There are too few opportunities where young people can spend time with their youth workers just having a chat and a laugh. Those of us who spent this summer actually working with young people were as likely to run structured projects and short accredited courses, while our unfortunate colleagues in targeted youth support have instead been frantically looking for college places for their cohort.
I know several colleagues who spent half of this summer catching up with their paperwork. I tried to get away with doing the minimum, but after monthly reporting, recorded outcomes, accreditation, new member forms, signed attendance sheets, different reports for each different funder, and the demands of email and mobile phones, I'm exhausted.
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