Innovation in Working With Young People in Rural Areas
Ray Fabes, Bob Payne and Jason Wood
These remain challenging times for the rural economy. Those who work with young people in such settings have a vital role to play in tackling isolation in small communities, poor transport, fewer jobs, the rising cost of housing and fuel, and limited social provision. Nor do such issues as discrimination, bullying, homophobia or racism disappear in the countryside.
This publication revisits the National Youth Agency's Nothing Ever Happens Around Here, a seminal work from 1993 that set out the history of rural youth work and captured contemporary practice. That earlier research provided inspiration for many rural youth workers, who saw their approaches to youth work confirmed, and gave them developmental ideas to reflect on and incorporate into their projects.
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