Holland Assessment Expo on Film! Pass it on...

Presentation tomorrow at 5pm!

We will presenting our experiences and findings back in our presentation in the RBKC Mayors parlour tomorrow evening at 5pm. 

Please let us know if you would like to attend!

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Research Days

We learnt some amazing things from meeting some great organisation, professionals and young people in Holland. 




Young parents have to..

• Go back to work after 2 years or their benefits stop
• Don’t get as much help with rent etc as young mothers in the UK - They get 700 Euros a month but have to pay rent, health insurance, childcare etc out of that. 
• Have to do a voluntary work placement 1 day a week, 3 months after have baby. They have to pay childcare out of their benefits for that day if they have no friends/family to have the baby
• Do not have legal guardianship of their child if they are under 18. They have to go to court to fight for this and prove they can be a good parent. 

More facts to come.....

Day 4 of our Assessment...By Harmony

Best Bit:

The end!!!

We returned to camp triumphant to be greeted by our assessor who was beaming with pride... It was finally over!!

We returned to tents that the staff had very kindly pitched for us, freshened up and went out for a celebratory meal then we slept in tents for the last time!

Learnt: I think we all learned to communicate better over the course of this expedition, we gained the ability to work better in high-pressure situations and utilised our skills in creative problem solving.

Pics!

Day 3 of our Assessment... by Laura

Best part.

Had to be the morning. We had all started out really positive, happy and doing well for timing. The kids were having fun because the campsite had a play ground.

Worst Part.

Well the whole day was pretty traumatic but the worst part was getting back to the campsite, finding our pitch and realise it was nothing but sand!!! There has to be nothing worse then a field of wet sand! Sand just gets everywhere and it meant that we couldn’t even sit down!!! Aaliyah was ill, she had an ear infection and I just felt so selfish and guilty to put her through it all!!

Learnt.

I personally learnt how emotionally strong I am and that we all our also learnt the importance of determination!! There were many points along the way where we wanted to give up but we just kept going!

We are all so proud of how well the kids coped and think that they definitely deserve an award!!!

Day 2 of our assessment...By Rennice

Best Bit

We supported each other and used teamwork in taking turns to ride the tandem. Most importantly the weather kept up there is nothing worse than the kids being wet and cold. The kids also got to ride their bikes and were very good at taking turns in riding the bikes.

Worst Bit

I wouldn’t really say that there was anything significantly wrong with day.

Learnt:

We learnt how important it was to keep the kids stimulated by having a day full of activities not just cycling the whole length.