Share your thoughts The S & P Sephardi community want to hear from young voices (how fantastic is that!) In order to fully understand communal needs. The S & P Sephardi...
1. What are the 3 most memorable moments from your annual gatherings over the years? At Reshet, we try to create Annual Gatherings which allow people to meet somewhere interesting...
by Shelley Marsh The writer, Issac Bashevis Singer wrote: ‘We have to believe in free-will. We’ve got no choice.’ Many of our young people truly believe their choices are determined...
What makes camp such an important part of the lives of young British Jews? Camp is so important for British Jews because it gives them a Jewish space that is...
Barnet Council shall be holding a meeting on 16 February on MS Teams to launch and provide more information about the Barnet Community Innovation Fund. The first wave will include...
The Department for Education have issued information here regarding Keeping Children Safe in out of school settings. This information is for those providing informal education (including tuition, sports activities and...
Sharon Daniels is the Well-being and Inclusion Manager for Reform Judaism and RSY-Netzer. She has worked in social care, mental health and youth work in Jewish community and beyond, for...
Shelley Marsh is the Executive Director of Reshet: the Network for Jewish Youth Provision. Shelley holds an MA in Community Leadership and is an experienced Youth and Community worker. Shelley’s...
Alon is the Emotional Wellbeing Practitioner at Yavneh College. He is an experienced educator, youth worker and researcher, who has worked in a diverse range of formal and non-formal educational...
Our community is talking and writing about Safeguarding and Child Protection right now. The Jewish community, like many communities, is not immune to sexual abuse, neglect or harm. Abuse has happened and continues...
As a person living with HIV for over 32 years, Scott was part of and survived that 20thcentury pandemic, where his HIV/AIDS support group became the inspiration for the Broadway...
By Jack Kushner The past few years have been bruising, with divisions over Brexit and a rise in all forms of racism. That’s why JCORE is launching its new #TogetherWeCan...
Today, Young Barnet Foundation, in conjunction with other partners, launch our YOUth Voice Survey, in what we believe to be the biggest ever opportunity for young people in Barnet to...
At the Reshet Annual Gathering 2019 (click here to RSVP), we will discuss issues that are essential to us all in our workplaces. Read this excellent blog from Jewish Women’s Aid...
The full photo gallery for the Reshet Conference 2019: Beyond Ben Gurion, Bamba & Bibi is live on our Facebook page! Click here to take a look. Don’t forget to...
By Sharon Wagner-Zauder: Senior Israel Engagement Manager, UJIA There have been major turning points in my life which have been connected to physically moving from one place to another whether it...
By Sam Clifford: Director, Yoni Jesner Foundation Transitions are often big, significant life changes. But some transitions happen daily, constantly balancing ourselves between multiple worlds. For me, the transition that...
We all know that social media is a great way to chat to your friends and stay connected. But, like anything, with misuse or overuse, the negatives can far outweigh...
In Torah, Abraham is commanded by God to listen to the voice of Sara (Shema B’Kolech, Genesis 21:12): “In all that Sara says unto you, listen to her voice.” This...
By Shelley Marsh, Reshet It is essential that children and young people in the Jewish community are educated on what abuse is and who to tell if they are being...
By Nick Young, Westminster Synagogue We undertook a complete review of our safeguarding policies over the summer of 2017. The policies themselves were several years old, and while perfunctory, we felt legislation,...
By Jessica Overlander-Kaye, Maccabi GB The welfare and safety of our participants and staff is of paramount importance to Maccabi GB and the Organisation is committed to ensuring this is...
By Naomi Dickson, JWA For JWA safeguarding has always been at the heart of what we do. It is too important to our work to be anything less than ‘great’!
By David Collins, Tribe Over the last few years the United Synagogue has worked hard to improve our safeguarding processes. With over 15,000 young people and over 1000 volunteers across...
By Judy Silkoff, Federation of Synagogues At the Federation we take our responsibilities towards our synagogue members very seriously, and our responsibilities to our youngest members are most important of...
By Raymond Simonson, JW3 Although we pride ourselves at JW3 as having built in excellent safeguarding policies, procedures and training from even before we opened our doors for the first...