1. Youth Work Week is not one of the generously funded, PR-led, themed education weeks that clutter the calendar, so don't expect high-gloss publicity material and programme ideas from The National Youth Agency. What happens locally is up to the youth services, voluntary youth organisations and others who choose to participate. There are no hard and fast rules and there is no registration procedure, just hundreds of local grass-roots activities.
2. Children and young people's health has changed dramatically. It isn't just about obesity and a lack of physical fitness. Asthma and allergies are at much higher levels than any experienced by previous generations. Most youth projects will have members who travel with inhalers or pre-loaded adrenalin injections, and many are taking more responsibility for managing their conditions than adults have ever done. Listen to them and consider building from what they know, not what they don't (see Feature, p18).
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