‘Youth Rising’ in print

Youth Rising

Spunout.ie has published 20,000 copies of a new youth magazine called ‘Youth Rising’ and if your local youth group wants copies, they’re available for free.

 
The magazine has already gone out to schools, colleges, youth centres, cinemas, cafes and other youth settings throughout the country.

 
‘Youth Rising’ features the voices of young people covering topics such as unemployment, sexual health, emigration, protest, politics, music and humour.

 
It features a full directory of youth organisations and help services throughout the island of Ireland.

 

To request bulk copies email: info@spunout.ie

Thanks to Finbar from Mayo for the above.

The cut to the minimum wage has been widely criticised. The €1 cut equates to 11.5% of salary if you're on the minimum wage.

Business leaders have welcomed the proposal saying it will cuts costs.

However, Fine Gael have said they may revisit the proposal.

A good book to ask your library to buy -

If you’re looking for new perspectives on youthwork in Ireland, then a new journal maps out new thinking on this area of work.

‘Youth and Community Work in Ireland: Critical Perspectives’ was published recently by lecturers from Cork.

It is currently the only text that covers the theory and practice of youth and community work in Ireland.

The authors aim with the book to reach a broad audience including workers, volunteers, students, policy makers and academics in youth and community work and related fields.

It is, they say, “a key text for youth and community work degrees and related programmes in universities and colleges and a resource for youth and community work groups, organisations and projects.”

For more information and to buy a copy – or indeed to ask your local library to purchase your copy – log onto the publishers website Blackhall Publishing.

The authors Catherine Forde, Rosie Meade and Elizabeth Kiely are lecturers in the Department of Applied Social Studies in University College Cork and have published widely on youth and community work.