LISTEN UP IN WARRINGTON
LISTEN UP IS A DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME RUN BY UDEVELOP THAT ENHANCES PERSONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS FOR THE NEW LEAF CHESHIRE PROGRAMME
Before we started on the course we felt anxious and apprehensive. The idea of a five week long course was daunting. However, since we heard about the course from our New Leaf mentor, it seemed like something worth giving a try.
On arrival, we felt nervous to start, but Caroline was very warm and welcoming, which helped us become more comfortable and settled. To visualise our goals for the future, we created a vision board filled with personal interests, hobbies, dreams, and aspirations that would help us envision our future.
On week 2, to find out about our future and delve more into what we wanted to achieve, we created an aspirational journey script. We also enhanced our team working and communication skills by creating a New Leaf promo script and recorded it together. This helped us gain confidence speaking.
On week 3 we started to build rapport with each other and we continued to get to know each other on a more personal level. We got together into pairs and asked each other questions about our personal interests and presented back to the group. We also recorded the individual aspirational journey podcasts we wrote the week before which gave us feelings of confidence. A New Leaf mentor came in and listened to our group and individual pieces and was blown away by what we had created. The positive feedback gave us all a big boost! At the end of the session, we set SMART goals to work towards over the Easter break.
ONE LEARNER SET HERSELF A GOAL TO DANCE DAILY AND HER OVERALL WELLBEING AND CONFIDENCE WAS BOOSTED. I THINK SHE MIGHT EVEN CONTINUE TO DANCE DAILY!
Week 4 was our favourite week! We started by sharing what we achieved with our SMART goals over the break and what we gained from setting specific goals for ourselves. It made us feel more accomplished, motivated and positive. Anxiety was lessened. We then got into more communication activities, this time more specifically on the topics of food and travel. It was interesting to hear other peoples points of view! As we were comfortable together, we had more fun this week. Whilst we were recording our “coping mechanisms” promo, we had a laugh together which helped with productivity and loosened any tension or anxiety that we may have had. Listen to the fun we had down below!
COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES BROUGHT US CLOSER TOGETHER AS A GROUP
The course came to a close on week 5 and we had completed Listen Up! We gained new skills - listening and communicating and have the confidence to try new things and meet new people. All of the group feel more motivated. Whilst it’s sad that it’s over, we have our vision boards, portfolios, and CD’s as well as the memories to keep us on this positive track going forward.
OUR FINISHED PORTFOLIOS!
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART IN A COURSE THAT ENHANCES YOUR CONFIDENCE LEVELS, DRIVE AND FOCUS FOR THE FUTURE THEN THIS IS PERFECT FOR YOU!! ENROL NOW ON THE NEW LEAF PORTAL UNDER - LISTEN UP CONFIDENCE BUILDING
