I thought it would be exciting if I briefly talk about the YAT Residential which occurred last weekend. For those of us who attended, it was a weekend packed full of fun which brought us together in such a way we all probably want to go back there.
The residential was a step up from the Leadership and Empowerment Training we had in January. It was more practical in the sense we undertook a series of exciting activities to note but a few...
• Building bridges and towers out of newspapers
• Team Challenge in the Sussex woods
• Climbing the tallest wooden frame course known to man then jumping off it (with a safety harness of course)
• Various team building activities.
It was an event aimed at bringing the best out in ourselves. We covered various things such as how to be an effective leader, dealing with difficult people and how to understand dealing with problems. When we were not undertaking activities we played pool, table tennis and other sports.
There were also Blackjack, Cheat, and President Card games on hand to keep us entertained and charged. This proved very popular to such an extent that we were in the strange situation that those who learnt the games became better than those who were teaching them. (They know who they are). The two days we spent there the entire team would say was an excellent opportunity to get to know everyone in a completely different way to how we know each other in meetings at home.
The food was great and the surroundings were fantastic, you really felt like you had left everything behind in London. I didn't even think about work for 2 days myself as did many of the team. Perhaps the most interesting part of the weekend was climbing the huge exercise course. At first we all thought this was like walking a dog in the park until we realised it wasn't such an easy state of affairs. Even if we did or did not complete the climb, it was a fantastic challenge which certainly got the blood pumping.
Apart from the obvious lack of phone sockets, which seemed to upset the boys more than the girls (I wonder why), it was a wonderful weekend for all involved. We are now more than ready to prepare for the events we have lined up for 2010 such as Dream Factory which is coming up very soon in April.
In the mean time stayed tuned for the events we got coming up as the team keeps rolling on, as they say... ONWARDS AND UPWARDS!!!
Alex Hinds
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