An invitation into our Away Day

We do things a bit differently at Brandon Centre, and our away days are no exception.

Held at our local community centre in Kentish Town (connecting us both to the area and our work), the wonderful Tracy and Adam from Tapestry hosted our team for the day.

With cups of coffee in hand, we started off strong with Daisy from the Young Camden Foundation giving context on the challenges the youth sector is facing in the borough today as well as all the great work that’s happening.

Her openness was the perfect introduction to invite us to share our stories, and explain to each other what it means to be a part of BC and the difference we’re making in the lives of young people and families in the community.

We got to understand our strengths and learn from one another as we brainstormed solutions to the challenges we might face in the future, as well as coming up with ideas on how to continue sharing our stories both within the wider team and externally.

And as the day progressed, our bond as a team deepened, realising that time together is really important. Something that we want to continue prioritising going forward.

This connection was encouraged by Adam, who held a space in the agenda to get more in touch with our bodies through gentle movement and breath work. A welcome break for our minds!

We also had a low stakes rock, paper, scissors championship throughout the day, with our intake manager, Matt winning. It was a nice reminder to have some fun sometimes, even amongst the seriousness.

Our away day was a chance to gather our thoughts and take a moment before creating a rich tapestry made up of the fibres from what we shared, what we learnt and what we taught each other.