Compare the Way Youth Work Has Changed over Time.

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Compare the ways in which youth work has changed over time by considering factors that have influenced it. When looking into the ways youth work has changed over time it showed that there is a big difference in the way they were run then and by the way they are run now. But even though it shows a big difference in the way that they were run, it stills shows similarities to the way youth work is today. This assignment is going to look at the early origins of youth work and what influenced provisions to be put in place for the young people in the first place; it’s also going to look into changes that have occurred around youth work and what or who has influenced these changes and argue the strengths and weaknesses of these changes. The first early provisions that were put into place aimed at young people were Sunday schools and Ragged schools. These were put into place by philanthropist like Robert Raikes who felt there was a need for Sunday schools, with the harsh effects of industrial revolution effecting young people influenced him to help disadvantaged young people learn basic morals and learning skills. Ragged schools were made up of the same structure set up by philanthropists and solely run by donations to keep it opened these were also put into place to give poor disadvantaged people a chance at some sort of education. Sunday schools were attached to local churches. Information sourced from ( Infed youth work- an introduction ) They emerged in 1780, Sunday schools were originally put into place to give free informal education for disadvantaged people giving them the opportunity to learn basic manners, learning skills, basic reading and writing. Sunday schools were open over days of the week too, but Sundays were solely for learning and general activities were put into place on the other days. A founder of Sunday schools was Robert Raikes alongside
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