For youth workers and youth work Speaking Out for a Better Future

"Extremely accessible, this will challenge and appeal to youth workers, students, academics and policy makers alike. Essential and timely reading." --Kev Henman, Divisional Youth Officer, Devon Youth Service. "Doug Nicholls' book makes a passionate case for defending youth work's potential as a powerful transformative force. This is essential reading for all those concerned with youth and community work." --Marjorie Mayo, Goldsmiths', University of London. "Doug Nicholls' message - the need for a new youth work for a new century - is sometimes polemical, often provocative, invariably partisan and always passionate. But it is principled, and it is essential that we reflect carefully on his words." --Howard Williamson, Professor of European Youth Policy, University of Glamorgan "a refreshing and illuminating read" --Children and Young People Now "For Youth Workers and Youth Work is an accessible, essential and timely read for statutory and voluntary sector service managers, youth workers, educationalists, students and policy makers interested in the wellbeing of young people in Britain both now and in the future, and how best to promote youth work. I strongly recommend it." Youth and Policy journal