Community youth development

Queensland Youth Services (QYS) Queensland Youth Services (QYS) is a community based organisation that was established in 1978, operating in the Townsville region. QYS is the largest agency operating in the Townville area with a specific focus on youth. QYS offers a wide range of services and programs to young people between the ages of 12 and 25. While QYS is a not for profit, non-government organisation, many of the programs offered by the agency are funded by the State and Federal…

The practices embraced by the Hub life organisation and its association with mentorship acts as an apparatus to increase wellness of youth facing relative poverty, by the provision of guidance and support from respected adults. It is this support that aspires to improve the opportunity available to youth facing poverty, whether it be educational or financial, and in turn practice the principles of social justice. Hackman (2005, p.104) affirms that social justice is not only the valuation of…

people of color. (Esri 2010) The Black community represents roughly 10% of the Tenderloin, compared to a citywide representation of 6% or less. Just under half of the neighborhood’s…

his anti-Semitic ideologies and the Aryan race flourished in regards to militarism and nationalism. Hitler placed a strong emphasis on the manipulation of youth as mentioned in one of his books ‘Mein Kampf’, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’ Hitler used the education system to portray Nazi views and school systems to glorify war. Youth Groups were created and propaganda and fear were blended in to manipulate the naïve children. The above ensured that Hitler produced a generation of…

Prior to starting my higher education journey as a Youth and Community Work at University of East London (UEL) I had 5 year experience working in the social care sector. The majority of my experience was working with adults and families. I had also completed an Access to Social work course in Lewisham College, which provided me with some theoretical knowledge on services that support, empower and inform citizens. I then embarked on to a on to a BA Social work degree at the Brunel University. I…

service experiences: that meet actual community needs, that are coordinated in collaboration with the school and community, that are integrated into each young person’s academic curriculum, that provide structured time for a young person to think, talk, and write about what he/she did and saw during the actual service activity, that provide young people with opportunities to use newly acquired academic skills and knowledge in real life situations in their own communities, that enhance what is…

Likes and comments won’t make fame, just as shares and retweets won’t classify anyone as “important”. Technology and media has murdered them all! They’re dead! The youth has been slandered, cut open, embarrassed, mistreated, and burned by such media and technology, yet they stand by it. Rather protecting the morals and values as a “person”, they rather protect the source that’s sucking away their morals and values…

changed my overall attitude of how I view the Air Force. It has allowed me to get a better insight on how things are run in the Air Force. AFJROTC has allowed me to build my character and leadership skills through structure, discipline, activities and community service. AFJROTC builds character and leadership through discipline and structure. AFJROTC does so by creating a certain set of rules with certain punishments if you don’t follow them. This class helps you learn that punishment is a…

Program my main values are community, forgiveness and love. In this manifesto I will explain…

experiences with these programs would allow me to help The Center for Public Service with its mission to restore New Orleans. Certainly, attending Tulane will be immeasurably helpful to me. But I believe that in return, I will be an asset to Tulane’s community and its surrounding city through my leadership and service experiences. I am strongly drawn to the special culture and character of New Orleans. I plan to volunteer much of my time in college to help make the city even better. Evidently,…