About Us

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Steve Walker has been involved in Youth Work and Community Development since 1992 with experience in a variety of contexts both across the UK and in Europe. . A qualified trainer, educator and with qualifications in counselling to promote an effectiveness in providing a support and solutions offer for individuals, organisations and authorities.  Enhanced DBS available. A development in 2015 to leadership support and development across sectors has been an active response to ongoing support to leaders in practice.

 

The Youth Work Common Room and Steve Walker Training Consultancy operate as a connecting space and business.  Registered with HMRC with up to date financial accounts presented annually.

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Constitution

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1. Name and Legal Form

    •    The name of the organisation is “The Youth Work Common Room” (“the Organisation”). Steve Walker Training Consultancy as the operating organisation.

    •    The Organisation will operate as a social and trading purpose entity (dedicated to leadership, education, youth and community work with an emphasis on informal education.

2. Vision and Purpose

    •    Vision: Communities in which every young person can access high‑quality, relationship‑centred youth work and informal education, supported by confident, well‑resourced practitioners and organisations.

    •    Objects/Purposes:

    •    To advance education and social wellbeing by promoting and strengthening youth work and informal education practice.

    •    To support the professional development, supervision, and wellbeing of youth and community practitioners through training, consultancy, and digital resources.

    •    To cultivate dialogue, reflection, and critical thinking about policy, practice, and social justice issues affecting young people and communities.

    •    To encourage collaboration between youth work providers, education, health, social care, and community organisations in the interests of young people.

3. Activities

To pursue its purposes, the Organisation may:

    •    Provide training, consultancy, supervision, and organisational development services for youth and community organisations, education providers, and allied agencies.

    •    Develop and share digital resources, including articles, blogs, podcasts, webinars, downloadable tools, and online discussion spaces for practitioners.

    •    Host events, workshops, and conferences to support learning communities, practice exchange, and workforce development.

    •    Operate an online store and other trading activities that align with the mission, reinvesting surpluses in the Organisation’s social purpose.

    •    Engage in research, advocacy, and public education on youth work, informal education, and related policy issues.

4. Governance and Membership

    •    The Organisation will be overseen by Steve Walker who is responsible for strategy, accountability, and safeguarding the mission and values.

    •    Membership structures (practitioners, partners, supporters) may be established to enable participation, consultation, and co‑creation of content and activity, with due attention to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

    •    Decision‑making will strive to reflect youth work principles: participatory, dialogical, reflective, and grounded in ethical practice and social justice.

5. Ethics, Safeguarding, and Quality

    •    The Organisation commits to ethical practice consistent with professional youth work codes, safeguarding legislation, and data protection requirements.

    •    It will promote reflective practice, supervision, and continuous professional development for those it trains and employs, and will welcome feedback and challenge as part of quality assurance.

6. Finance and Assets

    •    Income may be generated through training, consultancy, resource sales, events, grants, and partnerships consistent with the mission and values.

    •    Any surplus will be reinvested into the Organisation’s purposes, inclusive of supporting operation of The Youth Work Common Room.

    •    On dissolution, any remaining assets will be transferred to Steve Walker as sole proprietor of the business.  Ancilliary projects will be shared with non-profit organisations to continue the valuable work undertaken.

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Privacy and Cookies Policy

Last updated: 30th October 2026

The Youth Work Common Room & Steve Walker Training Consultancy (“we”, “us” and “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling personal information responsibly. This policy explains what personal information we collect through this website, why we collect it, how we use it, how long we keep it, and the rights available to you.

For UK data protection purposes, the data controller is:

Steve Walker Email: steviewalks@yahoo.co.uk 

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We do not sell, rent or trade personal information or email lists to other organisations for their marketing purposes.

Personal information we collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect:

•    Your name, email address and any information you provide when you contact us.

•    Information you provide when subscribing to a mailing list, registering for an event, buying a product, or submitting an enquiry.

•    Technical information about how you use the website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information and pages visited, where analytics or essential security tools are in use.

•    Records of communications between you and us.

Please do not send sensitive personal information through general website contact forms unless we have specifically asked you to do so and explained why it is needed.

How we use your information

We use personal information only where we have a lawful basis to do so. This may include:

•    To respond to enquiries or provide requested information — where this is necessary to take steps at your request or for our legitimate interests in running and responding to enquiries about our work.

•    To provide services, products, bookings or resources — where necessary to perform a contract with you.

•    To send newsletters or marketing communications — where you have given consent, or where another lawful basis applies under UK law.

•    To administer and improve the website — where it is in our legitimate interests to keep the website secure, effective and relevant.

•    To meet legal or regulatory obligations — where processing is necessary to comply with the law.

You can withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in an email or by contacting us at steviewalks@yahoo.co.uk 

 

Marketing and mailing lists

If you subscribe to our mailing list, we will use your contact details to send you the information you asked to receive, such as news, resources, events, offers or updates.

We will only send direct marketing emails where we are legally allowed to do so. You can unsubscribe at any time, and we will not sell, rent or trade your details or mailing-list data to other organisations.

We use The Youth Work Common Room email and Wix website as provider, to manage mailing lists and send emails. 

 

Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help a website function properly, remember your preferences and, where you consent, help us understand how people use the site.

We use a cookie banner or preference tool to give you a choice about non-essential cookies. You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through your own browser.

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Strictly necessary cookies

Some cookies are essential for the website to work properly. These may support functions such as security, accessibility, load balancing, remembering cookie choices, or completing forms. These cookies do not require consent, but you can block them through your browser settings; doing so may affect how the website works.

 

Analytics cookies

If we use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, we will ask for your consent before placing analytics cookies on your device.

Analytics information helps us understand how visitors use the website, for example which pages are visited most often and whether visitors encounter technical problems. We use this information to improve the site and its content. We do not use analytics to identify you directly.

Where Google Analytics is used, Google may process certain information on our behalf. Further information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.

Managing cookies

You can manage cookies through our cookie preference tool and through your browser settings. Information on managing cookies is available from the Information Commissioner’s Office: Cookies and similar technologies.

Sharing your information

We may share personal information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate the website or provide services to you. Depending on the services used, these may include:

•    Website hosting and technical support providers.

•    Email marketing or newsletter providers.

•    Payment processors.

•    Booking, event-registration or online-store providers.

•    Analytics providers, where you have consented to analytics cookies.

•    Professional advisers, insurers or regulators where necessary.

We only share the minimum information necessary and require service providers to protect it appropriately. We do not sell or trade your personal information.

International transfers

Some of our service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as an adequacy regulation or the use of approved contractual safeguards, to protect your information.

How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting or reporting requirements.

For example:

•    Enquiries: up to 24 months after the matter is closed.

•    Mailing-list records: until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove your details.

•    Transaction records: for as long as required by tax, accounting or legal requirements.

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Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:

•    Ask for access to the personal information we hold about you.

•    Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.

•    Ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

•    Ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances.

•    Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing.

•    Ask for your information in a portable format where applicable.

•    Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent.

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To exercise any of these rights, contact us at steviewalks@yahoo.co.uk

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.

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You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how we handle your information. You can contact the ICO via ico.org.uk or telephone 0303 123 1113.

Security

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We take appropriate technical and organisational steps to protect personal information against accidental loss, unauthorised access, misuse, alteration or disclosure. However, no online system can be guaranteed completely secure.

 

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy and Cookies Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.

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