Beyond the Barracks
Posted in Views by Abbie Salkeld
Beyond the barracks is a new mentoring scheme programme we have launched in collaboration with York St John University widening participation team. We are working with military Service children from three schools across North Yorkshire on the project, their ages ranging from year 7 up to year 11. The purpose of Beyond the Barracks is to equip the students with skills for their future and help them to recognise the skills they already have, including those they have gained from their experiences of being a military Service child.
Each week the students have been working in small groups with an assigned student ambassador mentor. They have tackled topics such as pathways into HE, CV writing, wellbeing week, revision skills and life as a military service child. The students will also be joining us for a campus visit later in the year to celebrate their achievements on the programme. This will also give the students the opportunity to tour the campus and meet other military service children from across the county.
It has been wonderful to hear the students participating in thought provoking conversations throughout the project and participating in some entertaining teamwork activities. We hope that the information and skills they take away from Beyond the Barracks will prove to be useful to all the students who have participated in the project.
