The recall of times when summer youth work programmes were not encumbered by relentless paperwork requirements will be instantly recognisable to a certain generation of youth workers - and completely unrecognisable to those who are more recent practitioners of the profession.
I thought back to the times when I would routinely do five or six residential or "away from centre" experiences between the end of June and the middle of September. There would be a residential for a younger group in June, often assisted by older members of the youth club, who themselves would want to go away during the summer holidays. Some were beyond school age and we would accommodate their availability. We went to cottages in Wales, on narrow boat trips, and on day excursions to Safari Parks and fun fairs.
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