Celebration blogging

Last week we held our London and Dudley Celebrations for several schools who have run fantastic projects this year. We asked the students to put together blog posts on how they've found Trust Youth - see below for the results!

Dudley Celebration: student blogs!

What we enjoyed the most was knowing that all the money we were raising was going to charity - it allowed us to get to know each other more and it will encourage us all to make a contribution to charity in the future. Plus we all had ice cream and biscuits! Matt, Alex and Alex (Redhill School)

I liked raising money for charity because it was for other people. In this project we worked together and raised money for a good cause. Asma, Sarah and Noor (Pedmore School)

Individually and as a group we have enjoyed many aspects of the project. We liked preparing the fundraising events and putting up posters to advertise events for the Red Cross. During the challenge many of us made new friends and enjoyed the experience. To conclude, the best part overall was selling things and raising money. We learnt how to work as a team and developed individually. Sophie, Suzie and Ste (Redhill), Mamoona, Stacey and Natasha (Pedmore)

We found that one of our best experiences was raising money and having fun at the same time. Also, we found making posters and marketing the event was fun. Moreover, the best experience was seeing fellow students buying the ice cream and keen to help raise money for a worthy cause. From this experience, we found that we learnt how to work well within a team and how to improve if we carry out any more events in the future. Danielle, Kieran and Zulikhan (Pedmore), Lucy, Chloe and Ryan (Redhill)

The best thing about this project has been: learning lots about the British Red Cross, improving relations with our team members, selling and making profit for a good cause. The challenge has been the long queues for the ice cream stall. Vicky, Cheryl and Jo (Redhill), Kirsty, Zahra and Zawadi (Pedmore)

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)

London Celebration: student blogs!

Trust Youth is a good experience as it helps kids raise money for people in need. This money goes towards helping the poor. It shows how serious young people are about helping people. We all learnt how to work as a team and in this process we got to meet new people. We enjoyed our time while doing something serious. At the end of the day we left with a positive feeling.

Salma, Nurzahan, Rowshaneva and Hanisha (Loxford School) and Tom (Crown Woods School)

London Celebration: student blogs!

Why do Trust Youth?
Trust Youth is an organisation that raises money for charity by getting young people in school involved. First we had to pick a charity and then find some information about that charity.

The best part of all this was organising the events and taking part in them. Working as a team was hard because everyone had different opinions but it was also good because we had creative ideas. We learnt many skills such as teamwork and planning.

Why do fundraising?

• To help people that are less fortunate than yourselves
• To make a profit we learnt business techniques
• We chose events that were popular so that they would be a success
• It was very creative
• Makes you feel like you’re achieving something for someone else
• Treats us as adults and respects us more
• You get noticed well

We would definitely recommend this to the younger years because it was a great opportunity.