WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.280 align:middle line:90% 00:00:23.280 --> 00:00:26.036 align:middle line:84% - Hi, my name is Tadz, I'm 28 years old, 00:00:26.036 --> 00:00:27.910 align:middle line:84% and I'm a youthworker living in North London. 00:00:27.910 --> 00:00:33.650 align:middle line:90% 00:00:33.650 --> 00:00:36.790 align:middle line:84% The youth work I do involves some detached youth work, 00:00:36.790 --> 00:00:39.040 align:middle line:84% which is going out and meeting people 00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:43.220 align:middle line:84% in the community, where they choose to spend their time. 00:00:43.220 --> 00:00:46.050 align:middle line:84% I run some youth clubs, especially transition groups, 00:00:46.050 --> 00:00:48.560 align:middle line:84% so Year Six and Year Seven aged young people, 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:51.920 align:middle line:84% where we think about moving to secondary school. 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:55.764 align:middle line:84% And I also tutor young people in chemistry in their A-levels. 00:00:55.764 --> 00:00:58.180 align:middle line:84% Some of the things that I hope for the young people I work 00:00:58.180 --> 00:01:02.650 align:middle line:84% with is that they will have a new experience that's fun, 00:01:02.650 --> 00:01:05.740 align:middle line:84% but also an experience that will challenge them and help 00:01:05.740 --> 00:01:07.250 align:middle line:90% them grow. 00:01:07.250 --> 00:01:09.049 align:middle line:90% I see it as a community action. 00:01:09.049 --> 00:01:10.090 align:middle line:90% I'm not saving the world. 00:01:10.090 --> 00:01:13.840 align:middle line:84% I'm just trying to help the world come together 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.310 align:middle line:90% a little bit. 00:01:15.310 --> 00:01:17.770 align:middle line:84% I believe there is a huge need for youth work, 00:01:17.770 --> 00:01:21.460 align:middle line:84% because in school, teachers are in control of students. 00:01:21.460 --> 00:01:24.880 align:middle line:84% At home, parents are in control of children. 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:28.150 align:middle line:84% So there needs to be a space where adults and young people 00:01:28.150 --> 00:01:31.420 align:middle line:84% can come together and learn from each other and make the world 00:01:31.420 --> 00:01:35.400 align:middle line:84% a better place in a small way or in a big way. 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:39.540 align:middle line:84% When I'm being a youthworker, I see it bringing joy 00:01:39.540 --> 00:01:41.490 align:middle line:90% to myself, joy to other people. 00:01:41.490 --> 00:01:43.860 align:middle line:84% I see people being given new opportunities 00:01:43.860 --> 00:01:45.327 align:middle line:90% and growing in their lives. 00:01:45.327 --> 00:01:47.160 align:middle line:84% So I see a lot of positive things happening. 00:01:47.160 --> 00:01:49.410 align:middle line:84% And I think that's why I know that being a youthworker 00:01:49.410 --> 00:01:52.020 align:middle line:90% is my vocation. 00:01:52.020 --> 00:01:55.110 align:middle line:84% Vocation is the sense that there's something 00:01:55.110 --> 00:01:56.490 align:middle line:90% you have to do with your life. 00:01:56.490 --> 00:01:58.230 align:middle line:84% It's a sense of calling, something 00:01:58.230 --> 00:01:59.780 align:middle line:84% you feel passionate about, something 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:03.450 align:middle line:84% that you get life from and enjoy when you're doing it. 00:02:03.450 --> 00:02:05.870 align:middle line:84% And maybe you're being called by something 00:02:05.870 --> 00:02:07.727 align:middle line:84% bigger, something other than you, 00:02:07.727 --> 00:02:09.060 align:middle line:90% to do that thing with your life. 00:02:09.060 --> 00:02:18.680 align:middle line:90% 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:20.780 align:middle line:84% We're prepping for the Year Six Club, 00:02:20.780 --> 00:02:24.300 align:middle line:84% which happens straight after school, in about 35 minutes. 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:26.270 align:middle line:84% We have a bit of free time, and then we 00:02:26.270 --> 00:02:27.620 align:middle line:90% have activities all together. 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:29.820 align:middle line:84% We're thinking about being a good friend. 00:02:29.820 --> 00:02:32.300 align:middle line:84% A day like this-- it's very hectic, but when it's finished, 00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:33.841 align:middle line:84% and you've done a good job, it really 00:02:33.841 --> 00:02:36.320 align:middle line:84% feels like you've spent the time well. 00:02:36.320 --> 00:02:39.950 align:middle line:84% Sometimes you get glimpses of what it means to people. 00:02:39.950 --> 00:02:42.110 align:middle line:84% If you stop and think about it, there's 00:02:42.110 --> 00:02:44.110 align:middle line:84% not a lot like this going on, so it 00:02:44.110 --> 00:02:47.077 align:middle line:84% makes you feel like that thing you set out to do, 00:02:47.077 --> 00:02:49.160 align:middle line:84% fulfilling your vocation-- it's all been worth it. 00:02:49.160 --> 00:03:03.710 align:middle line:90% 00:03:03.710 --> 00:03:05.420 align:middle line:84% Discovering your vocation-- you might 00:03:05.420 --> 00:03:08.487 align:middle line:84% think that that is going to be a big lightning bolt moment. 00:03:08.487 --> 00:03:10.320 align:middle line:84% One moment you don't know what you're doing, 00:03:10.320 --> 00:03:11.819 align:middle line:84% and then suddenly you hear something 00:03:11.819 --> 00:03:13.880 align:middle line:84% or are told something and your life changes. 00:03:13.880 --> 00:03:15.800 align:middle line:90% And for me that wasn't the case. 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:18.690 align:middle line:84% When I got to uni, I was doing science. 00:03:18.690 --> 00:03:21.680 align:middle line:84% And I started to think, can I make a difference 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.466 align:middle line:90% in the world with science? 00:03:23.466 --> 00:03:26.090 align:middle line:84% I started to realise that other people were better at chemistry 00:03:26.090 --> 00:03:29.240 align:middle line:84% and actually enjoyed it a lot more than I did. 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:31.880 align:middle line:84% When I started discovering my vocation, 00:03:31.880 --> 00:03:34.820 align:middle line:84% I felt like I could contribute in a way that I never realised 00:03:34.820 --> 00:03:35.971 align:middle line:90% I could before. 00:03:35.971 --> 00:03:38.220 align:middle line:84% There's definitely a moment halfway through university 00:03:38.220 --> 00:03:41.030 align:middle line:84% when I kind of thought-- youth work, this is really exciting. 00:03:41.030 --> 00:03:44.710 align:middle line:84% That process of discovering my vocation was thinking, 00:03:44.710 --> 00:03:45.750 align:middle line:90% what am I good at? 00:03:45.750 --> 00:03:47.300 align:middle line:84% How do I want to grow as a person? 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:49.341 align:middle line:84% The opportunities around me and the people that I 00:03:49.341 --> 00:03:50.930 align:middle line:90% met giving me those chances. 00:03:50.930 --> 00:03:53.240 align:middle line:84% And ultimately what I enjoyed, because it's 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.740 align:middle line:84% very hard to stick with something that you don't enjoy. 00:03:57.740 --> 00:04:02.100 align:middle line:84% For me, as a Christian, vocation is all about a call from God 00:04:02.100 --> 00:04:04.820 align:middle line:84% and becoming who you are supposed to be. 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:07.730 align:middle line:84% Religion creates the community in which I work, 00:04:07.730 --> 00:04:11.090 align:middle line:84% so it brings people together who believe the same thing. 00:04:11.090 --> 00:04:13.240 align:middle line:84% In a more personal way, religion changes 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:17.750 align:middle line:84% what I spend my time doing each day and how I do it. 00:04:17.750 --> 00:04:19.310 align:middle line:84% For people who don't believe in God, 00:04:19.310 --> 00:04:21.529 align:middle line:84% I would still encourage them to think about vocation, 00:04:21.529 --> 00:04:23.540 align:middle line:84% because you don't have to believe in God 00:04:23.540 --> 00:04:25.940 align:middle line:84% to believe that there are bigger things out there. 00:04:25.940 --> 00:04:28.100 align:middle line:84% There's a community that you can be connected to. 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:31.052 align:middle line:84% There are feelings that are bigger than just here and now. 00:04:31.052 --> 00:04:32.510 align:middle line:84% Vocation is about all those things. 00:04:32.510 --> 00:04:33.885 align:middle line:84% It's about things that you really 00:04:33.885 --> 00:04:35.930 align:middle line:84% want to commit to and feel called to do. 00:04:35.930 --> 00:04:40.850 align:middle line:90% 00:04:40.850 --> 00:04:42.980 align:middle line:84% I would definitely say that a sense of vocation 00:04:42.980 --> 00:04:46.070 align:middle line:84% and what your vocation leads you to do changes. 00:04:46.070 --> 00:04:47.390 align:middle line:90% I like to think of it as-- 00:04:47.390 --> 00:04:50.760 align:middle line:84% vocation and who you are emerges as you live your life. 00:04:50.760 --> 00:04:52.340 align:middle line:84% So I think it's important for people 00:04:52.340 --> 00:04:54.170 align:middle line:84% to think about their vocation, because I 00:04:54.170 --> 00:04:56.629 align:middle line:84% think people need to feel a sense of purpose in their life. 00:04:56.629 --> 00:04:58.711 align:middle line:84% It's about helping people realise that they can do 00:04:58.711 --> 00:05:01.430 align:middle line:84% something good with the time they've got and with the skills 00:05:01.430 --> 00:05:02.180 align:middle line:90% they have. 00:05:02.180 --> 00:05:04.822 align:middle line:84% I think it's really hard growing up, trying to work out 00:05:04.822 --> 00:05:06.530 align:middle line:84% who you are, what you are supposed to do, 00:05:06.530 --> 00:05:09.390 align:middle line:84% when you're bombarded with other messages, through the media, 00:05:09.390 --> 00:05:11.860 align:middle line:84% through your friends, from your parents, 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:13.340 align:middle line:90% telling you who you should be. 00:05:13.340 --> 00:05:15.320 align:middle line:84% I'd encourage you to keep seeing yourself 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:19.080 align:middle line:84% as someone full of value, someone who is unique. 00:05:19.080 --> 00:05:21.110 align:middle line:84% If you're different, difference is good. 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:24.340 align:middle line:84% Becoming yourself, I think, is less of a pressure 00:05:24.340 --> 00:05:26.000 align:middle line:84% than becoming like this celebrity 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.820 align:middle line:84% or becoming like this footballer or becoming like your best 00:05:28.820 --> 00:05:29.340 align:middle line:90% friend. 00:05:29.340 --> 00:05:31.310 align:middle line:84% And so I hope that young people, when 00:05:31.310 --> 00:05:33.622 align:middle line:84% they think about who they are and who they want to be, 00:05:33.622 --> 00:05:36.080 align:middle line:84% are excited by that, and don't feel the pressure and a kind 00:05:36.080 --> 00:05:37.750 align:middle line:90% of stress around that. 00:05:37.750 --> 00:05:39.784 align:middle line:84% I don't want anyone to feel down in the dumps 00:05:39.784 --> 00:05:42.200 align:middle line:84% because they're maybe comparing themselves to other people 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:44.600 align:middle line:84% and say, oh, I'm not like this person or not like that person. 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:46.601 align:middle line:84% You're not called to be like that other person. 00:05:46.601 --> 00:05:47.600 align:middle line:90% You're called to be you. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.670 align:middle line:84% And that will look different depending on who you are. 00:05:51.670 --> 00:06:30.444 align:middle line:90%