No blog last week – I was on holiday with my family in the
Lake District. My children frequently surprise me. Mostly with good things,
sometimes not so good. Last week in the very good category, our four year old
walked and scrambled up Blencathra, the
16th tallest mountain in England. We expected lots of complaints,
but got none, she was enthusiastic all the way. Our ten year old did complain, but
only that we weren’t going fast enough nor letting him go on some of the
interesting (i.e. dangerous) routes. I’m sure that I would have given my
parents a lot more grief about being asked to walk up a mountain at that age.
Enough about my own kids, onto other young people who also
impressed me. Just before I went on leave, I visited the Surrey Heath Youth
Forum and saw for myself why they won the Group Volunteering Superstar at the
Surrey Young Superstars awards. What a fantastic group of young people. I
really enjoyed hearing their ideas and enthusiasm for how they can make a
difference. They are currently running an anti-bullying campaign and are starting to plan some work on substance abuse. I look forward to hearing how
they get on. You may have heard the term “Youth Social Action” from myself or
others – this was definitely it. For groups wanting to run Youth Social Action, I can highly recommend learning from this group.
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