"Lydia, I am so sorry am only just seeing your comment now. I hope you all had a great time in Dublin and enjoyed meeting up with Pavee Point and got to see some interesting things. Let me know if you ever need any info again, I'll try and keep…"
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Mark left a comment for Lydia Abbott"Hey Lydia,
Personally i don't know of anything going on next weekend but you could always try THE YOUTH WORK FORUM, we have members on there who work with traveller groups."
Lydia Abbott left a comment for Aine Campbell"Hi Aine,
I work for Liverpool Youth Service, and am bringing a group of young Irish Traveller Girls over to Dublin next weekend on a residential, we had planned to meet up with Exchange House, but they have had to let us down, so we are now going to…"
Lydia Abbott left a comment for Laura"Hi Laura,
I work for Liverpool Youth Service, and am bringing a group of young Irish Traveller Girls over to Dublin next weekend on a residential, we had planned to meet up with Exchange House, but they have had to let us down, so we are now going…"
Lydia Abbott left a comment for Mark"Hi Mark,
I work for Liverpool Youth Service, and am bringing a group of young Irish Traveller Girls over to Dublin next weekend on a residential, we had planned to meet up with Exchange House, but they have had to let us down, so we are now going to…"
Lydia Abbott left a comment for Tracy Ramsey"I'm here...this is such a good site..thanks for recommending it :) X"
Lydia Abbott left a comment for Tim Davies"Thats brilliant Tim, I will be sure to share this with the young people from the Irish Traveller community.
Thanks again, Lydia."
"Hello Lydia
Welcome to the network. If you've not see it, you might be interested in to look at the work On Road Media did with the Savvy Chavvy site: http://www.socialbysocial.com/book/savvy-chavvy
Do feel free to share ideas / ask questions…"
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- Brief bio: tell us a few facts about you & your interest in digital aspects of work with young people
- Hi,
My name is Lydia, I manage a project in Liverpool, and do alot of work with Irish Traveller and Roma young people, as well as young parents.
I am interested in the social networking side of maintaining relationships with young people as well as information sharing.
Lydia :)
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- At 11:17 on April 16, 2010,
Tim Davies said…
- Hello Lydia
Welcome to the network. If you've not see it, you might be interested in to look at the work On Road Media did with the Savvy Chavvy site: http://www.socialbysocial.com/book/savvy-chavvy
Do feel free to share ideas / ask questions / suggest resources etc. in the blogs and forums here on Youth Work Online.
Tim
(Network Convener)
- At 16:05 on April 16, 2010, Mark said…
- Hey Lydia,
Personally i don't know of anything going on next weekend but you could always try THE YOUTH WORK FORUM, we have members on there who work with traveller groups.
- At 18:39 on April 28, 2010, Aine Campbell said…
- Lydia, I am so sorry am only just seeing your comment now. I hope you all had a great time in Dublin and enjoyed meeting up with Pavee Point and got to see some interesting things. Let me know if you ever need any info again, I'll try and keep a better eye on this :)
Aine
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Level 3 Award in Youth Work Practice
February 5, 2013 at 6pm to July 2, 2013 at 9pm – Old Street
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