Monday, 22 February 2010

Hello,

My name is Alex and like all the others, I'm a member of the Redbridge Youth Action Team. I joined the team in September 2009 with a passion to help my fellow citizens in the community by whatever means possible. As we approach March 2010, I have to say that the last couple of months with the team have been fantastic. In such a short space of time, we have accomplished so much from the Festive Favours event in 2009, to the Youth Takeover presentation to which those who were involved did a fantastic job.

I would like to say a massive well done to them all, you did exceptionally well :)

Volunteering for me has always been something that came naturally to me and so to be within this team is just as natural as eating dinner. We are always up to something and that’s what makes volunteering here worthwhile. In due course this blog will be updated with upcoming Summer Projects that we have in store. Other team members such as Umair have the Dream Factory project and Rebecca with the Food works project. It will be very rewarding to those who will be involved and those who will benefit from the following projects.

Leader and Empowerment Training

I just want to talk a little about the Leadership and Empowerment Training which took place on the 30th - 31st January 2010 in East London. The training spread over the weekend challenged us in various skills we use in everyday life such as speaking, doing as we say and the judgement we have of others. The training as I am sure all who were there would agree challenged us to overcome our pre-conceptions of people which would re-enforce our beliefs of people. We were also led to discover that leadership is not just about a head who commands subordinates, it’s about taking a step back sometimes, realising that the best leaders are those who listen to the team, take aboard ideas and are always willing to learn more themselves.

Perhaps most importantly was to do what you say. In life we always say we are going to do something even if we sometimes don't mean it. However, what we say may affect others or our relationships with others. The training told us to not just say yes for the sake of it but to mean what you say. By keeping to your word, people are able to trust your ability to act on it which in turn builds a solid and stable personal or working relationship in whatever environment you are in.

Here are some pictures of the event for your viewing pleasure to see how the day went.

I look forward to the many exciting events we have lined up,


Alex Hinds
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