Make a Difference

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2 weeks on
The team have been back home for nearly 2 weeks now, and a lot of...

The final thoughts
To finish off this series of blogs, some one liner summaries from all, plus...

Friday, the final day
Am writing this at Amsterdam airport having just done the long flight and...

Thursday – Retrak Tuddabejja
Having spent yesterday at Retrak Clubhouse working with the streetkids who...

Wednesday at Retrak Club House again
Today we went back to Retrak in Kampala and did the same programme as last...

Tuesday – the long ride back to Kampala
Today is another 7 – 8 hour journey, returning to Kampala, where we will...

Monday - The teams thoughts about going on the game drive and visiting the house of love africa
George: The game drive was interesting and we all had to hide when we had...

Sunday – quick thoughts from the whole team about the boat safari we did at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Terry: It felt like a treat from God that we saw a leopard, 4 lions, 2...

Saturday by Suzanne
Last night it started to rain so Isaac, Antony & George (who had been...

Friday by Q and Terry
Q: It was 5.30am that most people were woken to the sound of the early...

Thursday – a short note
Just a quickie today because essentially we sat in the cars for 9 hours to...

Wednesday 26th
Isaac first of all: Today we went to the Retrak Uganda in Kampala...

Tuesday – teaching, bricks and home-made curry
Helen's thoughts to start: Today started as hot and sunny as yesterday was wet...

Monday
In the words of Antony: INSPIRING!! I've enjoyed myself, this morning...

Sunday – we proper loved it!
As written by Isaac: Today we went to church, and it was awesome...

We've Arrived
Saturday 22nd. I'm sitting on the plane flying from Manchester to Entebbe...

Finally comes the packing!
Well, here we are! It's Thursday afternoon and in 36 hours the 360 / TLG...

What George thinks about the trip
George is 15 and one of the team members from Reading TLG...

less than 3 weeks to go!
‘I am really looking forward to seeing a different country and culture...

Meet the Team
Saturday saw the first meeting of all the team members together for...

The interviews and the team

Early in February, interviewing took place at The Lighthouse Group (TLG) in Bradford, to identify the team of young people from TLG who are to take part in the first 360 Trust ‘Make a Difference’ trip in October.

Five students applied for places on the team, 3 lads and 2 girls, ages 15 and 16 years, and for most of them it was the first interview they had ever done. They all did brilliantly and we were able to give them all a place on the trip, to their absolute delight.

Each of these students is at TLG because the mainstream education system has failed them in some way. There are behavioural issues and background family issues that they are having to deal with. One of them lives with foster parents, and another has a Barnado’s support worker. But each of them showed that they want to be on this trip because they want to help others, they want to serve, and they want to experience a different culture, country and way of life. They are also looking to how the trip will change them, and make them more grateful and appreciative of what they have, and more inspired to move forwards in leading a better life. They each have unique skills that they bring to the team, and these became more apparent during the interviews; most importantly, together they make a great team.

Next comes the parents and carers evening, some team building sessions, and lots of fundraising. Information on this will start appearing on our website, so keep an eye on this page for updates. It will be great to be able to tell the young people that there are folks around the country supporting them as they prepare for their adventure.