Alternative Australia
Escape from 'normality' in the weird and wonderful company
of the many contributors to this extraordinary book.
This is no normal history or travel book - enter in, the
show is about to begin!
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Another kind of space
A glimpse at the realities of environmentalism and the
eco-dwellings that can become extensions of ourselves and
our lifestyles.
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A Time to Travel?
(ebook)
Written, illustrated and produced by Travellers themselves. It offers a fascinating series of insights
into the day-to-day life of the people known by the media as the 'new age travellers'.
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Creative outdoor work with young people
95 successfully tried and tested activities and games covering
everything from finding the way through to camp activities,
planning and safety and creative use of the environment.
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Effective use of teambuilding in social welfare organisations
Examples and anecdotes from a wide variety of practice
fields illustrate how teambuilding can be used or abused,
and how team members can build on strengths while also spotting
signs of trouble.
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Making a Difference
There are ideas, guidance and examples in this book that
will guide, encourage and provoke.
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 No Boundaries
A wonderful evocation of personal struggles for the freedom
to travel and to live non-stereotypical lives!
Personal accounts about travelling in France, Spain, Romania,
Goa, Germany, Greece, South Africa and more.
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Organising successful learning events
A guide to planning and running conferences, seminars and
workshops for anyone involved facilitating training in the
people-services.
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‘Round Eyemouth
A guide for visitors and locals
Crammed with maps, photos and info about the town of Eyemouth
and the surrounding area. It covers both well-known and
lesser visited attractions throughout Berwickshire and North
Northumberland as well as extensive coverage of the coast
path from Berwick to Dowlaw and Fast Castle.
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Supporting safer communities
Fifteen thought-provoking chapters address the themes of
'disorder and regeneration', the 'policing of crime and
disorder', 'service provider approaches to safe communities'
and 'social inclusion and community safety.'
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The Battle of the Beanfield
On June 1st 1985, a convoy of over 500 new travellers,
peace protestors, green activists and festival-goers set
off from Savernake Forest in Wiltshire to establish the
12th annual free festival at Stonehenge -
They never reached their destination.
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The new youth arts and crafts book
Hands on! Practical! Lively! Fun! Packed brimful with a
diverse range of arts and crafts activities to use with
young people.
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The new youth games book
With more than 200 games, this book has sold about 50,000
copies and is the best selling book on informal work with
young people in the UK.
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The practical guide to social welfare research
Offering practical advice, worked examples and clearly
structured information on the entire research process. Hopefully
this book will improve your ability to both undertake and
evaluate the worth of research in whatever area of social
research you are involved with.
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The Sigil
a novel for the New Age
Jenn is a young woman living in London. On an impulse,
she and her boyfriend go on a hitching holiday. It is a
story of Jenn trying to come to terms with being single,
twenty-something, and still keen to experience a contradictory
cocktail of stimulants: cannabis, astral dreaming and achieving
a running high, to name but three!
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The Youth Africa Music Experience
This book and accompanying CD are for anyone who works
with, or wants to work with, young people. Denis Kigongo,
a practising musician, youth worker and teacher, from Uganda,
together with Alan offer different ideas for a range of
ways to engage young people with African music.
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Which Witch and the Bog Monsters
A children's book for reading by, or to, 6 to 9 year olds.
The 'hit' of many Traveller kids' events including the
Green Field at Glastonbury Festival.
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World youth games
A 'must have' practical book for anyone wanting to work
creatively with young people
Over 200 games and sequences.
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Youth action and the environment
Brings environmental issues alive for anyone who works
with young people. It tackles the difficult and controversial
issues. Should work with young people stick to safe environmental
areas such as recycling and tree planting, or can empowerment
embrace the DIY culture of the road and tree protestors?
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Youth Africa Experience
Alan with Denis from Uganda, provide a collection of games
and activities as a means of injecting some examples of
the 'beauty and diversity' of African culture into a positive
agenda for youth work and multi-cultural education in the
UK and beyond.
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