Rachel, Lucy and Martin discuss the implications of the recent UK Supreme Court ruling on gender, and begin to unpack new research which suggests an incredible upturn in church attendance. Plus they offer some short reflections on the death of Pope Francis, and enjoy perhaps the best organised fun so far.

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As it is Holy Week, we're taking a slight detour from normal service as we have more of a reflective episode. We're listening to talk by Emily Irving, Youth Minister at St Mary's Reigate, as she shares her take on why youth work is so important and what impact Jesus can have on young people. Martin and Rachel share their thoughts on Emily's talk at the end, so grab your church leader, your youth team and have a listen together!

Shownotes:

Emily's talk: https://www.youtube.com/live/sHDF8CnVOVI

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This week the team tackle the topic of empowering young people in your youth group, a.k.a. young leaders. What do we mean by a leader? When is it unhelpful to call someone a leader? Do young people even want to be leaders in this cultural moment? Listen in for this as well as the usual scrapes and japes along the way...

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Rachel and Martin resume their discussion on the drama about a UK teen and his family, Adolescence, and now that Martin has finally seen it, he shares his thoughts on the series. We also look at what the rise in ADHD diagnoses means for our youth work, what we can learn to do different and where the responsibility lies. The duo end with some organised fun that strangely involves the retelling of a recent Easter rap that one of our hosts did in their schools work...

Shownotes:

The Man You're Made To Be (Martin's book): https://www.youthscape.co.uk/store/product/the-man-youre-made-to-be

Attention span article: https://www.premierchristianity.com/culture/attention-spans-are-shortening-and-adhd-awareness-is-increasing-should-we-do-church-differently/19137.article

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Content warning: We discuss themes of violence against women and girls in this episode.

Rachel and Lucy lead the charge on Netflix's new youth-centred drama called Adolescence. The 4 part series follows a 13 year old boy accused of murdering one of his peers and unpacking what caused this awful event. Our hosts take us through the parts of the show that feel familiar to the youth work they have experienced and also the questions and alarm bells it brought up for them. We also take a look at the importance of having socials as part of your rhythm as a youth group and what that can bring to the young people you work with as well as the team you're part of. As usual, organised fun rounds off the episode.

Shownotes

Newspaper article introducing Netflix's show 'Adolescence': https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/netflix-adolescence-incel-stephen-graham-parents-warning-b2716322.html

Audio clip taken from interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAEulswTmv8

Beyond Equality instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyond_equality

Talking cards for Adolescence: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHXrauqzovL/?igsh=MWJncHVqNzZubXk3cQ==

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Martin and Lucy chat to Dr Hannah Bowden, from The Youthscape Centre for Research, as she discusses the important topic of trauma in young people and what our role as youth workers looks like when supporting young people around this. We also discuss Lucy’s recent trip to see Sabrina Carpenter and what she’s learning about youth work from. Also some special birthday organised fun!

Shownotes

https://www.betsytraininguk.co.uk/

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Martin and Rachel hold up a few examples of how youth work is shown and talked about, both in mainstream tv dramas, as well as more recently in Brit Awards acceptance speeches from Ezra Collective and Stormzy. The team also dive through the mail bag in response to some spicy feedback from previous episodes...

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Shownotes:

Waterloo Road Season 15 Episode 2, availbale on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027w5g/waterloo-road-series-15-episode-2

Ezra Collective acceptance speech audio taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGtO0oequm4/

Stormzy accpetance speech audio taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGsZWIlq1eL/

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This week the team take a deep dive into the world of youth residentials, aka taking young people away overnight. Martin, Lucy and Rachel explore why we should bother with the effort and planning it takes to pull off a great residential and they divulge some top tips and share their highlights. As always, we wrap up with some organised fun.

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This episode is a feedback special, we take on the topics suggested by two of our listeners - how to start schools work and we address a spicy message about how much face-to-face work a large number of youth workers do and why! As always, some organised fun is there to wrap up the episode.

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