L4G Youth: 1st Event
Review & Moving Forward
Tuesday 28th January saw the 1st event for L4GYouth. This will just be the first of many happening in Watford in
2014 and beyond and I thought it appropriate to let everyone know what is
happening with L4G younger sibling since the last blog post.
Whilst I have to admit the turn out for the event was low (just
myself and Chris Ogle to honest), the quality of guests was very high. Thanks to
the work of Chris and his Buy Local campaign, Richard Harrington (Watford MP) popped by for the 1st hour and
this gave me another opportunity to discuss with him what L4GYouth plans to do
and evolve. He was curious to know if L4GYouth has be tested and had success anywhere
else and he was surprised to know that it was launched in Watford. He portrayed
a tone of cautious optimism and wished me luck with the project.
Richard himself is also working on getting youth employment down in the Watford
area and I’m sure it won’t be the last time we speak about L4GYouth.
The next few hours of the event were dedicated to drawing up
an action plan to see how we can progress L4GYouth and bring new people into
events. Luckily, Chris has a wealth of contacts in schools and other organisations
that he said he would be willing to contact in the hope of getting me a chance to
speak to young people to tell them about what we are doing. I to, have spoken
to my secondary school about this and look forward to hearing back from them. The
plans also included creating a PDF and an AudioBoo for L4GYouth and using that
to explain what L4GYouth is about. I’m sure once completed the concept of L4GYouth will be much clear and I hope you spread the word about it and how young people
can benefit.
Outside of our own events, L4GYouth has been mentioned at a
number of L4G Events including a coffee morning in Barnet where I has the
pleasure to meet a lady called Gail who as well as working on websites focused
on Barnet shops/traders, she has contacts at Barnet College and she said we
will be willing to pass on my details and what L4GYouth is about in the hope
that I can speak to the students at the college. Thanks to Gail in advance and
I will inform you with any further developments.
February is shaping up to a busy month for L4GYouth. As well
as the 2nd L4GYouth event, I will be taking L4GYouth on the road to
discuss it with a wide variety of people. With 6-7 events already booked into,
I should have a busy month planned and I look forward to seeing what develops
from it and how L4GYouth can grow.
I think that’s enough from me this time. I hope you all have
great events and if possible spread the message of L4GYouth and help us change
the lives of young people throughout the country. Until next time...