Thursday night I was fortunate enough to have been invited to a presentation night for one of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Services EARLY courses. This was the second celebratory presentation I have been able to go to this week in Liverpool; both very heartening. Boulder Adventures delivers week two out of the Team’s 12 week development course. The EARLY courses are just like the Prince's Trust courses which the fire service also deliver. They are designed to improve the lives of the participants by building up confidence, reliability and personal motivation leading to greater employability prospects. In fact four of the team who had started the course had managed to find jobs so did not make it to the end of the twelve week course, a quicker turnaround than anyone could hope for - well done them.I am very proud to have built up such a productive working relationship with the fire service as the skills that our courses can highlight are so well reinforced by the rest of their hard work and values. I really feel we are part of something worthwhile. Hopefully I will be in the position to witness more of the remarkable transformations these courses can make soon.
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