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This is the Archive Review PageArchived 7 May 2009ReachOut! Fundraising week in ManchesterThis was a fantastic success and nearly £1500 was raised over the course of the week. Thank you to all the volunteers (student mentors, Manchester Leadership Progamme Volunteers and mentee volunteers) for supporting us so enthusiastically and giving up your time so readily. Watch out for some photographs of the fundraising shortly! ReachOut! Fundraising week in ManchesterFrom Tuesday 28th April – 4th May we’ve got a whole host of activities for you. What’s more, there’ll be fun, frolics and much banter all whilst fundraising to keep your favourite mentoring organisation going! This is an exciting chance for you to make even more of a difference to ReachOut! Help us expand into more schools, with more projects, plus e-learning, soccer tournaments, summer projects, educational trips and interesting sessions for the young people YOU work with!
As you know, your weekly mentoring sessions are drawing to a close, so what better way to end the projects than by getting together with everyone? All fundraising is to allow more student volunteers the chance to be a part of ReachOut! This year over 500 people wanted a piece of what you’ve experienced with us so please, please, PLEASE help us to expand and improve what we do. It would be great if EVERYONE (past, present and future volunteers of ReachOut and friends) put themselves up for at least one of these activities! All activities (except bagpacking slots) are flexible so if you’ve got lecture clashes we can work something out. Check out the week’s schedule by clicking here and email Andrea to sign-up to one (or more) of these activities. ReachOut! will be providing transport, entertainment and big rewards for those who help (you know us, always in the form of food!) Sign-up your friends too, the more the merrier! Comic Relief have nothing on us….see the picture below!
Recent Fundraising Events for Manchester VolunteersWe've been busy raising funds recently with Fashion shows and Sponsored Walks. Go to our Picture Gallery to check out some pictures of the events.
New Video Post: Summer Project 2008Click here to see our video of the Summer Project held at Our Lady's Sport's College in August 2008. Hats off to our media magician Peter Jones for putting this together. New audio file post: Andrea at Manchester Leadership Programme (Manchester University)Click here to listen to Andrea McDermott address the Manchester Leadership students on her view of what ReachOut! is all about, the benefits and challenges of mentoring and her experiences as a mentor. Community Award for ReachOut! LondonCongratulations to Pete Blackwell, Dave Strinati and all the ReachOut! London staff and volunteers who have ensured that for 2007/8 ReachOut! was judged the foremost community organisation with links to a Hackney School that has made an outstanding contribution to the development and ongoing success of the school. Pete, David, Dorian Cooper and Xavier Bosch were at The Learning Trust Educators' Award 2008 at the Tower Hotel, London on Monday 25th February to receive the award from Sir Mike Tomlinson former chair of the Learning Trust Board. The evening was hosted by George Alagiah, Presenter of BBC's Six o'clock news and World News today. Hats off for a great achievement! When you see them next, pat them on the back and show them extra respect. Left to right: George Alagiah, Xavier Bosch, Dorian Cooper, Pete Blackwell, Dave Strinati and Sir Mike Tomlinson.
The ReachOut! curry night in Manchester last Tuesday 12th February went really well. Thanks to all the mentors who attended. Hope you enjoyed it too. Thanks also for all the feedback. We are going through this and will update all those who took part on what you had to say and what we are doing about it. Can we thank all those individuals and organisations who generously donated prizes for the raffle. We really appreciate your support and hope our mentors will support you! Our sponsors were: Ford Maddox Brown, Wilmslow Park Caffe Nero, Wilmslow Park Varsity, Wilmslow Park The Comedy Store, Arches 3 & 4 Deansgate Locks Brazilian Waxing Company, University Precinct Edwina Morgan of Tarvin, Chester and Mr and Mrs Jeffery of Southampton. REACHOUT! LONDON PRESENTATIONS AT QMULReachOut! will be delivering a number of short presentations at Queen Mary University of London about our work and current volunteering opportunities in London for prospective volunteers over the next week. You only need to come along once and it's a great opportunity to meet other people who are looking to volunteer, find out exactly what you'll be doing and ask any questions you may still have. We have 5 presentations currently scheduled, details below. If you are definitely going to attend any one of these, please let us know by emailing Shardae or text her (see the contact us page). If you're not sure when you can come, don't worry, but do try to come along!
Thursday 25th September 2008
QMUL
Art G02 (Arts Building on Mile End Road in between Laws Building and Blue Gates)
Friday 26th September 2008
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Art G02 (Arts Building on Mile End Road in between Laws Building and Blue Gates)
Manchester Mentors workshop February 17th 2009Thanks to all those Mentors who attended the workshop and curryfest and gave feedback on their mentoring experiences with ReachOut! You can see some pictures of the event here. Can we thank all those individuals and companies who kindly supported the event by providing prizes for the raffle. Details below. Please support them if you can! Lloyds Bar, Printworks, Bottle of Moet and Chandon Champagne Ford Maddox Brown, Meal for two Starbucks, Fallowfield, Coffee flask and 3 mugs Saporito Italian Restaurant Withington Meal for two The Gin Club Fallowfield Bottle of Asti Bar One Withington £25 food/drink voucher. ReachOut! trip to the Houses of Parliament April 2009
An intrepid group of Junior Mentors from Parklands High School in Wythenshawe started their day at 5 a.m. on Wednesday 29th April to travel to Westminster to visit the Houses of Parliament and meet with their local M.P. Paul Goggins. This followed on from a successful project they had completed earlier when, with support from their own student mentors, they each prepared for and presented a briefing to their own "Prime Minister" on issues they were interested in. A tour of the Palace of Westminster was followed by the meeting with Mr Goggins, fresh from attending the real Prime Minister's Question Time. The group asked a number of perceptive questions which Mr Goggins answered fully and frankly, which greatly impressed the group. For all concerned especially for those who were visiting London for the first time it was an interesting visit and helped the Junior mentors to understand the role of politicians in the local and National Community. Mr Goggins promised to support the Junior mentors as much as he could. Verdict? A "safe guy!" Archived 7th October 2009 Now, as mentioned at the Talk we’re having a Curry Night Social for everyone to get to know one another, chat about the projects leisurely and bandy ideas, jokes and bottles of wine around for the evening. Come along and bring friends or significant others too! When: Tuesday 6th October Time: 7.30pm Where: Al Bilal Our fabulous Manager’s Special deal is just £10 and it includes: - Poppadom and chutneys - Any Starter off the menu - Any Main off the menu - Rice or naan (suggest we just have half each) - Ice cream - Half a bottle of wine each Bring your own drinks so feel free to take advantage of this! BARGAIN. Please RSVP with a YES to Andrea by Monday 5th October at the very latest. For future social events please add ReachOut as a friend on Facebook or join the ReachOut Manchester group! The Friend profile is ReachOut Manchester. Celebrate making it through your first week of lectures and your recovery from Freshers’ Flu! To get you in the flavour here are some puns in ‘The Curry Chart Top 5 of Music’ 1. Take That and Chapati - Take That 2. Korma Police – Radiohead 3. Dansak Queen – Abba 4. Poppadum Preach – Madonna 5. Rice Rice Baby - Vanilla Ice Events
Manchester: Elvis Night When: Tuesday 13th October 2009 Where: Whitworth Art Gallery
All you need is your student ID card and a friend and you can have a splendid night this evening! To celebrate The American Scene an Elvis night is being put on with music, an amazing atmosphere and free hotdogs and Krispy Kreme donuts! All you need is to show up with your student card say you’re a member of ReachOut! and you will get in for FREE! Hope to see you there! We've arranged with the UMU Student Activities Officer to use part of their office (top of stairs, 2nd Floor, UM Students Union Building on Oxford Road) to hand out CRB forms (if you haven't got one already!) receive completed forms or answer any queries about completing the forms, and also to check your ID documents. Arrangements have been made for Andrea or another member of staff to be there each Tuesday from 12-30 pm until 1-30 pm and each Friday from 12-30 pm until 2-30 pm until further notice. She will be probably be wearing a smart ReachOut!T-shirt or hoody so you should recognise her! We have now finalised the dates and venues for our training sessions in Manchester for BOTH OCN (Accredited) and Basic (not accredited) training with ReachOut! Details of current and further training courses will be posted in the Training section of this website and will also be sent by email to any volunteers who have registered via this website but who have not completed training to date. Click here for general details about Manchester training.
Some of the new mentors at the first training session on 3rd October 2009
Click here for details about the accredited (OCN) training dates for Manchester Training Click here for details about the basic training dates for Manchester Training Click here for London training ReachOut! and Manchester Deaf Centre: Deaf Awareness Workshop Click here for poster When: Saturday 28th November Time: 1-4pm Where: Manchester Deaf Centre, Crawford House, Booth St East entrance.
Make the most of sign language interpreters and find out how YOU can contribute towards deaf people enjoy living life and communicating with YOU! ALL students regardless of their degree subject will benefit from this event! Parents, young people and speakers will all be present at this event as well as sign interpreters to facilitate discussions and talks on various issues surrounding working with deafness. Tickets are £3 and are going towards running the event. All participants will receive a certificate for their CV and personal record. Broaden your experience of Manchester and come along! Email Andrea for more details/tickets. Tickets are also available on the door. ReachOut Manchester Christmas Social 2009 Will, the ReachOut! Society Social secretary in Manchester has arranged the ReachOut! Manchester Christmas social. It'll be happening Thursday 10th December at 7.30. The venue is The Red Lion in Withington, 530-532 Wilmslow Rd,Manchester, Lancashire, M20 4BT 0161 434 2441 It is a really nice pub with great food. The price will be £12 for a 3 course meal with a free drink thrown in. All buses that go from University to Fallowfield go through Withington and it's a 2 minute walk from there. Andrea can pick up 13 people from the Whitworth Art Gallery (email Andrea if you want a lift with her). To book a place you need to bring £12 to your project next week (commencing 23 November) and also choose what meal you'd like from the menu below. This is really important as we need to give the Red Lion deposits to book the meal and let them know how much food is needed. Please pick one dish from each course:
Please email Andrea with your choices! ReachOut! and Stockport County FC ReachOut! joined up with Stockport County FC during the summer to provide football oportunities for some of our mentors and mentees. They recently wrote an article about their involvement in their programme for the Millwall game. Click here to see a pdf of the article. Child Protection Training for Manchester volunteers is taking place in the Council Chambers on the 2nd floor, Manchester University student’s union on Oxford Road. When: Tuesday 24th November OR Tuesday 1st December Time: 5pm – 6.30pm There won’t be any other opportunity to do this so please make sure you can attend! Call 07738227836 if you get lost! ALL mentors must attend this training on EITHER date (not both!) Allen Hall postal address is: Cromwell Range, Manchester M14 6HT
Oak House postal address is: 1 Moseley Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6HX The training room is in Carrill House, the centre block of Oak House.
ReachOut! Manchester Fundraising Week 2010.Running from Thursday 11th February to Saturday 20th February 2010 this is an exciting chance for you to make even more of a difference to ReachOut! Help us expand into more schools, with more projects, plus e-learning, soccer tournaments, summer projects, educational trips and interesting sessions for the young people YOU work with! So what activities can you get involved with? • Get romantic and run a stall at our Valentine’s Fete • Get a work out Supermarket Bag packing • Take to the streets selling delicious homemade cakes • Be a ball boy (or girl) at our Charity Cup 2010 Football Tournament. Click here to view the flyer. It would be great if EVERYONE (past, present and future volunteers of ReachOut! and friends) put themselves up for at least one of these activities! Further details of days and times will be heading your way soon.
Vodafone World of Difference: Welcome to Winner Heidi HinchliffeHeidi has been volunteering with ReachOut! since October 2009 as a mentor and project leader for the Friday Chrysalis Homework project. After winning a place on the Vodafone Foundation’s 2009 World of Difference UK programme Heidi is joining our team on a full time basis. Along with her mentoring Heidi will be assisting in the co-ordination and running of the ReachOut! Fundraising Week in February so look out for her in these coming weeks! We are very happy Heidi has been given this opportunity to join our team and help us support the young people of ReachOut! To read more and follow Heidi’s placement with us click here for her vodafone blog and here to read an article in her local paper. ReachOut! London: Promoting Diversity in Public Life
The event was the launch of a new initiative where over 100 public appointment ambassadors from different backgrounds, ages and all with a wealth of experience, use their skills and confidence to promote the plea lead by Bonnie Greer and the Minister, Maria Eagle to increase diversity and attract more talented people to apply for a public appointments. Reanna and Frances talked to ambassadors, who explained the benefits of taking up public appointments. These appointments are local, regional and national and cover bodies which make decisions that effect people’s every day lives, such as NHS Trusts, Magistrates, the Equality and Human Rights Commission. ReachOut! spoke to Bonnie Greer along with other ambassadors about their roles, why they took up being active in public life, and the difference they are able to make. Bonnie Greer gave an inspirational speech sharing her experiences; as a child in the US, Greer had to travel far to get to school (due to racial segregation), it was several years before she and other ethnic minorities were able to attend the local, previously, 'white only school'. Later in life whilst pursuing a career in Law, Greer was told by a professor at University that women didn’t belong there, so she changed direction. Fortunately these barriers did not affect her goal and she is now a successful playwright and a member of the British Museum’s Board of Trustees, where she is leading the way for black women in public appointments. Reanna and Frances were shocked by Greer’s stories, surprised that inequality was so entrenched in Greer’s upbringing but also inspired and encouraged that she had overcome these barriers, reminding us how worthwhile ReachOut!’s mission to promote a culture of respect for others, no matter what our differences, as well as to encourage and motivate the young people we work with to excel and achieve their ambitions is! Frances commented that “Reanna and I both enjoyed our first experience at Lancaster House and hearing from such inspirational people; which provided us with real insights, entertainment and inspiration, all topped off with some delicious canapés!” ReachOut! Manchester: The ReachOut! Cup 2010
The ReachOut! Cup in Manchester took place on 19th February 2010. It was a great success and we appreciate the support of all the businesses who provided teams and who helped with the refreshments. Click here to visit the web gallery or here to go to the ReachOut Cup page with photographs of the teams. The winners shown above were P.E.Jones (Contacts) Ltd and the runners-up were AMEC. ReachOut! London has started a blog! Check it out at www.reachoutlondon.blogspot.com and leave your comments! ReachOut! Manchester has just achieved Bronze level Standard of the Greater Manchester Information, Advice and Guidance Award as part of our commitment to providing excellent services to young people. Our IAG Mentor, Steve Millward, presented the award to John O'Donnell on 20th April.
We want to make sure those young people are properly supported in being able to make informed decisions about their own future and informed choices about the issues they face. You can view a copy of our Bronze level standard Award certificate, commitment letter and the Code of Practice and access links to some IAG resources here London: ReachOut! Charity Cup 2010ReachOut! London’s second annual charity cup took place in London on Friday 19th February 2010. As with the previous year, young people aged 13/14 got together to organise the event, supported by ReachOut! staff. The boys worked in three groups, covering refreshments (Perry Walsh & Kenneth Koranteng), prizes (Ibrahim Bangura, Wasim Nawaz, Daniel Ogunnowo, Samuel Ogunnowo) and match day arrangements (Nathanael Kwateng, Tosin Oguntohun and Yosief Mehari). Boys were responsible for all aspects of the event, including planning, budgeting, purchasing, printing and organisation on the day, documenting their work to put towards their Youth Achievement Awards (Silver).
The eventual winners were Poker Stars, shown left.
The event itself was a huge success, raising £4000 for ReachOut! projects in London. Click here to find out more about the organising which the ReachOut! young people did and here to find out more about the sponsors and participants. Manchester:Our Lady’s Project – Fashion Show: Come along!The Fashion Show will take place on Wednesday 24th March at 7pm at Our Lady’s Assembly Hall. It will be a great evening filled with surprise performances, food and drink, raffles… The mentors and mentees have worked really hard to put this on so let us know if you’d like to get a lift with us and cheer everybody on! You can buy tickets the same day or before at the school for £1 (or 50p if you are under 18). Click here for a view of the poster designed by the girls. Map to location Manchester: ReachOut! Society Social to Chester Zoo 27th February 2010
Perhaps we'll do it again next year when it's warmer!
ReachOut! Week, Manchester 2010 raises over £4000!
ReachOut! Manchester would like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone that donated their time to support these activities. We would also like to say an equally huge THANK YOU to all the companies who helped support the week. THANK YOU to the Mentor’s and Mentee’s of ReachOut! for their support during the whole week. THANK YOU to Morrison’s Chorlton and Sainsbury’s Fallowfield for their support during the bagpacking.
ReachOut! Manchester BBQ Friday 14th May 2010 3-30-7 pmAll MENTORS invited and anyone who’s vaguely been involved with ReachOut! past and present. We are looking for new mentors for next year so if you know someone you think may be interested bring them along too! Location: Greygarth Hall, 1 Lower Park Road, Rusholme/Victoria Park - this will be the new ReachOut! Mentoring Centre next year so come and find out where it is! 2mins walk from Oxford Rd. Call 07738227836 if you're lost! Directions from Edinburgh Bicycle Shop, Oxford Road opposite Whitworth Park: Go up Oxford Place and take your second right turn. The building is the first on your left!
Games: 3 legged races, egg and spoon, pin the tail on the donkey, piñata and a quiz! Food: FREE but bring along extra bits if you can! Drink: Soft drinks provided but by all means bring a beer or two if you wish.
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In January 
A convoy of cars and the yellow minibus packed with Mentors (and 4 mentees!) set off along the M56 last Saturday en route to Chester Zoo on the latest ReachOut! Society Social. 
Despite the cold and occasional drizzle that is inevitable in the North West in late February everyone had a great time and found lots to discover and enjoy. 
February half term saw a week packed full of activities including Valentine’s stalls, raffles, cakes sales, numerous bag packing slots and the massively successful ReachOut! Cup 2010 (see below) which raised a grand total of 
THANK YOU to Lidl, Netto and Pret A Manger for donating refreshments for the ReachOut! Cup 2010. THANK YOU to Solicitors firms (in alphabetical order!) Berrymans, Glaisyers, Hammonds and Pannone and Amec, Nandos, PE Jones, Proctor and Gamble, and Stagecoach for entering teams in the ReachOut! Cup 2010. 