Frankie Williams
BSc PGCE MSc
Senior Lecturer in Community and Youth Studies
Location:
Priestman Building, City Campus
Phone: 0191 515 3868 / 3192 / 2395
Email:
frankie.williams@sunderland.ac.uk
Biography
Having been trained by Leslie Button in Swansea University I began my youth and community career in Plymouth in 1974, managing and devising a new youth programme in the inner city centre. I moved into issue based work with girls in Sheffield Youth Service in 1979 and from there into middle management in Newcastle City's Youth Service1984. In 1988 I then moved from volunteer status to employed post with an international charity based in London and New York and developed their education and campaigning programmes for ending hunger on the planet.
In 1999 I started my own business based in the North East running training, research and consultancy for People centred organisations. I began my career with Sunderland University in 2002 delivering the new Connexions Diploma training and have since become part of the team of senior lecturers delivering the BA honours in Community and Youth Studies in the Faculty of Education and Society, programme leader for the Foundation Degree in Working with Young People and tutor on the Careers Guidance MA Programme.
Teaching Areas
Equity and diversity, Group work, Supervision, Historical Development of Youth and Community Service, Community and Youth Practice Placement, Work Based Practice.
Research Interests
Equality in Practice issues especially Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Community and Women, Innovations for change especially Solution Focused Practice, Developing Collaborative Programmes especially FD Programmes.
Selected Publications
Chapters on Group work and Reflective Practice in Buchroth,I, Parkin, C (2010) 'Theory into Youth and Community Practice' Learning Matters.
Numerous reports in 1990's when running my own business including :
2002: Newcastle City Centre Profile for Young People aged 13 to 19 years old (sponsor Connexions).
2001: Service User Consultation Exercise for Gateshead Social Services (sponsor Gateshead LEA).
2000: Growing Communities: Capacity Building in Derwentside (sponsor GONE), co author Chris Ford.
1999: Evaluation of the North Tyneside Dietitian's Programme (sponsor North Tyneside Health Authority).
1998:
Sunderland Youth Review, participation action research input as part of
Larger Review , Edited by Bernard Davis and Mary Marken.
1997: The Scotswood Mediation Project, An Evaluation Report. (Sponsor Scotswood Strategy Team) Co author with Sarah Marshal.
1996: Durham Young People Research Project (Sponsored by County Durham TEC through Single Regeneration Budget)
I am currently a Research supervisor for a worker in Northumberland research into LGBT community and alcohol use (Sponsor PCT ).
