8AM ... surface back to the land of the living... late night last night and although it would have been nice to be tired because of an A- list party invite where Johnny Depp finally proposed to me , it was second on the wish list which was a really good street session with some young people. It was a laugh and we learnt a lot about their world. Referred a young man to Connexions (See useful contacts!) who was in search of a part time job or possibly being an apprentice and also talked about opportunities for young people to get involved in their area, including local politics!

10AM... . Reach the office, check e-mails and phone messages drink tea and discuss with our project manager how things are going with the project.

Carry on filling out application form to big lottery fund to ask for money....the young people seemed really up for a moped course and it would be great if they could go for free as a bike is expensive let alone the training. Hampshire Youth Clubs and Isle of Wight (See useful contacts!)   Said they will help us run it.

12PM... Have mental war again with blueberry muffin in shop... brain can't decide between low fat not as tasty muffin or full fat will go up three sizes if I keep eating these muffins... latter one wins.

Finish reading YOUTH magazine and surf the internet for good trip/residential opportunities.

Discuss budget and where we are at with team to see if we can afford new football and digital camera for the project.

1PM ... Ummmmmmmmmm lunch

2PM ....Back to it... get ready for face to face session in a building based project with two other workers. Sort out session plan... today we will show young people how to use a photo programme to organize their photos. Due to interest in this activity last week.

6PM ... finish session, had around 15 young people in, lots participated in workshop. Lots of remarks about drugs and their affect flying around... lots of myths believed! Challenged them and brought out some info and drugs suitcase and had an impromptu drugs info session. Will work on something more solid for next week's session, due to some individuals clearly being affected by this issue on a closer level than the others.

 ½ hour Quick break

6.30-9.30PM .... Off to do some Street based work now with another team...

We have decided to take out football and some games around self identity since it is a really nice evening and these games involve a bit of group activity.

9.00 ...back to the office to evaluate, saw loads of young people all over , spoke to around 23 , from ages 11- 20. Had some interesting conversations about bullying and feeling pressured into sex. Interesting to hear the boys perspective.

Later on some young women wanted to find out where to get contraception, I issued some condoms out and had a really good chat about other forms of information in the area like the Family planning clinic and GP's (See useful contacts!) .  

Played a bit of football... I really shouldn't since I always seem to miss the ball, but had fun anyway and was great to watch some of the boys and girls play it really well.... Put me to shame!!!

Got some names for the residential that is coming up and they agreed to help organize the next trip which is up to London

Met some new contacts briefly, hopefully will catch up with them next time too.