So, today was the day. Having spent a few weeks planning, I finally took the opportunity to do my pop-up event for "Love is...", the second Team V campaign, in Darlington College Health Week. Being alongside many great organisations in the same place was a great thing, however, to top it all off, I got quite a lot of interest. As much as we didn't quite meet the targets for engaging 30 young people, there was plenty of interest and we had quite a lot of fun. Plus, Danielle, one of the Team V mentors who came to help me at my event, said that the targets that are based on the effort, I would have passed.
The actual event, despite being in competition with some other organisations, went well. If we didn't get people taking part in the activity on the stall, I saw many of the people who I handed leaflets to doing the activity within the leaflet. It was, however, disappointing that some people saw the issue of healthy relationships as something to laugh about. It seems that many seem to think that it is all about the sexual health aspect, not the emotional part that is really important.
Overall, it was fun and we got a lot of interesting answers. The great thing is that many people said that it had a lasting impact. Whether that be that they would think about the issue more or talking to friends about it, it's all good. It was also good to do with with my volunteer, given it may have been a bit boring with her.
You are probably wondering what I am going to do for the remainder of the campaign, however, I will be promoting the issue in social media and writing about it wherever possible.Keep a look out for them and I will try to post the links on here. Hope you enjoyed my log of my Team V Journey and check back for further posts soon. Team V Out!
Well done. Glad it went well. Some of the "gigglers" may just be immature or embarrassed. Doesn't mean they didn't get the message. The impact of that sort of thing isn't always immediate. Good luck for the rest of the campaign.
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