Sam Squire’s Post

What does it mean to ‘Be more Gen Z’? This is what Faith Falayi, Tariq Sadiq, Eva Lindy W., Laura Guymer and I discussed yesterday at the Form the Future CIC conference. We unpacked… The importance of how we all need to use the ‘5-yard-rule’ when sharing our stories - you never know how this may inspire someone positive change reaction it can have afterwards The need for experiences - the knowledge that a young people will gain through doing will far outweigh the learning that they’ll gain from a text book. It’s all well and good having the knowledge, but what’s the point if you haven’t had the opportunity to apply it? How we should educate young people about essential elements of our society such as the civic service much earlier in their academic journey - How much experience and impact could they have on others if they were exposed as early as 8, not 16? MASSIVE shoutouts to… Eva Lindy W. for being an excellent facilitator. Laura Guymer for inviting me Anne Bailey and the Form the Future CIC team for putting on the event. It’s incredibly inspirating to see!