Umea-Sweden

Greetings from Sweden,

We have now started our second day in Umea and i cant believe we will be back n england in a couple of days.

Yesterday was a very thought provoking day. The conference took place in a beautiful culture house and i was particularly intrigued by professor forkbys lecture which focussed on the history of youth work in Sweden. The way we work in the UK has many similarities with Sweden but the perspective has many differences. Young people being victims of commercialism is a very interesting point of view which i have never heard in England.

We also had dinner with many senior members of YMCA Sweden, including Patrick Schroder (general secretary) and gustav (ymca umea ceo) who were very interested in the work we did and using us as a resource.

An interesting day which has given me a lot to think about.

Tej doa

Shabs