Youth Work

A collection of 32 posts

Coronavirus

Adapting, surviving and then... thriving!!

Unprecedented times, the new normal, lockdown, social distancing, self-isolation  – change is on every horizon and in every aspect of life as we knew it. So what are Phase up to and what are we doing as we all tread carefully into the future? As Director I wanted to share a

Young People

Changing the landscape COVID-19

We have lived through a week that will define a generation. The COVID-19 crisis has turned the world upside down for all, but mostly for our children and young people. As the dust settles and we come to terms with the likelihood of schools being closed until September, with the

mentoring

Mentoring; a space to grow

What do you do if you don’t know how to do something, say some DIY? Perhaps you would look for some videos on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com], read some articles or even call a friend you know who has the knowledge you need. In a small way this

mentoring

The M-factor

What is the 'M-factor'? Mentoring! Mentoring is such a valuable tool that adds so much to somebody’s life. My experience of mentoring has been really positive and helped me to learn and grown in myself. By meeting with someone regularly and consistently really honestly has so many benefits. Here

resilience

Top tips to build resilience

Resilience is a bit of a buzz word right now, but what is it, why is it needed and most importantly, how do we build it? In this blog post I want to answer these questions and give you 10 great tips on how to build your resilience whether your

Time Trek

Time Trek

Time Trekkers! We hope you've been having a restful half term. Ours has seen the latest Time Trek event. Along with more than 40 primary school aged children, as well as young leaders and volunteers from many of our Hitchin churches, we hopped into the Professor's time machine and went

grants

Hitchin Youth Trust

Phase are excited to announce that we recently recevied a grant from Hitchin Youth Trust [http://hitchinyouthtrust.co.uk] to support our Creative Space drop-in programme. [http://hitchinyouthtrust.co.uk] We are extremely grateful for the continued support from Hitchin Youth Trust [http://hitchinyouthtrust.co.uk]. Grants enables Phase not

Youth Work

Youth work learnings

4 things I’ve learnt about youth work? Hi everyone, I’m Molly and in September I moved to London to begin a gap year with XLP [http://www.xlp.org.uk]. I grew up in Hitchin and have experienced the work of Phase whilst I was at school and

Young People

Charity Film Awards

This year Phase has entered one of its “Let Talk [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5jBv9G9gCso_reJ5054VtMpUhDLEDM9_]” Films into the Charity Film Awards. What are these? I hear you say… The Charity Film Awards are for charities who have created videos which have the power to move, to warm

phase team

Amy's work experience

Often Phase are asked if we can accommodate young people on work experience. In July Amy joined the team for the final week of the summer term, here are her thoughts on a week with the Phase team.... In July I enjoyed a week of work experience with Phase, I

celebration

Annual Celebration 2018

Sunday 28th October, 4pm-5pm At Zeo Centre [http://zeochurch.com/contact/] It is that time of year again, to come and celebrate all that Phase has been up to in the past year! On Sunday 28th October, 4pm at Zeo Centre [http://zeochurch.com/contact/] (previously Hitchin Christian Centre) you

Leadership

Influences

Influence is something that we all have, maybe a little, maybe a lot, but you still have some. Influence is something I am very passionate about, you have the ability to change and impact the life of those around you either for the better or the worse. Let’s assume

celebration

Annual Celebration 2017

Can you believe it was nearly a year ago that we had our last celebration service? No, nor me! Time flies when you're having fun! On Sunday 1st October, 4pm at Walsworth Road Baptist Church [http://www.wrbchitchin.org.uk] you are warmly invited to join us for our Annual

ambassador

Ambassadors progress

Phase are been incredibly blessed to have an amazing team of volunteers, not to mention our young leaders. In January, we began piloting the Phase Ambassadors Programme to recognise these wonderful young people, to give them training and experience and to better involve them in what we do. As I

research

Children's Commissioner

Shocking report by Children’s Commissioner reveals millions of children in England living vulnerable or high risk lives On Tuesday 4th July the Children's Commissioner published some shocking findings from their recent analysis. One of the key findings states that > 800,000 children aged 5 to 17 suffer mental health

mental health

Mental wellbeing conference

On Friday 7th October Phase were part of a team of people who put on the UK's first mental wellbeing conference for schools. A day not just for teachers and other school staff but for students and young people too! It was an exciting day with over 100 young people

team

Phase team grows!

Sasha Austin-Seade and Helen Bainbridge joined Phase in September As the Phase team has grown again this year with Sasha and Helen joining as Wellbeing Development Lead and Schools and Youth Worker respectively, Kieran sat down with them to find out a bit more about the new members of the

training

The Core

The Core Training conference for all youth and children's workers and is happening Friday 30th September 5pm till Saturday 1st October 4pm. What is The Core? No matter what your calling to youth and children’s ministry might look like, we are praying that ‘THE CORE’ will encourage you, equip

support

Celebration service

On Sunday 2nd October 6:30pm we will be holding our annual celebration at Walsworth Road Baptist Church [http://www.wrbchitchin.org.uk] and we would love you to join us! It will be a fun packed hour hearing about the great achievements of Phase from last year, exciting plans

Creative space

My year with Phase

This year I have been working with Phase as the 'Self-harm Support Intern' and what an exciting year it has been. I've seen Phase achieve so much and am excited about the future of the charity which I will continue to support and be involved with, just perhaps from more

mental health

Talking to someone who struggles with self-harm

Earlier this year, Phase was asked to write something about what are some helpful things to say to a young person struggling with self-harm. I’ve spent some time putting together a list of some common things people may say, why they might not be so helpful and what people

mental health

Mental Health Awareness Week 2016

(16th - 22nd May 2016, was Mental Health Awareness Week and this year the theme was relationships.) This blog post is titled 'people need other people' > “You’ll need coffee shops and sunsets and road trips. Airplanes and passports and new songs and old songs, but people more than anything

Youth Work

Relationships workshops

Recently we delivered workshops about Relationships in Hitchin Boys' School as part of the schools sex education course with year 9. The workshop starts by defining what relationships are, thinking about all the different relationships we have around us. We then move on to think about more intimate relationships. Thinking

comet community awards

Comet Community Award

Those of you who are avid readers of The Comet may have seen an article recently highlighting the great work of Phase and that Kieran has been nominated for a Comet Community Award [http://www.cometcommunityawards.co.uk] under the category of 'Service to the community' Below is an extract

mental health

Mind The Gap

A November article [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/child-health/article4612674.ece?shareToken=badf3805a0c22c8054485c70ef6d2865] in The Times has said that children all across the country with depression, anxiety and eating disorders are being denied treatment because of a lack of urgency by ministers to address a crisis in mental