So it's already my last day here, isn't it crazy how time flies when you're having fun? I started off the day by completing yesterday’s daily blog and attaching a photograph to it. I then started off the afternoon with the faith groups task Pete set me. This was to research each religious organisation e.g Church, synagogue and find out more about the youth services they offer. If the information wasn’t clear on the website, I would have to call them up to find out. After find

Soon after arriving at the office, a handle of people from different organisations also followed through the door. This was in preparation for Janet’s meeting in the morning. This was about connecting different organisations to create a youth system, which would run 40 weeks of the year, where children and young people can attend to play different sports and receive a hot meal also. I think this is a good idea as it keeps children out of trouble yet also engages them into num

The sun was shining as so was I, thinking about the plan of my day ahead... I arrived at the office and everyone was here. Soon after my arrival, I set off with Sarah in her car to the Gold Trust, located at the Shires golf Club in High Barnet. The Golf Trust was set up by Cae Menai Davis and Frank Harrington to bring people together through golf, bring benefits to young people and make golf an accessible sport to all. I found this meeting with Sarah and Cae the most interes

Today, I got into the office and completed Friday’s daily blog. Emma then asked me to help her out with the designing of the Space2Grow social media posters. I then spent the day creating three: one for the £250 micro fund, one for £10,000 for Space2Grow#5 and one for both. This was fun as it allowed me to improve my skills using Canva having now used several different features to make different poster appearances. After arriving back from my lunch, Pete returned with a surpr

For the day, it was just Pete, Jan and I in the office so I started off the day writing my daily blog for yesterday. I then cracked on with the QuickBooks file upload task. This was uploading the files, which were scanned receipts and invoices, and attaching them to the banking history of the organisation on the QuickBooks software. This was helpful as it again, linked to my external A-Level studies – Business Studies. This is because it taught me how businesses keep track of

I arrived at the office early in the morning to begin the most productive day of my work experience so far. I began with a brief catch up meeting with Pete. We went over my week timetable going through the tasks I’ve completed over the past three days. This was then followed by the Salesforce training with Pete. He taught me how to differentiate between strategic partners, business partners and other types of partners within the system. The task was to input a stack of Jan’s

So I arrived at the office earlier in the morning to make it in time for the Food Secure Barnet in the church hall next door. This was an event taken place where several charities and organisations gather in conference to discuss the causes, effects and solutions to food insecurity for the people and families of Barnet. Pete took me downstairs where I met up with Jan to go through for the Light Rescue breakfast. This was a lovely idea as the food used were sourced from food f

The second day consisted of a tranquil, serene and peaceful start to the morning. After completing my daily blog, I and the rest of the team gathered around a table for the GDPR training followed by the monthly staff meeting. I liked this because it gave me the opportunity to engage and feel involved in the overall work of the organisation; especially when Pete and Jan asked me questions on my opinions and perspective from a young point of view. Moreover, during the meeting e

Nervous, anxious and shy, I made a short walk down Watling Avenue to the Young Barnet Foundation. I arrived in the morning and was warmly welcomed by all the staff in the office. Fortunately, this of course allowed me to feel more at ease and comfortable in the friendly, chilled office environment. I was then taken through an induction with Pete, the operations manager. During which we went through safety information and was given a list of tasks to complete for the entire pl

For us Small Charities Week is not just about about charities it's about all the small local non-profit organisations supporting children & young people. Today we're celebrating Suberbos, a CIC who are doing great things in the borough. 1.Tell us about your organisation and why the work you are doing is so important? Suberbos Community uses the power of football and fitness to positively engage with our diverse and ‘hard to reach’ communities, as well as those living in pover