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  • 🌟 Youth Workers: The Ones Who Refuse to Grow Old

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    Youth workers are a special kind. They walk beside young people in some of the most tender, messy, and transformative chapters of their lives – helping them see their own potential when the world can’t always see it for them.They hold hope like a lantern in difficult spaces. They remind us that care, creativity, and…

  • 🌱 The Problem With Empowerment – And What To Do Instead

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    Why “giving people power” often backfires, and what agency-centred practice offers instead The word empowerment is everywhere.We talk about empowering young people, empowering communities, empowering staff, empowering “the vulnerable.” Empower everyone. But if we look closely, empowerment often carries an unintended message:that we hold all the power,and they have none until we decide to hand…

  • 🌿 Here We Are: When Relationships Became the Practice

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    A reflection from a session I ran recently at the Youth Work Conference – when relational practice came to life in the most unexpected way. When the Threads Came Together Last week, I had one of those moments where what I’ve been sensing, championing and practising for years finally came to life – threads coming…