This is What I do
Reviewed by Martin Tilbury, Territory youth development manager, Red Cross
Children & Young People Now
10 September 2008
I've been with the Red Cross for almost 11 years, having started as a volunteer. My first job was actually in Uganda as a youth development worker helping young people become involved in their communities. Since then I have worked mainly with young people.
I'm responsible for the northern territory, which in the strange way the Red Cross carves up the country consists of everything from about Northampton to the Scottish Borders. I'm based in Liverpool and have five area managers working with me. The Red Cross refocused its approach in 2003 from having youth groups to being an organisation...