Our first Youth Updates of 2024 is a focused special all about ACES. Join us as we chat to our guest, Jon Needham (Director of Safeguarding for a large multi-academy trust) about Adverse Childhood Experiences and what we might need to know about them.
Jan 12, 2024
26 min
It’s our final drop of the year! In this festively-timed Youth Updates we look at the trend that’s sweeping teen girls Christmas lists, how spirituality benefits mental wellbeing, our word of the month and how you should never call a young person out of the blue!
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Dec 15, 2023
19 min
If e-Sports doesn’t ring a bell, you wonder what Gen Z searches for most on Spotify or you're concerned over fake news on social media, then this Youth Updates is for you!
Dec 12, 2023
21 min
Join us as we chat to Hannah and Pete from Phase Trust about young people and exploitation; including what the big concerns are right now and things to watch out for. Plus...get not one, not two but three words of the month!
Oct 20, 2023
22 min
We're back for Season 3 of Youth Updates! Join Hannah and Beth as they chat with Neil O'Boyle, National Director of British Youth For Christ, about 3 things he sees going on in youth culture. You don't want to miss it!
Sep 22, 2023
19 min
Today we look at the humour of young people, the fresh wave of year 7s coming up into youth groups this Autumn, our word of the month and changes affecting those thinking about higher education.
Jul 14, 2023
15 min
A 10% increase in counselling sessions about exam stress since the pandemic? This month in Youth Updates, Beth and Hannah discuss this NSPCC article as well as decoding the world of AI and ChatGPT alongside which artists are doing huge arena tours garnering a huge following online. Not forgetting our usual word of the month - give it a listen!
Jun 16, 2023
16 min
Join Beth as she asks 3 guests to unpack their answer to the question 'If you could go back in time to when you were a young person, what would you tell yourself?', exploring what they would say and how it links to young people today. And, of course, there's also our word of the month (with the intro sung beautifully by one of our guests!)
May 19, 2023
12 min
Join us as we talk about Andrew Tate, reflections from a festival, our word of the month and a run down of some basic social media terms!
Apr 21, 2023
18 min
Join us as we welcome a special guest, Rebecca, to chat about being a young adult in church and that key transition from youth to 'grown up' church. Alongside this we chat about the 'Prime' drink craze, Tiktok's new safety features and our word of the month!
Mar 24, 2023
23 min
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