This is the working title of the project lead by Bernard Davies, which will offer our collective anecdotal antidote to the poisonous effects of the bureaucracy’s obsession with ‘number-crunching’. He has produced a set of briefing papers including prompts for workers and managers writing up stories.
Bernard suggests that the provisional aim is to have a first collection of ‘stories’ ready for dissemination by the autumn of 2010 – in time for the recall national conference and a revived Youth Work Week. However, depending on what is sent in and how quickly, individual ‘stories’ could be disseminated once they have been agreed – for example:
-
because it is current, demonstrating how policy is squeezing the kinds of practice we are defending; or
-
because it presents a particularly powerful story of impact; or
-
because it may encourage others to contribute.
Contributions can be sent in via:
-
the IDYW ‘Stories Forum on the web site;
-
The IDYW Facebook discussion page; or
-
if there are issues of confidentiality and/or anonymity to Bernard directly at davies@vip.solis.co.ukor to mailto:indefenceofyouthwork@gmail.com
We urge you to get involved in some way. At the simplest level it would be brilliant if you could download, copy and circulate the papers.
IN DEFENCE OF YOUTH WORK 