April 2012 Blog Posts (8)

Fundraising Using Digital & Social Media (10th May)

– find out how you can make the most of digital fundraising and social media, seminar from NCVO. Free http://ncvodigitalandsocialmedia.eventbrite.com/?ebtv=C&ebtv=C&ebtv=C

Added by Tony Cisse on April 27, 2012 at 17:45 — No Comments

Young people wanted to help tackle cyberbullying

Young People invited to join the Reach Youth Board

to help tackle homophobic, sexist and cyberbullying. UK Youth is working in partnership with EACH (Educational Action Challenging Homophobia) to drawing together the voices of young people and create resources for both schools and informal youth settings to help them challenge the increasingly widespread problem of cyberhomophobia and homophobic…

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Added by Tony Cisse on April 23, 2012 at 9:57 — No Comments

Using online social media to engage & promote participation with young people (a practical one day introduction course)

 13th June 2012

Venue:  Stratford

 

There are positive and negative aspects to social media – but whatever our views - young people are in those social media spaces and we as youth practitioners need to understand this online environment.…

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Added by Tony Cisse on April 17, 2012 at 9:44 — No Comments

Job opportunity at Y Care International

Y Care International (YCI) is recruiting a Global Youth Work Co-ordinator to manage our Global Youth Work in Action project, funded by the Department for International Development. We seek an individual with strong experience in project management who is able to support the design and fundraising of new projects. You must be comfortable working alongside a wide range of stakeholders including young people, youth workers and senior managers.

This is a great opportunity for someone to…

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Added by Mike O'Donovan on April 16, 2012 at 15:48 — No Comments

Staff User Policy for iPads/Tablets

Hi - does anyone happen to have a 'user policy' for staff making use of iPads, or other tablets? We've just invested in one for delivery, and although I think our normal IT policy will cover most things, I do think that something about downloading apps needs to be added. Before I spend too long thinking about it I wonder if anyone has anything in place so far..or might the forum suggest things I should consider for managing any potential hazards that…

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Added by John Addicott on April 12, 2012 at 17:12 — No Comments

Young People and Social Media

The Regional Youth Work Unit – North East has been exploring a variety of ways in which social media and emerging digital technology can support the development of youth work and the empowerment of the young people of our region.

In July The Unit was successful in gaining funding from the Policy and Representation Partnership to support our new Net Assets Project. Net Assets will support practitioners across the…

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Added by Ria Farncombe on April 10, 2012 at 16:04 — 2 Comments

Cumbrian arts project lights up Derwentwater Youth Hostel

In November 2011, Derwentwater Youth Hostel in the Lake District was delighted to welcome 13 students aged 13-18 from the Cumbrian community project, Art Locates Me.  Art Locates Me (ALM) is a digital arts and media initiative, started by Connexions Cumbria to produce and distribute work made by young people from across Cumbria.  As part of their ‘Digital Natives’ project, the young people created a spectacular display which was projected on the front of the 220 year old Georgian mansion…

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Added by Derwentwater Youth Hostel on April 10, 2012 at 15:48 — No Comments

What should every digital innovation project know when planning to use tech to engage youth in communities?

I'm working on a crowd-sourced research project for Nominet Trust to explore how digital technologies can support young people to engage socially and economically with their communities - and I need your help.

  • Next Thursday (12th April) we've got a round-table event in London to explore key messages on using digital technology to engage young people. Drop me a line if you want an…
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Added by Tim Davies on April 4, 2012 at 13:18 — No Comments

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