Youth Work Links

• Teaching
• Christian views & issues
• Self harm
• Theory
• Gender issues
• Drugs etc.
• Legal stuff / good practice
• Statistics
• Films & TV
• Games / ideas / crafts etc
• Drama
• Music
• Alt Worship / Emerging Church
• Organisations
• General
• Local

Teaching

• myfishbites.com (talks/sketches etc)
• Thousands of sermons and studies
• The Biblical Studies foundation
• Bible information online
• The idea exchange
• The Children's Chapel (Bible stories and other stuff)
• Sublime (some material for cells)
• Using TV / films - ideas for development
• Come reason - questions / issues
• Discussion starters - youthworker.org.uk
• Connect Bible studies
• Spirituality & Health
• Video clip ideas - the source for youth ministry
• the informal education homepage
• Youth Online - media and entertainment
• The text this week - index of movie themes
• Movie Parables
• Index of movie themes
• Arts & Faith - Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films
• Simply Youth Ministry - freebies
• The Brick Testament - the Bible in Lego bricks
• Cartoon Church
• Ready to use talk / discussion ideas
• Annunciation trust
• talking donkey (lesson plans)

Christian views / issues

• Reasons to believe
• Teen Qs: questions
• WORD on the web - Daily Bible studies for YP
• Good Morals
• And Adam Knew Eve - a dictionary of sex in the Bible
• Abortion facts
• Christian Students in Science -  issues relating to science and faith
• The Shock of your life
• The Homeless pages - a guide to single homelessness in London
• Crisis - Fighting for hope for homeless people
• 54 ways you can help the homeless
• CHAS (Catholic Housing Aid Society) - stats / lesson plans
• The Penal Lexicon - prisons, criminal justice and penal affairs
• Speak - make a noise about injustice
• Adbusters - reinventing the outdated paradigm of our consumer culture
• Church Action On Poverty
• Pure Intimacy (addressing online sexual temptation)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church In America (see social policy)
• Redefining progress
• Care's guide to dealing with internet porn
• Make Love Last
• Disposable Planet
• CMU Library - Religion and Film
• Christian Medical Fellowship
• NoMoHo
• ADHD Information Service
• Christians in Sport
• CMU Library - Movie Theology
• Spirited Exchanges
  

Self Harm

• Anorexia Bulimia Care
• Self injury - information and resources
• Young people and self harm
• Self injury and self-harm: psychlinks.ca
• Self harm alliance
• Secret shame (self-injury information and support)
• Luton Churches Education Trust - self harm
• Bristol Crisis service for women

Theory

• Generation XYZ
• Emerging Church
• Commitment level model - A Model of Youth Ministry
• Search institute - Various articles of some interest
• 21 Youth Ministry resources
• Fusion (cells n stuff)
• Kings communications - counselling notes on abuse
• licc - London Institute for contemporary Christianity
• 150 ways to show kids you care
• Papers - written by Graeme Codrington
• All Saints Youthwork - aims and objectives
• The Scottish Council for research in education
• Sex education forum
• The Evangelical Alliance Youth and Childrens Network
• Mind - check out "information" section
• Social Exclusion Unit
• Christian Youthwork - the informal education homepage
• Ryan's Youth Ministry Papers
• Training Youth
• Commission on urban life and faith
• FYT Spiritual development program

Gender issues

• Christian View Point for men
• CAC program for male spirituality

Drugs etc.

• Drug Scope
• Guidelines for the management of incidents of drug misuse in schools
• The good drugs guide
• Frank (Drugs)

Legal stuff / good practice

• Promoting Good Practice
• Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service
• Christ Church, Virginia Water
• The Children's Legal Centre
• The Protection of Children Act 1999
• Protection of Children Act List System
• Disclosure
• Spiritual Abuse in Bible Based Churches
• Spiritual Abuse
• UNICEF - Convention on the rights of the Child
• Data protection
• Children's and Youth Work in the Archdeaconry of York
• Streetwise 2001
• DfES - health and saftey, school visits etc.
• Youth work - framework for inspection (Ofsted)
• Youth work - Ofsted self-assessment form
• North Yorkshire County Council - Anti Bullying

Vital statistics

• Evangelical alliance
• CCTA Government Information Service
• The United Nations Youth Information Network
• Youth Education Page
• Centre for Europe's Children
• Department of Health
• The source of UK official statistics and data
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• R0xor.com worldometers
• PCfRE festival database - the national RE festival database

Films / TV

• The internet Movie Database
• The Movie Quotes Site

Games / ideas / crafts etc.

• Youthideas blog
• Youth and Game links
• Youth Resources
• EGAD Youth Group Ideas
• The ANJY On Line Game Book
• Youth Ministry Games Index
• Super Ideas for youth groups
• More youth games
• YMNE Indoor and outdoor games
• Jonathan's games for Youth ministers
• Youth work games and resources
• Troyka.co.uk Youth Work Resources
• The Quiz site
• Blue Peter - "here's one I made earlier"
• Kinderart
• Fun and games.org
• Craft Creations
• English Tougue Twisters
• Caption city - caption and image and send it to your friends
• o.s. Earth - Global Simulation Workshop
• DLTK printable crafts for kids
• Guess the dictator / sit com character
• youthworkideas.com - includes quizes etc.

Drama

• Free Methodist Church - Running man drama
• Dramatix drama page / poetry
• The Christian Comedy and Drama Webring
• Christian globe

Alt worship / Emerging Church

• alt.worship website
• Greenbelt alternative worship
• Resonance
• Embody
• Holy Space
• Vurch
• Phuture
• Grace - fresh worship
• The Scriptorium
• Visions
• The Holy City Project
• Alt.W.FAQ
• Labyrinth
• Small fire
• moot
• Holy Joes
• jonny baker: worship tricks
• emergingchurch.info
• Clubbers Temple
• Emergent Village
• cybertheology - theology in, of and for cyberspace

Music

• MTV
• JAM TV - info on different artists
• Song lyrics - lyrics.com
• 2turntables - DJ network
• Christian Metal Network
• Christian Music Entertainment Group
  

Organisations

• CPAS
• Scripture Union
• Message to schools
• Oasis Trust
• CARE
• The Association of Christian Councillors
• Causeway Prospects - support/resources for people with learning difficulties
• Amaze - Association of Christian Youth/Childrens workers
• Community and Youthworkers Union
• Frontier Youth Trust (spiritual development)
• CARE for life - Pregnancy counselling centres
• National Children's Bureau
• Christian Ecology Link - Christian movement for people concerned about the Environment
• Counselling & Training partnership
• Saint Mary's Press
• Centre for youth ministry
• Salto-youth.net - Toolbox for training
• The National Youth Agency
• National Family & Parenting Institute
• Childline - boys allowed
• Gone Forever - helping children and young people cope with bereavement and loss

General resources

• Whirlwind Bible Tour
• The Youth Centre
• Teens alive
• Youth work magazine
• YM Message Boards - check out the home page here
• 2000 Christian Resource Index
• Christian Resources
• YMC - Youth Ministry Central Resources
• Youth Pastor
• The informal education homepage
• VitrualKid - Teen and puberty 101
• Anagram generator
• Symbols in Christian art
• 24-7 prayer
• Youth Specialities
• Audio treasure (Audio bible streaming / mp3)
• Accountants Dot Com - alphabetical listing of charities / uni's etc.
• Creative Youth Ideas
• Youth Ministry on-line (PDYM)
• The Site (different issues)
• rejesus
• Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
• Tony Campolo
• 4 girls health
• Nigel's list of retreat centres
• The unofficial YFC site - presentations
• Come clean - make your confession
• Spirituality & Health - the body and soul connection
• CCI - Christian holidays and venue finder
• Prayer lava Lamp
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/teens/
• Rizer - information & advice for young people about law, crime and consequences of offending
• Doctor Ann's Virtual Surgery

Local projects

• Label of Love
• The Cambridge Centre
• Filey Surgery

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