Recently there has been much conversation in the voluntary sector about white privilege.
Author: whitneyiles13
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 violence sector; a lot of whom wishing to start their own projects or have become leaders within their own rights….
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 will never be the same again. As the bank holiday weekend enters, I sit thinking about the ripple effects that…
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 will EVER realize or admit, are constantly in the middle of violence, conflict and trauma, are underpaid, overwork and extremely…