Sam Coates, projects officer, Trelya

22 December 2009 1 min read Youth Work

Sam Coates uses outreach and detached work to set up activities for the hardest to reach eight- to 16-year-olds.

- Did you belong to a youth group?

I was always moving around as a child as my family was in the armed forces, so I didn't attend a youth group. When I moved back to the UK I worked in a central London nightclub and would enjoy talking to the young people who would try to get in. That's what made me feel I had something to offer.

- What did you do next?

I'd wanted to get into outdoor pursuits. I got a job first as a cook and later as an instructor at a YMCA. I realised it was the youth work side I enjoyed most.

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