Thinking Seriously about...Youth Work and Policy - Thursday 15 Mar 2012 - YMCA George Williams College, London

Youth and Policy's fourth 'thinking seriously' conference will explore current youth policy and consider its implications for the youth work field. The conference aims to bring together political, academic, managerial and practice perspectives for open dialogue about policy affecting young people and youth work.

Over recent months, many events have taken place with subsequent policy implications for youth work organisation and practice.
Following the implementation of Coalition spending cuts, the Select Committee on Services for Young People, and the riots of summer 2011, a conference to reflect on these events and their consequences in early 2012 is timely and useful.

We hope that the conference will present a challenge to practitioners, managers and academics to consider the new landscape, and
how policy and practice might be better shaped in the light of evidence and experience.
Youth Work and Policy Booking form.doc