Club 06/07 Week 1

This week was our first week back at club this acadeamic year.

This week I liked...

• Welcoming young people and workers back and catching up with them after the summer
• Seeing the multicoloured flowers on the wall with the hopes for the coming year at their centres (Flowers of Hope or Flower Hopes or Hope Flowers?)
• Learning 'Hello' in various languages and decorating the Hellos and putting them on the wall forEuropean Language Day
• The continuation from summer of the papier- mache Shark for the 3D part of the mural taking shape while conversation flowed
• Young people cooking Muffin Pizzas and everyone enjoying their efforts
• Table tennis round-the-table still having its draw as a game to have bigger numbers playing
• Watching a new worker find his feet as a past club member who has chosen his old club for his youthwork course placement.
• Hearing about another worker's excitement about the beginning of her youth work course
• Talking about possible options for our Youth Africa Project and making plans
• Playing pool with people who don't normally play pool and watching them improve.
• Planting autumn bulbs
• Singing and dancing with Singstar
• Discovering some club Runescape players and talking about the possibilities of playing the game as a pacifist
• Finding club members when given the choice are keen to have more healthy and fairtrade options added to the tuck shop.
• Swopping ideas with the DYO and making plans for the Youth Council
• Working with young people working with young people - great cycle.

And every week I love...

... working with people who want to be here: its voluntary - for young people and workers - its not like school or a job, nobody has to be here or is paid to be here, they all come because they want to.

And if you want the theory check out Young People, Informal Education & Association