SDS Young Persons Sport Panel and Young Start Residential 29 February – 1 March 2020
The SDS Young Persons Sport Panel and Young Start Programme gathered in Largs for a 2 day residential with a packed agenda. We were delighted that Aileen Neilson, the ambassador for the programme, was able to join us for the weekend. The young people came together to consider the following:
- Video making skills
- SDS Strategic Plan Consultation
- Mental Heath Awareness
The two days began with an excellent session led by Scott Tait of Wee Flee Productions on creating videos on smart phones – who knew mobiles could do so much! Please see below for one of the videos made over the weekend and more will be posted in the near future.
After this workshop the group participated in the SDS Strategic Planning Consultation and provided some very insightful feedback to help shape the SDS plan 2021 onwards. The voice of the young people is essential to future planning and they are key drivers in future vision of SDS.
It was then time to let off some steam after a full afternoon of workshops and the young people took part in various sporting activities such as badminton, basketball and archery before heading off to dinner. The evening concluded with an impromptu guitar and singing session – who knew there was such musical talent amongst the group!
Day Two began with some with some gentle stretching to set us up for a productive day ahead.
Robert Nesbit and Kirsty Ewen from SAMH delivered a fantastic workshop on mental health where we discussed what mental health is and the importance of it to everyone’s wellbeing. The young people hope to develop a mental health toolbox for positive mental health that they can share with other young people in the future.
Craig Smith then led the group through future planning of programme and what it would look like over the next three years.
The weekend finished with a viewing of all of the great videos the young people made over the two days, which will appear soon on the SDS YouTube Channel.
The Evaluation of the two days indicated that it was an exceptionally worthwhile weekend for all involved and the group really felt they had left with new skills, fun memories, influencing future direction and good ideas for the next stage of the programme.
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