Derry~Londonderry Heroes Project YMCA

Heroes Trip to Belfast On Friday the 20th of September the YMCA heroes group and the Mencap group went on a trip to Belfast to visit Stormont and W5. As part of our group work sessions we had discussed how laws are made and on the trip we got to see where they are made in Stormont. We took part in a tour of the building and got to see the chambers where the assembly members sit. It was a beautiful day with blue skies all around so we ate our lunch outside at the new play park on the Stormont estate. To end our visit to Belfast we went to W5 and had a fantastic time learning and discovering. 

Team Building Team Building is an essential part of forming a group, as it helps build relationships and allows the group to get to know each other and their strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the programme we have used many different activities and games to promote team building.  One team building activity was tower building. The big group was split into two smaller groups and these groups were tasked with designing the biggest tower out of the resources that they had. One group had newspaper and tape whilst the other had spaghetti and marshmallows. The teams had to work together and discover the best way to build their tower. When doing the challenge different roles emerged in the group with some people coming up with ideas and others building the structure.  Similarly the egg drop challenge saw the young people working as a team to design the best protection for an egg to prevent it from cracking when it was dropped from a height. Again, the group was split into t