So, residential one was great but very tiring. Aside from that, there were some great moments with 130+ great people that I will never forget. Despite this, getting back to my community was a good thing because it allowed me to recruit and start planning and use the training from the weekend. I'm still recruiting but have almost finished my project plan, including the risk assessment and budget. I have to cover an area across two counties, both Richmond (North Yorkshire) and Darlington (County Durham). Keeping that in mind, I'm doing my stunt in Darlington and aiming to do my workshop in Richmond.
This may sound boring to people who aren't part of Team V but the week didn't pass without funny moments. When researching local schools, I found one where the headmasters surname was Jolley and later in the week, I meant to phone a Youth Network Co-ordinator but ended up getting through the governments press office. One number was wrong (thanks for that Stephanie).
I have had some success in approaching Tutors for volunteers but I still don't have 3 core volunteers signed up. Maybe next week will help. Email sometimes helps in recruitment but not when your V email is rejected by EVERY SINGLE college email address, it gets annoying. Word of mouth works well though.
I hope to actually start on campaigning and get a few more volunteers next week. Overall, it's a start and I don't think many people have got 2 volunteers recruited in a few minutes. I will sign off now and by this time next week, I should be equipt for the first campaign.
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