Privilege and Prejudice. A discourse continued.
Recently there has been much conversation in the voluntary sector about white privilege.
Burn Out.
*** This touches on a few difficult subjects so am giving it a ‘warning before reading’ statement. I’ve been struggling lately, there is so much I want to talk about and so much I want […]
You are not a superhero.
This summer makes 15 years of working with children, young people and community members. Many of my conversations recently have been with younger youth workers/practitioners or those ready to begin a career in the youth […]
Tragedy and Trauma: How to help when we feel helpless.
There are not enough words to express the heartbreak we all felt this week. My thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who lost loved ones and to the survivors who […]
Clinical Supervision and the Serious Youth Violence Sector
Working in the serious youth violence sector is hard fucking work. Most of my week I spend looking into space thinking why do we even put ourselves through this. We do more than the authorities […]
Starting Up A Social Enterprise
10 key insights into starting a social enterprise.
Ted and Tedx Talks on Trauma
How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime | Nadine Burke Harris The effect of trauma on the brain and how it affects behaviors | John Rigg | TEDxAugusta How Do We Stop Childhood Adversity […]
Serious Youth Violence UK TedxTalks
The UK’s serious youth violence sector is starting to have a collection of online resource in the way of TedxTalks. The Science of Violence | Dinah Senior | TEDxDurhamUniversity The real roots of youth violence […]
TRAINING: An Introduction to Youth Violence
DESCRIPTION An Introduction to Youth Violence will use both a presentation and conversational format to look into the reasons behind youth violence. We will begin to understand trauma and its effects, what our youth are […]
TedxBrighton: Prison and the Greater Good
At TEDxBrighton, Whitney will reveal some remarkable truths around violence and trauma and the often ineffective approaches taken to resolve violent tendencies, particularly amongst young offenders. Breaking down the psychological, social and behavioural factors, Whitney […]