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Tim on Twitter
- Good meeting with @benjamincutting this morning. He's got a great future written all over him (not literally, of course) 5 days ago
- RT @iDrumBuskers: New page added on the website. 'The Show'. idrum.org.uk. 5 days ago
- A privilege to be counted among the @iDrumBuskers (iDrum Show, 12 Apr) http://t.co/wFurzvRNOQ 5 days ago
Author Archives: Tim Abbott
Young People and Loss
On Monday we hosted a training day led by Pete English from This Way Up, a charity that specialises in supporting young people through bereavement and loss. So many of the young people we work with today have experienced some … Continue reading
Posted in resources, schools
Tagged schools, training, young people
Memorise a few vital numbers
Over the course of one day recently I met three people who probably wish they had memorised a few vital phone numbers. The first was someone who had been out clearing snow for their neighbour when they got locked out … Continue reading
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Big questions and small beginnings at Colchester Institute
Colchester Institute provides further education, vocational training and higher education to degree level for people from across the north east Essex area and beyond. This week we were involved at the huge Colchester campus as part of their Equality and Diversity week. … Continue reading
Posted in sanctum
Tagged spirituality, young people
Young people and ‘sexting’
Sexting: An Exploration of Practices, Attitudes and Influences is a report from the UK Safer Internet Centre and NSPCC which came out in December 2012. The report surveyed 120 Year 9 pupils from three counties through group discussions looking at how they … Continue reading
Posted in schools
Tagged schools, SRE, young people
Bethlehem tells the Christmas story
The people of Bethlehem today retelling the Christmas story. I love this kind of story-telling. It helped my appreciation of the events of that first Christmas and the events of Jesus’ birthplace today. Video by SPAM, St. Paul’s Arts and … Continue reading
Sanctum – Calm Jar
When we first created Sanctum we had a zone where students could just be still on beanbags in a white draped area. Amazingly, some ‘got it’ and, understanding the point of the exercise, actually experienced a bit of peace. But … Continue reading
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Tagged prayer, spirituality, young people
Sanctum at the Gilberd School
“Peaceful”, “Calming”, Relaxing”, “a safe place to let out your feelings”, “Spiritual”; just some of the words and phrases students used to describe their experience of Sanctum last week. Sanctum is our prayer space for schools and this was the … Continue reading
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Tagged cyo, prayer, spirituality, young people
4thought.tv – Christian & atheist identical twins
Joe and Tom are identical twins, one is a Christian minister, one is an atheist. Here they talk about their different outlook on faith as part of the Channel 4 series, 4thought.tv This is just a snapshot of two wonderful … Continue reading
Managing without managers
I have a bit of an interest in the way organisations manage themselves and their people and was particularly inspired by The Starfish and the Spider: The unstoppable power of leaderless organisations by Brafman and Beckstrom a few years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged culture, organisations
