On Friday Tania, Ellen, Eddie and Ni met the NDCS staff at The Studio in Birmingham - site of the last ever residential for the old YAB (hot chocolate still free and unlimited...) - to begin some training.
Throughout the day we took part in lots of exercises designed to teach us communication skills and enable us to give fun and useful sessions as well as generally provide support for the new YAB members.
Some sessions included a game to teach the importance of giving clear instructions, where Ni was an alien from outer-space who had to be taught how to put on a t-shirt... We also discussed the differences between being a YAB member and a young facilitator and how important it was to support rather than influence young people.
It was a great day we know that NDCS are planning to run the same training for our Scottish members sometime in the future!
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