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Brian Belton has worked in youth work related situations around the world, including Israel, the Falkland Islands, the USA, Thailand, Hong Kong, Zambia, South Africa, China and Canada. He is an internationally recognised authority on Gypsy Ethnicity and youth work, having written widely on those subjects and delivering papers most recently in the USA, Greece, Sweden and Slovenia as well as around the UK. He has a BSc from City University, an MA from the University of Essex and a PhD at the University of Kent. He is now a Senior Lecturer with responsibility for supervision at the YMCA George Williams College in London. He is the author of over 20 books. Justin Hill is Chief Executive of St Helens YMCA. He has worked at a governance level with services for young people, including sitting on the children AZs trust boards in Lincolnshire and Merseyside. He has run a foyer project in London, was a housing manager for a 16+ hostel, was deputy chief executive for Lincolnshire YMCA, and was as a member of the Social Inclusion Programme Group of the European Alliance of YMCAs. He has recently finished his EdD at Nottingham University where he has been studying the educational philosophy of Martin Buber and the practice of work supervision in English YMCAs. John Peaper teaches at the YMCA George Williams College. He has over twenty years of youth work experience, from generic and detached work to specialist project work, including working with young offenders, children/adults with Autism, outdoor education and sports coaching. He has worked as a professional Supervisor for ten years, and delivers training relating to this within and the College and beyond. Tina Salter has worked in the field of informal education for more than 21 years in both the voluntary and statutory sectors. She was team leader for an inclusion project based in Southwark where she specialised in mentoring and small group work with young people at risk of exclusion and offending. She has a Diploma in Mentoring from Leeds Metropolitan University and a Masters Degree in Coaching and Mentoring Practice at Oxford Brookes University. She teachers at the YMCA George Williams College, and is a programme organiser for the BA (hons) Distance Learning Programme.

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