Edward Timpson MP visits ReachOut

On Thursday 5^th November, Edward Timpson MP dropped into the Year 7 and 8 ReachOut Academy at Our Lady’s in Higher Blackley, Manchester.

During his visit, Edward chatted with the mentees and mentors during the one to one mentoring session, finding out what ReachOut means to them.  Former mentee, now Senior Mentor Keiarnya Grant-Blissett, chatted with Edward about her journey through ReachOut and the support she had received from her Mentor. She spoke about how ReachOut helped her to embark on a degree in Childcare Studies and the skills she has been learning from her time as a mentor.

In the group activity, Edward helped the mentees and mentors as they worked together on the Balloon Couch Challenge. This great relationship building activity provides the perfect environment for our mentees and mentors to get to know each other while having fun: planning, building and then testing the strength of their couches by sitting on them for 30 seconds.

On his experience at ReachOut, he had this to say, "I was really pleased to visit Our Lady's High School for the ReachOut project, and was delighted to see first hand all of the hard work that has gone into raising the students' aspirations and building character. I look forward to hearing more about ReachOut's work in the future and wish them all the best with the projects planned."

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Edward Timpson for taking the time to visit our project and to chat with our mentees and mentors, we hope to see you again soon.

Heidi

Manchester