London Celebration: student blogs!

What’s good about Trust Youth?

• People can trust young people these days because people mostly have a low opinion of young people
• We got to work with teachers in a more informal way
• Created a community spirit within the school: people around the school were very supportive and interested in the project
• Raising money and awareness for charity – felt like we were doing a small thing for someone else, to make a difference
• Working in a team
• You realise a lot of things you didn’t know before – we take things for granted
• Doing things you don't normally do - taking part in the events
• Getting to talk to and work with people you don’t usually talk to

Trust Youth is good because it helps to develop a lot of skills that you can’t develop in a classroom.

Why do fundraising?

• When you go to university this is something good you can write on your UCAS form
• Makes you feel good about yourself
• Helping people that can’t help themselves
• New experiences
• Fun!

We’d like to thank Trust Youth for giving us this opportunity. Thanks to our mentors Heather and Rachel from the Red Cross, and our schools. We’d like to carry on and do our mentoring for the new Year 10s next year!

Hema, Aamna and Baljeet (Loxford School), and Ayse and Fasiha (Sailsbury School)