Our "Step Up" schools project was a great success this year.

Below is some feedback from the Community Professionals that met the young people, from the school but most of all from the young people themselves.

As you may know we have been running Step Up, a project aimed to help young people form Sidney Stringer to get more involved in the community and build their leadership.

We have been working with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust to put on a short series of circus skills training sessions, followed by a circus skills event at Yardley Street youth centre. Over the course of the training sessions we all learnt lots of new skills, like manipulating diaboloes, riding unicycles, making balloon animals, spinning plates and juggling (which Abdullah got very good at). And there was more!

Step Up Project

We have just started a new programme with young people.  We have 16 young people from Sidney Stringer Academy coming to us for twelve sessions.

The aim of this programme, in line with the aims of our project, is to bring together the diverse communities that live in the area in order to build a strong and cohesive community. Click here to read more.

Ni Hao,

I'm back in the UK and would like to say sorry to everyone that was following my blogs that I was unable to blog during my final 3 weeks in China. It was difficult to find time and an internet connection that worked. I will try to summarise my final 3 weeks for you.

Living in Shanghai for nearly a week has been a very interesting and different experience for me. I can honestly say that I am actually not into cosmopolitan cities with bars, clubs and shopping malls surrounded by a city landscape as I am more interested in cultural aspects of a place full of history and custom surrounded by mountains and natural landscapes. However, Shanghai is a very unique place.

Ni Hao,

So much has happened since my last entry and when I tried to write, on the morning we left Beijing, it didn't save - so I'll try once again.

Back again, for my third blog! This time, I’m writing from the busy city of Sao Paulo, whilst sitting in a history class in Colegio Sao Luis; things are very different here to sunny Rio de Janeiro.

This weekend a lot has happened.  Saturday morning we started our journey to go and visit a village called Hemen Village - however it was a little manic before leaving as i couldn't find my room key to get into my room to get the bag that I was going to take with me. Not a very good start to the day.

Okay, so before I get started I would just like to say to all of you at home in Coventry: yes, I know I haven`t blogged once through out my two weeks in the beautiful city of Rio. BUT-- I have been writing regularly in my personal journal..so my experiences haven't been lost...I just need to transfer all the relevant info here on this blog. :)

So here goes ...