Leonard Barnett explores the importance of fellowship, association and self-government in the church youth club. Leonard Barnett – responsible people (fellowship and self-government in church youth clubs). Barnett’s (1951) The Church Youth Club, some key debates and questions around the relationship of church youth club work and the wider Church are explored. Leonard Barnett – why youth clubs? In this chapter taken from Leonard P. Leonard Barnett – club and church (1951). See: Chapter 1: The Youth Service yesterday and today Chapter 3: Justification and aims of the youth service Chapter 5: Activities and facilities and Chapter 10: Recommendations and priorities.

The Albemarle Report (1960) provided youth work in England and Wales with a very influential rationale and framework – and was a key element in substantially increasing funding for youth work. ‘Albemarle Report’ – The Youth Service in England and Wales. This important piece exploring the motives of settlement house workers by Jane Addams was first published in 1892 and later appeared as chapter six of Twenty Years at Hull House (1910). Jane Addams – The subjective necessity for social settlements. Jane Addams’ (1910) discussion of the educational contribution of social settlements – Chapter XVIII of Twenty Years at Hull House, New York: Macmillan. Jump to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w y z a Scroll through to find the writers and topics that you want – or search. Materials that illuminate the development of pedagogy, informal education, community-building and lifelong learning.

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