I took up the issue with the youth worker who had organised it, a woman whose inaugural experiences of a youth work residential had been when I took her away 25 years ago. We recalled that all participants had paid 10, which covered all the costs, such as transport, accommodation and food, and even allowed for the possibility of a 1 reimbursement for a cup of tea and a cake on the way home. However, we lived frugally: cheese on toast on the Friday night, a stew with plenty of bread on the Saturday night. Without wishing to fall into the "I grew up in a shoe box" syndrome, there was something to be said for operating on a tight budget to which all participants - young people and workers - had made the necessary contribution.
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