In praise of youth workers

I had my first-time experience of homelessness when I was 11 years old because I wouldn’t go to school. To go home from the bullying into an alcoholic background, plus I was sniffing glue, solvents an

After Sally Burton was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it was through volunteering that she found purpose again…

Many kids come from council estates, but not many came from a council estate in Camden Town, when Britpop was at its peak. It was the ’90s, Oasis were huge and Noel Gallagher would go to the boozer wi

My preoccupations at 16 were, I think, twofold. Firstly, passing my exams to get to university. I was really, really focused on that. But secondly, it was round about that age that I started to get re

Youth worker Sophie Sullivan is happy for her 16-year-old daughter to travel alone to Australia, but she won’t let her or her four siblings have their own smartphones. While she admits to being addict

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