The ReachOut Challenge

This Wednesday, 6 teams made up of our corporate sponsors and associates ran a gauntlet of skill, teamwork, and endurance at Challenge 4 Change. The 6 teams were each joined by two junior mentors from our fantastic Junior Mentor projects, and tackled challenges such as the wall vault, the chariot race, and the human scales all in the name of the ReachOut challenge.

The challenge was a great way for some of the corporates to get an idea of what ReachOut does and to meet some of the young people that benefit from one-to-one mentoring on a weekly basis. We have been covered by several media publications in the last week as many of you will have seen. The articles report on the positive effect our mentoring programmes have on a young person's academic achievement. The ReachOut Challenge was a great way for the corporate participants to find out how they can be a part of that movement.

After the morning session of activities, team Arrow Global were crowned champions of the ReachOut Challenge 2014. All of our valued participants gave it their all and made sure the day was a complete success, so a very heartfelt thank you must go out to Jones Lang Laselle, Royal Bank of Scotland, Simply Health, Zurich, BNY Mellon, and the winners Arrow Global.

Team Arrow Global with Alex Williams MBE from City in the Community and ReachOut chief exec Xavier Bosch

In the afternoon session, it was all about personal achievement and stepping out of comfort zones. Vertiginous leaps of faith, and white knuckled high wire assault courses were the order of the day.... oh and a 30 foot totem pole called Elvis (coined so because of its propensity to wobble when climbed upon).

A special thank you must also go out to the very generous Metronet uk, who kindly funded the event, to Alex Williams from Manchester City in the Community, and finally to our hosts Challenge 4 Change. The mentality that Challenge 4 Change encourage from all participants is right in line with what we value at ReachOut: Stick with it even if its difficult, set yourself the challenge and you might surprise yourself! For those of you have never attended, what are you waiting for! Its great place to test yourself in a safe environment. Take the challenge and push yourself! 

Luke Shelbourn

Manchester

The Chariot Race... and by chariot we mean big blue mat.

Team BNY Mellon ready for action!

Team Simply Health

Team RBS 

Peace!

Team Jones Lang Laselle

The leap of faith

The high wire with Elvis giving it a wobble in the background.

Team Zurich