On Monday the 5th of December Transition Year students delivered an active workshop to all 2nd year students in order to help them to develop their own leadership skills and talents.

Leadership Through Service is one pillar of the College For Every Student (CFES) Initiative. CFES Scholars participate in leadership training and in ongoing service projects that not only make their schools and communities better places, but also develop self-confidence and other essential personal skills that will help them gain access to and succeed in college.

"The Brain Game" simulates the process of planning, researching and ultimately making a long-term service project happen. They had to decide on an actual event/activity they could run in relation to this theme, identify the resources they would need and plan these events. In reality, these groups will have approximately 4 months for this process which was condensed into 2 hours of Bridge21 time. "The Brain” was a collective body of all outside world contact from the teams. In order to make progress on their projects they needed to email the Brain. For parental consent? Ask the Brain…Want your Local Tesco to give you some free stuff? Send the Brain a begging letter…Booking the local parish hall? You need to let the Brain know your dates. However, the Brain does not know all the answers and beware that the Brain will want to know the finer details of your project as any stakeholder would!

Congratulations to our TY students who demonstrated their own leadership skills through the planning and delivery of this programme and to all the 2nd years who rose to the challenge brilliantly.