Concrete

'Concrete' comes from the Latin word 'con-crescere,' meaning ''to grow together.' We aim to be a community that strives for excellence in the provision of Christian Youth Work and in the training and equipping of Christian Youth Workers. CONCRETE was born out of 'Urban Hope' the youth work project of St Stephens Canonbury in Islington in 2013. In 2... 018 CONCRETE moved as a project and is hosted by Salmon Youth Centre in Bermondsey. It is important that as project, CONCRETE ethos and practice is worked out and tested in praxis. Many youth workers speak of feeling isolated and of how 'working out' how to deliver youth work in their context can be a lonely task; CONCRETE aims to tackle this by drawing those working with young people together in to a journey of mutual development and support. We seek to be 'value led' and 'relationally worked out.' Building a framework of values and principles on which our attitudes, beliefs, skills and practices are formed. Ben Bell and James Fawcett are curators of CONCRETE, but we consider ourselves on a journey with many others in youth work in the UK. This is what others say about CONCRETERead More