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Resources for working with children and young people

Here are resources to assist friends involved in working with children and young people.  The Ideas Store is a collection of ways of working that is always worth browsing.  You can search it by topic or by age range and we are always pleased to add new ideas to the database or to hear about your experience in using them. Just email bevelies@quaker.org.uk

Click on the Publications link to find details of a variety of booklets. Our latest publication, Building a Children's Meeting is there, ready to download.

We have a regular publication called Journeys in the Spirit.  There are two editions, one for working with children, published monthly, the other to support work with young people that is published termly. Samples of each edition are below:

Each edition is available free to subscribers and is distributed by email.  If, having looked at the samples you would like to receive one or both editions, please contact us using the either of the links below. You can download the subscription forms to complete and return to us or use the email addresses.

Subscribe to Journeys in the Spirit for Children's Work [Word doc 38.5kb  - new window]

Subscribe to Journeys in the Spirit for Youthwork [Word doc  30.5kb - new window]

If you prefer to email, please make sure you give us your name, the name of your local and monthly meeting and your email address and send this to the appopriate address/es below:

journeyschild@quaker.org.uk

journeysyouth@quaker.org.uk

Wherever possible we ask you to provide an email address so that you can recieve your edition electronically.  If you have any queries, please contact us via either of these email addresses or telephone 020 7663 1013.

Journeys in the Spirit An introduction and user guide

This sheet gives an introduction to Journeys in the Spirit. It outlines the structure and format and gives ideas on how to use Journeys in a range of settings. Use this link to see the guide which opens in a new page: Journeys Introduction and Guidance [PDF: 4KB - new window] 

 

Accessing Journeys in the Spirit files from your email link

If you have any difficulties working with a Journeys in the Spirit file, click on this link to see some advice - this will open in a new page:  Using the Journeys files [PDF: 96.1kb - new window] 

Archive

We archive previous editions of Journeys in the Spirit, follow this link to find these: Archive