A career in Youth work

This period focuses on the early days of working with young people and community voluntary organisations in Newham.
Non Statuary Youth provisions in Local Education Authorities came out of the 1960s Albemarle report set up to find solutions for young white people delinquent behaviour especially the many battles fought between the Mods and the Skinheads.

(Map of Local authority and voluntary youth provisions in 1980s

P/T youth worker at West ham youth club Water Lane and Hartley Centre Barking Road
Studied at YMCA college Youth and Community 2 year full time course
Deputy Warden at Eastlea centre
Full time Warden (Title changed to Head of Centre – Developing new activities into the Youth work curriculum. Braiding as part of girls work, building sound system

NALGO Black Members Committee

Supporting Black community voluntary organisations – East London Black Women’s Organisation (ELBWO) Supplementary Saturday school, Dominica UK association DDUKA, One Love. Newham African Caribbean Association NACA, Hibiscus Elderly, St Vincent Association, Barbados Overseas Community Association, Newham Monitoring Project, Sickle Cell, Newham Black Performing Arts and Visual Workshop. Newham Black Youth Workers, African Caribbean Youth Work with TC,
St Anthony’s supplementary school