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Read more about the new field coming to Lodestar! https://lnkd.in/gvV_3y9R and the players that are looking forward to playing on a home field, https://lnkd.in/gFPk4cCT

Research suggests that when we take a few moments to focus on the good things in our lives, it can increase our happiness and wellbeing. We discuss gratitude and feeling grateful with primary school pupils in Step 2 of the Hummingbird Project. Below, a pupil at St Gabriel's CE Primary School in Rochdale shares their thoughts. What are you most thankful for? Let us know in the comments. 🙂 #learningwaystofeelhappier #HummingbirdProject #positivepsychology #positiveeducation #childrensmentalhealth

For months leading up to the Fun Fair, our youth were creating, building, decorating / painting and preparing for the incredible event that we had last weekend. This is just one moment of mentoring that was captured - Mike teaching Darren how to cut these boards to build our Animal Races game (used by the Pregnancy Care Center). Every project we do, starts with mentors teaching youth HOW to do ordinary things that can be used in extraordinary ways. Learn how to use this saw....to build something remarkable....And this skill will carry over when you have your own home and business. Learn how to write a grant...and watch it transform into an annual community event that in year 4 will gather 1,000+ people in our neighborhood and give them a taste of how awesome our city is and how incredible our young leaders are. It's way more than learning how to build a game. It's building confidence, self-esteem and filling your tool belt with resources that will change your daily life to reach healthy adulthood. -Gardening, Cooking -Building Trades -Education, Support -Work Readiness MENTORING MULTIPLIES. Mentoring someone, multiplies time, skills, and ultimately IMPACT in our community. Building a Tribe of Mentors to bring Restoration to Rockford....well, that brings THE BEST Return on your invest. ...But we can't bring Restoration to Rockford, without Rockford Investing in a Tribe of Mentors. Everyone wants a better Rockford. They see young people leading destructively and dangerously. BUT those same youth are Not a problem to be solved. They are our solution. Imagine the transformation that would take place when they have mentors to walk alongside them, direct them, care for them. Speak into them when their identity is lost in a million directions- Mentors remind them who they really are and what they are capable of. You have a choice. You can complain about the crime in our city. Or you do can do something about it to make an IMPACT. You can become a Mentor OR You can invest in the mission of building a Tribe of Mentors by making a monthly donation. Both of those choices are Better than doing nothing. https://lnkd.in/gAWSFi73 "As long as we have young people in this city who are leading destructively, we have the potential of becoming Something GREAT. When we redirect their leadership into something productive, collectively we will see remarkable and unbelievable outcomes." Join the Tribe- Together, Bringing Restoration to Rockford.

At Fostering Great Ideas, we annually increase the number of children served and the levels of support provided each child. How? We operate from core values that haven't changed (children matter; relationships are key; communities can respond together). We are also real big into stating our vision clearly and focusing on the strategic plan. Here is our end year piece: https://lnkd.in/e736-x-t

🌲 What I learned Volunteering at Scout Camp 🌲 During the past weekend, I had the opportunity to reflect on my summer. I volunteered as an adult leader at Camp Royaneh, a scout camp nestled deep in the Redwoods. At the closing campfire, the adult leaders were recognized. 🔥 But I took away something even more meaningful. A couple of years ago, one of my scouts twisted his ankle on the first day! 🙀 He was slower than everyone else. Discomfort and frustration! 🙁 Faced with navigating the large camp on crutches, he considered asking his parents to pick him up. 🤕 But fellow scouts, adults, and camp staff rallied around him, offering him support and encouragement. “We see and recognize your struggle – keep going!” Ultimately, he chose to stay and to push through, ending the week feeling very proud. He had grown through overcoming adversity. 🙌 Can you remember something similar at work? When faced with an unexpected setback, a new team member might decide that "this is not for me" OR that "I am going to get through this." Peers and leaders – we all can have significant influence.  But it takes effort, just like slowing down to accompany a fellow scout on crutches. #Perseverance #Teamwork #YouthDevelopment #GrowthMindset

As A Nation, We Must Act Now! Having worked with over 68000 children across the UK since 2007 and having dedicated my life working with children and young people, I have never been so so worried for the future prospects of our #youth. This is the Elephant in the room to which we appear to be ignoring as nation. Children should be our top priority as a nation, we need to fight back against the negative influences, high levels of parental neglect and passive learning situations that are causing so much apathy and self indulgence in our children and young people. #getoutside #getfit #healthyminds #resilience #charactereducation #character #wellbeing #inclusion #children #sport We have to do more to help, support and guide our young people NOW! This is not a joke, this is what we are hearing from teachers and witnessing within our schools and communities! Teachers are leaving our schools, because the children and the parents do not #respect them! Some parents want to be thier childrens friends rather than facing up to the tough decisions and responsibilities of being a parent. 1/ Now more than ever, children and young people need to understand values and boundaries. 2/ Teachers are calling for more respect and focus in the classroom. 3/ Children are being over exposed to the wrong kind of influencers on-line and within social media channels whom remain unchecked and unchallenged. 4/ Children and young people are collectively more anxious than they have ever been, low confidence and poor self esteem. With a feeling that they cannot live up to the over beautified expectations of thier peers on social media. 5/ Over 45% of children come from broken homes and there are more children than ever being moved in to care. 6/ Children are more vulnerable than ever before to external influences and to exploitation by county lines and the increasing level of local control by gangs. 7/ There is a real lack of mental and physical resilience in children who have not been learning to deal with managing risk, learning to be confident and to step out of thier comfort zone. 8/ levels of obesity at KS2 are a national disgrace, with over 26% of children in year eleven now obese. 9/ There are poor levels of Oral health and hygiene, leading to children have to have more dental and medical interventions (no wonder the NHS is stretched). 10/ Children do not participate in enough physically challenging and demanding sport and #outdoor #activities, it's all in the too difficult box. All of which will lead to premature poor health and Illness in later life.

Many people questioned why I and many others spent so much time working on the development of the EduSpots network over 💃 🥂 or making💰. It was because we could see the direct outcomes of the effort put in, and the significance of the change being created by and for remarkable human beings. We feel proud to share these output statistics from the last quarter in EduSpots - all driven through a 100% volunteer-driven model at the community level and a relatively low (streamlined!) organisational budget. And how do we achieve this? By bringing people together who are genuinely committed to a vision of enabling communities to come together to create the futures they want to see through education. Through investing in the development and growth of a network of 300 local Changemakers, believing in their potential to be social leaders regardless of their education experience, profession or age. The responsibility for change genuinely lies with the communities themselves, who have all played a pivotal role in the development of our model and grassroots network. 📈 We are looking forward to sharing the growth in the next quarter, and sharing further details on outcomes and evidence of impact at the end of 2024! 🥂 Kudos to all the Catalysts in EduSpots, whose efforts this reflects. Here's to #OurCollectiveFuture #reflection #milestones #education #community

Almost three years ago, I was able to make our dream life a reality. My wife and I had spent years in the city, chasing my career. In 2021 we purchased our 40-acre farm in East Texas. We also realized that uprooting and moving across the state made life far more complicated. Our friends, our coworkers, our #Community was two hours away. Even though they had the best of intentions, we quickly found ourselves out of sight, out of mind. So, Katie and I created a new community. One based on service, education, empowerment, and inspiration. One where we could help each other grow, learn new skills, and, most importantly, build real relationships with folks who shared our goals... This year we celebrated the second year of East TX Homestead Co-Op. This year alone we've held over 120 events and classes, have had over 1500 attendees to those events/classes, and have a total group membership of close to 4,000 people. Our group is centered around an idea we call the "Work & Learn," where we come together every month at a different farm and help the owner build infrastructure, fix barns, put up fencing, etc. while teaching new homesteaders skills they can take home and implement immediately. This idea was the catalyst to creating our group, and was loosely based on the idea of Amish Barn Raising. As we've grown we've had to limit the attendance to 30 adults each month -- nonetheless, in 2023 we've invested over 2,000 man-hours helping other #Homesteaders build their dreams. This is is #BuildingCommunity. #EducateEmpowerInspire #MarketingTips #CommunityBuilder

It's not just the children who benefit from Chapter One UK's online reading volunteers programme. Amanda Blevins at Fidelity International explains how the experience has improved her skills, "Professionally, it has enhanced my communication skills and empathy towards others. It has helped me lead with more confidence. No matter how stressed I am during my working day, Jullya manages to distract me in a good way, and I will often find solutions to things I was struggling with after our reading session." Read the full interview below. #volunteering #employeevolunteering #socialimpact #socialvalue #employeeengagement #employeewellbeing #csr #esg #corporatepartnerships #literacy #itallstartswithliteracy