Mats and chats
7 GoodGymers made their way to help the Vallance Community Sports Association in Tower Hamlets.
- Monday, 17th of August 2020
- Led by Laura Williams
On this wonderful Monday session, 7 of us gathered to a very warm welcome from Vallance Girls Youth Club at the Hason Raja Centre, just by Spitalfields.
We all said our hellos, and introduced ourselves with the following:
- Our name
- What we do
- Our most embarrassing Zoom moment in lockdown
Then we moved onto our fitness session, a delightful combo of exercises using discs, bands and body weight to kickstart our lunchtime session.
We then had the briefest of breaks before getting into groups to chat all things careers.
With a very, very tricky time behind them, the Vallance girls were able to express some of their concerns about their A-level situation; their uni applications and career concerns going forward, before speaking to the GoodGymers, who brought with them experiences of uni careers going on hold; pursuing different vocations to those subjects they'd studied, and not doing so well at school!
And so these careers that range from engineering to finance were brought to the discussion table, where pragmatism, hope and experience were the order of the day.
It was a brilliant time. I think everybody left feeling a bit more hopeful, useful and energised.
Thank you to the incredible members who enabled this session to take place today, for your generosity of time and experience: Jennifer, Jo, Anna, Becky, Sarah, and Aine.
Let's do it again soon.
Report written by Laura Williams
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Lucky enough to be the Area Activator for Tower Hamlets. Personal trainer. Seriously sweet tooth.
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Really enjoyed this mission - thanks Laura.
Thank YOU Anna! Wasn't it a magical session. Hopefully more to come.
this sounds great - well done all
Thanks Ivo. Also, a big thank you to Ed Field for helping us run and structure this session.
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