The catch up continues

Well I’m still trying to update on a regular basis so this is last weeks.

Monday was a very busy day.
First meeting for the Awards night group. This is a yearly event that will take place in March to get all the young people to attend a presentation event at the Towngate theatre that have received accreditation.

Last year we had Megan Blunt present our awards and she did a great job.
Hopefully the young people that decide to join the group will decide on a suitable role model for this year.

The day was a long one with staff training in the evening at the office. The session was on Curriculum templates and skills for a good youth worker.

Tuesday was development day for us at Ashwells in Brentwood.

Well that ended up being quite a negative day despite some good bits in the workshops.
I came away thinking “well give us the correct resources and budget and things would be very different”.

Wednesday saw me back with the year 7’s making dream catchers as a tool to open up the dialogue.
Planners were looked at and the work continues.

Wednesday evening was good old condom club with a couple of guys that felt they could do with a C-card. However they are not quite ready for that.

Thursday morning I was the Ramsden Hall school talking to a group that have issues on attendance. This is a special school for your boys with behaviour issues. Once they are there it’s not an issue as it’s a secure school but they do try to run on route.
That was a hard 30 mins but I think we made a bit of progress.

Friday I was off on a residential to St Marks College with the Peer support gang from The Billericay School.
This was a fantastic venue, 17th Century building with loads of history.
The staff were great and the food was fantastic – Thanks John and staff.

The residential was a full one to train the new peer supporters. This was organised by Mrs Cumberworth from Billericay School.
I was invited along to assist with some of the input but a lot of the training of the new peer supporters was carried out by the year 12 and 13 who have been involved for a while.
The sessions were well received and despite the coach drivers attempt at a world speed record and trying to fit a coach down a lane just big enough for a mini on the journey to the centre, the experience was not hampered at all.

The young people all came away on Saturday evening feeling ready to deal with any situation that may arise in the world of peer support.

Rest on the Sunday before back to it Monday….but that’s another write up.