Its official i have a new job. I was called back to an interview i originally could not attend and have been offered a new job. There are still things to sort out but for i will be actually earning again.
The best bit is that i will be doing a lot of community work and will be in the right sort of place to explore my dissertation.
sweet!!!
So the Guardian has reported today that this add has been pulled from TV Screens. The reason for this was 200 people complained that it promoted same sex relationships.
Surely if these people actually watched the add they will see that the idea is not about same sex any thing but the traditional New York deli.
Is the UK really that homophobic? That is the question i would like to ask.
This week sees the last of the dreaded field work. And of course it has only been toward the end that i have actually started to enjoy it. I have been able to reflect and engage with ome nice thinking.
And i have have even been able to share my thinking with the young people now that is something new!
I am trying to work through a journal at the minute. The aspect i am trying to look at is something that challenged me while i was working with the Northern Ireland Youth forum. The question is what is the difference between Youth work and youth ministry? Age old question but one which has caused resulting tension.
Some people would believe that i am being trained as a Christian Youth Worker rather than a Youth Minister. But is this a case of their ignorance or are they actually right?
Just looked at my mate neil fox's blog and found http://www.petrolprices.com/ a really useful site for finding cheap petrol!
cheers mate!
I have just finished my first week with the Northern Ireland Youth Forum (NIYF). I actually just got back from one of their Executive residential which was really refreshing. The reason why it was refreshing is that NIFM is youth lead so it is young people fighting for the needs of young people.
One of the projects i will be working with is called ten pounds worth of change. The background to the project is to try and get young people to think about how they would change their community if they had a spare ten pounds.
( http://tenpoundsworthofchange.org/elgg/content/About )
Have a check out and see what its about!
