Safe yeah? – Radical Youth Work in a hostile environment
Dates: Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April 2024 Location: Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA What does it mean to be a Global Majority* youth worker today? For many of us, it often means being caught between what's in the best interest of the communities we not only work with, but the communities we...
Hope for a more loving world
This Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking about how a hope for a more loving world sustains us in these testing times. This week, with scenes in Rafah and the continued attack on Palestine, it’s been hard to stay hopeful. Times have been hard and realistically, an end to it all doesn’t feel like it’s...
Tending the Fiyah and Building Caring Futures
This October, we had the pleasure of running two workshops where a radical approach to working with young people was central. Tending the Fiyah was a one day course supporting Shakers! from our ENRGY courses this year to run their own workshops for young people during the half term. Building...
ENRGY RE-UP day two: Tai chi, radical counter responses and group poetry
In July 2023, we had the pleasure of running part 2 of our ENRGY course: ENRGY RE-UP. Our free weekend course on radical facilitation for young people and youth workers, offered a deeper dive into the principles of inclusive, radical justice-oriented practices of facilitation, radical...
ENRGY RE-UP day one: Key pillars, relationships of safety and Kin Structures
In July 2023, we had the pleasure of running part 2 of our ENRGY course: ENRGY RE-UP. Our free weekend course on radical facilitation for young people and youth workers, offered a deeper dive into the principles of inclusive, radical justice-oriented practices of facilitation, radical...
HJL’s life-affirming event filled us with joy
On 7th June, we attended the uplifting and heartwarming “Life-affirming infrastructures” event, organised by Healing Justice London and Kin Structures, in collaboration with RESOLVE Collective. This event marked the first physical event of Healing Justice London’s 2 year Rehearsing Freedoms...