, nine issues I believe we need to...
Our evolution – let’s take a moment to consider where we are
As humans we often get so busy, we forget some of the important things that have come to pass and it’s good to be reminded or to even...
Shiny sophisticated new tools? The last thing Erasmus+ needs, the last thing that Youth Work needs!
Introduction Shiny sophisticated new tools….it really is the last thing we need! Before I explain why I believe this let me first set out...
