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Productive session today with our Clacton cohort exploring the differences between being assertive, aggressive and passive. This is week four of our 6-month Equip school programme. We are very impressed with how the group have gelled, are able to share with each other...

A space has become available on our Engage Programme in Colchester. If you have a boy age 13/14 who attends school in Colchester, has an absent father and limited access to a positive male role model, who would like to learn practical life skills and engage in...

Another successful Engage workshop led by the super talented Dave from Woodland Sticks ably supported by his grandson Dillon. The boys made Bushcraft whistles and key rings and necklaces out of recycled horn. They learnt how to use a drill, whittle wood, safely handle...

We have a space become available on our Engage Programme in Tendring. If you have a boy in year 7 or 8 who has an absent father and lacking a male role model, who is interested in learning practical life skills and community volunteering, get in touch. There is no...

Busy day today. Day two of a new Equip session exploring emotions. The boys have really settled in as we can tell by the biscuit test. (An indicator of how comfortable the boys are in a new group is how many biscuits are left over at the end). 😉 This evening...

Great first Engage workshop on car maintenance for our Colchester cohort last night. We started with the theory side, where mentors explained the various types of cars that we have in the modern day and how an engine works. The boys then went outside to learn how to...

Really looking forward to treating our Ambassador boys to a music workshop this evening courtesy of Simon and Fraser from http://www.clipsoundandmusic.uk

Great night watching / listening to the story of guitar heroes with some of our ambassador boys and mentors at the Empire Theatre in Halstead. 👍

Another community gardening project via our Engage Programme carried out by team LND. Well done team 👍