Scary times

The Conserver candidates are doing well with their sharing experiences so far. They have had some good opportunities to talk to many different people during their adventure and are progressing well on their journey.

One of the interesting things that I have found about working with the many different award candidates, is that they all take sightly different paths but get to the end eventually. Some of the candidates skills are stronger in communicating with other people, some stronger in getting their hands dirty, some stronger in the more technical aspects of their work, but what is important about each of them is that at some point in their journey they have to face a difficult situation. For some, looking out at a group of expectant faces is enough to make all the leaves on a pine tree fall, but to see the self confidence develop and the fear gradually receding, is to see a positive move in a personally advantageous direction.

So for all the candidates who have put themselves into a potentially horribly scary situation......well done and keep going!

Coming scary events:

1) Duke of Edinburgh Expedition,
2) John Muir Gathering,
3) Abbeyfied Residential Home,
4) Bendrigg Lodge Trust,
5) The Abbey Care Home, Stavely.