Thanks to the initiative of Wendy Podd from Sunderland there is now a Facebook group, In Defence of Youth Work, which boasts already 111 members. In parallel we are in the midst of creating a Googlemail group by sending out invitations to all our contacts and supporters. We would encourage you to join as this is intended to be the Campaign’s mailing list. Its principal advantage when set up is that any member can communicate with everyone on the list by sending a message to the group’s designated e-mail address. We will endeavour to send regular briefings through this channel, whilst encouraging comment and criticism across the board. This ought to support openness and democracy within the campaign.

As ever your thoughts appreciated.