Insurance Policies
There have been numerous changes to insurance policies in recent years. It is vitally important that you are aware that, whatever you are doing with young people, is covered by your parish insurance policy. To this extent, is your Church Council aware of your activities and have they taken note of them during a Church Council meeting

Just Employment
The Church Urban Fund has launched Just Employment, a resource to promote excellence in employment by faith-based social action organisations and other community projects, produced in partnership with the Anglican Dioceses of Chester, Liverpool and Manchester. Check them out, they may be useful for youth work employment and/or other projects you have in mind, at http://www.cuf.org.uk/

Coverage
Are attempting to raise the profile of community based learning in Northamptonshire and their excellent worker, Katie Jones, is available to community groups to help them and maybe to help you, particularly in the areas of communication, networking, advice, support and information. If you would like further information of how to contact Katie and what she can do to help you, then don’t hesitate to contact Paul.

The Big Stitch
Is an opportunity to get involved in something massive by doing something small. It is a knitting happening from The Children’s Society. If you would like further information, then why not check out their website on http://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/get+involved/The+Big+Stitch/

The Northamptonshire Teenage Pregnancy Unit Operations Group
May be unknown to you but the voluntary sector have a representative, Pamela Harrison, from the YWCA. If this is an area of life that is of interest to you and you would like more information, then please don’t hesitate to contact Paul.

The Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs
Continues to support and help develop numerous youth groups across the county of Northamptonshire. You can register and receive all manner of benefits. If you would like to contact them, have a word with Paul and he will pass on all the details.

YMCA Northamptonshire
Are continuing to develop the resources they are able to offer across the county in a wide variety of different ways. Their new headquarters on Moulton Park, allied to a range of new developments in assisting and enabling the voluntary sector across the county, make for exciting reading. If you would like further information, then contact Paul.

Loads of new DVDs, books, information, resource material etc.
Lots has arrived at Bouverie Court over the summer and Paul is delighted to bring stuff out to your group, to your leaders, to your church to

? help promote, help, encourage resource and advise on youth work in the Diocese. Please do give him a call and, if there are particular areas of interest that you have got, he may have just the thing you are looking for.

Youth worker investigation
Richard Lowe-Lauri has put together an absolutely brilliant youth worker investigation for the group of churches he belongs to in the far north of the Diocese. If your church is considering whether or not it should employ a youth worker and what are the pluses and minuses, then Paul’s the man to talk to, but Richard’s work is enormously helpful in enabling the thinking process to go on.

Full-time youth workers
It is vitally important, if you are a full-time or a paid youth worker and you are being given housing as part of your package, that you check out the tax implications. It seems to be a very patchy response across the country as to what the rights and wrongs are but some people have been charged enormous amounts of money for having a house supplied. Please, please, please, if you would like more information, contact Paul or a suitable financial advisor with experience in this vitally important and complicated area.

Giving – are your young people giving to your church?
It sounds like a strange idea but we encourage adults to give a proportion of their wealth from God so why not encourage your young people. Much of the rest of the church would be delighted if out young people could be seen to be giving something back rather, as Paul has heard on occasion, take, take, take. There are loads of opportunities for giving, particularly for younger tax payers who can, of course, gift aid their giving but, also, to do some fundraising for the church. Paul has loads of ideas and information and also a new paper on how to engage with young people about how to give to their churches. If you would like more information, contact Paul.

The Sparks Project
This is the new name for Christ the Carpenter, Dogsthorpe, hugely successful youth project. Over the next few years, huge developments will be happening and now two full-time youth workers will be attached to Sparks, working out of the church at Dogsthorpe, helping to develop a Christian presence and to enable and encourage young people in that area. If you would like further information, both about their work and their huge success over recent years, then contact Mark Budner at Christ the Carpenter, Chestnut Avenue, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough.

The Sparks bus
Sparks has a bus, a Volkswagen Campervan no less, which will become a mobile youth facility. If this is the kind of thing which would interest you, then why not give Mark a ring on 01733 562886 to find out what they’re up to with their new bus as it comes on line this autumn.

National Occupational Standards
There are to be such standards for youth work within the UK and, currently, there is an elongated process of consultation going on to make these standards as appropriate and rigorous as possible. If you would like more information, Paul is part of the process and will be happy to share news with you.

Hope UK are employing a Drugs Educator
in East Northamptonshire, partly funded by the Kettering Temperance Society. Keep an eye out for further information of this exciting new post.

Caris - new glossy magazine for 11-16 year olds
New glossy lifestyle mag for girls aged 11-16, co-ordinated by the editor of the Church Times. The Independent on Sunday preview: http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article2725715.ece. For a free launch copy and to find out about individual subscriptions or discounts for group orders  visit www.carismag.co.uk

Young Christians Online
Young Christians Online is a worldwide ecumenical community, a place for young Christians to share stories, photos and information, meet, talk and make friends. To join get an ID from www.facebook.com and log onto the 'Young Christians Online' group. It's moderated by the St Albans Diocesan Youth Service.

Christian holidays for young people
CPAS produce Ventures Holidays, activity weeks all over the country with good Christian teaching, numerous activities, great leaders and in fantastic venues. www.ventures.org.ukwww.nayc.org

Network magazine for youth leaders
Produced by Tearfund. Spring 2007 edition has material on child trafficking and also activities, video suggestions, Bible studies, lifestyle ideas and aspects on Fair Trade. www.tearfund.org/youth.

8:32 Set the Truth Free
A major project from the Bible Society with loads of resources, information, ideas, T-shirts, DVDs , teaching material etc. etc. Why not check out the website on www.its832.org

The Children’s Society - the Good Childhood Enquiry
Following the launch of the recent UNICEF report, the Children’s Society have launced the Good Childhood Enquiries Micro-site, www.mylife.uk.com. The focus of the enquiry is now on hearing children’s and young people’s voices in this crucial debate. www.childrenssociety.org.uk . www.goodchildhood.org.uk

Every Child Matters - on-line publications
A new service has been set up to allow documents supporting the Government’s Every Child Matters initiative to be ordered on line. Check out www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

MPH, the Methodist Publishing House
They are based in our diocese and they sell a whole range of interesting materials, mostly books. Check them out at www.mph.org.uk.

New DVD from A Rocha UK – The Heat is On – Climate Change in the Christian Faith
Worship materials, sermon notes, background scientific information, Biblical theology on climate change, practical advice, guide to using the film ‘Inconvenient Truth’ for discussion. You can borrow a copy of the film from the Diocesan Youth Resource Centre. www.arocha.org

Christian Aid - youth resources
Christian Aid's area office has recently moved to St Mary’s Peterborough. They will be putting enormous resources into youth work and, particularly, in the area of global warming. Why not contact them there or check out the various Christian Aid websites by googling Christian Aid and going on from there.

Bridgebuilder
This is the Christian Schools’ Trust based in Milton Keynes and operating in the south of our Diocese. Loads of events, activities, resources, information and much, much more. See www.mkbt.org.uk.

The Ezekiel Project
Our friends in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton are doing excellent work in a variety of different settings, not least their project with schools in the Northampton area. Check out their brilliant website, www.nymo.org

CROPS
Our very good friends at CROPS (Christian Options in Peterborough Schools) have created an excellent promotional DVD. If you would like to borrow a copy or like more information, contact CROPS via their website, www.crops.org.uk

The Perspective Trust
An excellent development out of Christ the King, Kettering, working across schools in Kettering. Steve Tennant, the youth worker, is co-ordinating with a number of High Schools and doing really excellent work with the team of superb workers. If you would like more information, contact Paul.

‘Idea' magazine
Evangelical Alliance produce a magazine called ‘Idea’. The May/June 2007 issue has a major feature ‘Reaching out for Today’s Youth’. Contact www.eauk.org or Paul has a copy.

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