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Liverpool Street Station Dance ad by T-Mobile

Posted in Media, Television on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I saw this on TV last night and loved it – someone very clever came up with this ad:

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Christian refuses to drive atheist “No God” bus

Posted in Media, News, Society on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »

A Christian bus driver in the UK is refusing to drive because of the advertising on the side of the bus. The British Humanist Association has been running a month-long campaign with advertising on the side of buses: “There’s probably no God – enjoy life”.  Ron Heather, a Christian driver, has objected to driving buses [...]

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Funny stories from around the world

Posted in Funny, Media, Music, News, Politics, Society, Statistics, Technical/Gadgets on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Some of the random stories and headlines from the BBC over the last couple of weeks: Slice of royal wedding cake sold: A large slice of cake made for the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles has been sold at auction. Driver smashes into supermarket: A supermarket shopper drives through a store window [...]

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The Truth About Teen Girls

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Media, Society on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s a great article from Time Magazine: There are lots of reasons to worry about adolescent girls having sex too early, ranging from serious health risks to the likelihood that they are seeking it for the wrong reasons to the impact it may have on their ability to maintain healthy future relationships. But is it [...]

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Children’s and Youth Work round up

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Media, News, Policy, Politics, The web on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

News from around the world of Children’s & Youth work: Charities come under fire for heavy child trafficking focus: Charities are increasingly focusing on child trafficking at the expense of migrant children’s needs, an academic has claimed. BT Yahoo! donates to Childline: Telecoms giant BT is to donate cash generated from online searches to children’s [...]

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The Youth Specialties podcast is back…

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Media on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Youth Specialties podcast is back… What do I have to do? Click here to go directly to the YS Podcast iTunes page. Once there, click “subscribe” and you’re good to go. From now on when we release a new episode it will automatically download for you. While you’re there go ahead and post a [...]

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Detractors speak against ‘Make me a Christian’

Posted in Church, Media, Television on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A lap dancer, a lesbian, and a lapsed Christian with a pregnant girlfriend are among the participants on the U.K.’s newest reality show, Make Me a Christian, where Christian leaders attempt to bring a group of unlikely candidates to the faith. The show’s premise is to find out if Christianity can help repair the moral [...]

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Courage from Nike

Posted in Media, Sport on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As usual, great inspiring advert from Nike:

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Teachers warn children are bullied over brand

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Education, Media, News, Schools work, Society, Statistics on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Guardian has reported on research that shows what we all know – but is nevertheless a very worrying trend: Children who cannot afford to buy the latest brands and fashions face bullying and ridicule by their peers, teachers warned … Research from the teaching union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, says children are [...]

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Can a disabled model make it in fashion?

Posted in Media, Society on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Interesting article at the BBC on Can a disabled model make it in fashion? Are we still too superficial in the UK, or is it an area that will develop – how does it affect the young people we work with who have disabilities – that they have so few role models to look up [...]

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