Day 3 of Woodrow Residential

Day 3 of our residential trip to Woodrow began with yet another appetising breakfast that set us all up for the day ahead.

Our first activity was a drumming workshop. The group really enjoyed themselves and unlocked some amazing rythmic and lyrical talents by writing and composing some fun songs about their time at Woodrow.

After our drumming workshop, we went on a very nice and tranquil walk through the woods before sitting down for lunch and having some down time.

Indoor basketball was next and everyone enjoyed themselves and burnt off the calories from lunch!

Our final activity of the day was a great team building activity of building a shelter outside. Everyone joined in and supported one another to ensure the shelter was built to survive all weathers!!

After yet another delicious dinner, we joined another group and had a good old fashioned sing song around a campfire. This was great fun and many of us were brave enough to stand up and engage everyone in as variety of sing along songs. This was great for getting to know the members of the other group.

Wonderful and Wet Woodrow Day 2

After a late night the group woke up for a hearty breakfast and to begin our first full day of activities.

Our first activity was called "eggs can fly" which consisted of the group bring split into 3 small groups. Each group had to devise a safety device to protect a water balloon from bursting when thrown from the second storey of the house.

Unfortunately all the groups devices failed to survive the force of the drop!

This activity was great for building communication and teamwork skills.

After a quick break we took a walk outside in torrential rain to do some pond dipping.

There were many types of insects and pond life found by the young people.

After drying off and having a very nice pasta lunch we spent the afternoon taking part in archery and indoor sports.

Today has been a very productive and fulfilling day with everyone working together to challenge, encourage and enjoy themselves.

Wonderful Woodrow Day 1

Today 10  young people arrived at Woodrow High House in Buckinghamshire. The excitement of leaving the sunny skies of Lambeth reached fever pitch by the time we had reached Earls Court!

We arrived shortly before midday and were welcomed by other fantastic London Youth staff.

The group were given a guided tour of the building and surrounding grounds.

We had a nice lunch before taking part in our first activity of our week away which was orienteering. The group split into 2 and mainly got lost in the woods!

Next up was a team building exercise which required lots of group discussion, encouragement and perseverance.

After getting caught in the beginning of a thunderstorm, dinner was a welcome relief!

 The evenings entertainment consisted of a fun yet slightly competitive (Scott...!) General knowledge quiz. 

After the quiz we had the rest of the evening to ourselves, Group rules were decided and we watched some TV on the laptop before retiring to bed.

Bring on tommorow!!

June Update

Hello and welcome to our latest blog post, The June Update.

Firstly, congratulations go to our volunteer Clifton who has successfully passed his food safety course. Well Done Clifton!!

During the last few weeks we have taken part in off site activities such as bowling and evenings in the park enjoying games and the erractic British summer!

We have also moved venue on a Tuesday evening. We are now based at the Emmanuel Centre in Clive Road, West Norwood.

On our first evening we held a small welcome party for the group and also used the evening to have a service user led discussion regarding the club. This proved to be a very worthwhile and engaging activity.

We have also held a pictorial quiz which was a great success and had the group fully engaged.