hi, my name is Isaac and I go to Mangotsfield school, and I've been doing work experience this week at the youth club. Day 1 : I did a mock job interview, and some agree disagree statements all about issues that might come up at work. I then learnt about the four pillars of youth work. I then came up with a project idea to build something new for the skatepark and during the first session I asked young skateboarders what they wanted me to build. Day 2 : I started by designing the picnic bench...

Way back in 2019 our youth club was not busy. Our regular group had aged out and moved on and we were struggling to find the next generation. It seemed like the traditional idea of a youth centre had gotten a bit lost amongst all the tailored activities now on offer. When our youth project started in 2005, there was nothing for young people to do in the area. There were no clubs, no after school activities, and young people were left to their own devices... which caused a bit of friction with...

Since we started The Boarding School I've been following the amazing work of Skateistan and the Good Push Alliance. They produce some really good resources for social skateboarding projects and give young people round the world access to education programmes through skateboarding. This year, through collaboration with some of their long standing partners (@KeepRolling_Co) and the good people of UCL East in London, they put on the first of it's kind; The Social Skate Summit. A convention of...