The Experience is a new charity project currently being developed for Essex, watch this space for developments (please be patient whilst we work hard to finish the preparation needed)
When we launch we will be looking to provide an opportunity for selected young people (aged 11-15) in Essex to take part in a weekend of fun activities such as climbing and abseiling, free of charge, with all equipment food and accommodation provided.
To facilitate this we will first train around 30 adult volunteers from a variety of backgrounds, in the skills required to mentor these young people. We will do this over a 5 day residential training course covering such skills as teamwork, leadership, communication, first-aid, drugs awareness, dealing with conflict and others.
On the Friday afternoon, as the young people arrive, the training course will move into the delivery stage where the newly trained volunteers, supported by the trainers and support staff, will guide the participants through the weekend of activities until they leave on the Sunday afternoon.
Our History
We have based this new project on The Essex Experience, which was a hugely successful project run by the Scout organisation in Essex. This enabled many young people to take part in the same kind of project as we are trying to create, as well as providing hundreds of adults with a rewarding opportunity to be part of something special.
We could never hope to mirror the success of this, certainly not in the short term (as well as the main project they also provided follow on schemes and other opportunities for older youths etc) but by exploiting the will and enthusiasm of existing volunteers looking to continue, we hope to plug some of the gap left when The Essex Experience closed.
Who are we?
The Experience is the operating name of ESSEX YOUTH FIRST LTD - our not-for-profit company which was created for this purpose. We are currently registering with the Charities Commission and await our number.
We are not part of Essex Scouts and although similarly named, this is NOT linked in any way (other than many of the original volunteers) to the original Essex Experience and/or Essex Scouts.
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