Last month the YCW National Training and Development Worker, Marc Besford, went along to visit the Sandbach YCW Group to catch up in person about what the young leaders had been working on. Over the pandemic, most catch ups were being done virtually so it was a nice change and gave Marc the opportunity to see some of the work being done and be part of the discussions.
On the agenda was planning for the upcoming afternoon tea fundraiser, which was raising money and awareness of the “plastic free” campaign. This campaign is all about reducing unnecessary plastic use, especially items called “single use plastics” that are often discarded into landfill or our oceans and are non-recyclable. The young leaders coordinated together and worked out how the event would be advertised and ran.
Sandbach YCW has previously ran several high profile campaigns, including on refugee sponsorship and prior to the pandemic had gone through the SEE-JUDGE-ACT Method to highlight new areas of work. With the chance to get together in person and parish activity starting to open back up, this was a perfect opportunity to get back down to business.
Marc congratulated the group saying: “This was a fantastic visit and the young leaders were really impressive in how they took on the role of planning this event. I’m sure it will be a superb day and raise a lot towards their campaign. Getting young people interested and engaged in topics that matter to them, supporting them with inspiration from the Gospel and developing them into leaders is what the YCW is all about.”
