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TRANSITIONS
into Adulthood
A week away, ideally in a country
house setting,
enabling an amazing transition into adulthood
through a powerful blend of
ancient and modern wisdom,
including diverse creative
exploration
and personal development concepts.
To include sections on communication, finance,
responsibilities, relationships, environment,
feelings and purpose or aims in life.
Specializing in Workshops and
Coaching with Young People:
(we can adapt the week long workshop into shorter
sections)
07707 200 494
/ 01306-500425
julia@radiance-solutions.co.uk
Working with young people - taking them
away in the early stages of teenage-hood, to do
an "Initiation into Adulthood" week,
which would include a wide range of activities
such as communication, creative, and personal
development workshops and therapeutic/meditation
sessions, including some shamanic vision questing
type work to examine deeper levels of
consciousness and self.
The outcome being that they will have opened up,
explored who they want to be, and identified
things to take responsibility for and how to do
this, as well as having affirmed that their
transition into adulthood is something to
celebrate.
There
is nothing in the UK to mark and explore this
important transition,
so our young people are left with uncertainty
about themselves, their identity, the world
around them, and how to find ways of dealing with
it.
It is a very personal journey, and young people
will be left with a sense
of meaningfulness instead of feeling
disassociated and disaffected.
It is a great strategy for prevention of teenage
anti-social behaviour.
Young
People will also be given tools/techniques to
help them on their journey and remind themselves
from time to time
of who they are and what they want to achieve.
The focus is always on empowering each
individual.
We will even look at things like exercise and
healthy diets.
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Julia Woodman who created the vision and plan for
these workshops,
has studied the work of Robert Bly who works
similarly in the USA,
but with adults, particularly in understanding
deeper levels of self.
She is also a trained counselor (families and
children), life coach, healer, artist and
creative writing tutor, with 17 poetry
collections. She has appeared on radio, TV,
& in festivals and schools, in the UK &
USA.
She has also run a Youth Forum, and still works
as a Service User Involvement Officer for 16-21
yr olds, and is thus CRB checked.
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PLANS TO INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO DO NOT HAVE FAMILIES TO FUND THIS
I have pretty much set out the details of how I
would lead such a scheme, and have several people
interested in working with me, and have collected
comments from young people who think such an idea
would be well worth pursuing (including
suggestions about age and group size etc) - so my
next step is to look for funding so that this
group can be included.
This could alternatively mean working alongside
other
organizations who already have access to funding
for work with such groups of young people..
The NYA has become interested in bringing
spiritual concepts into youth work, and I was
involved in their iniitial consultation exploring
this possibility, but I have not yet given them
details of this project.
Catch-22 has expressed an interest in this
concept, and could possibly involve the New
Economics Foundation in presenting a session.
In Surrey, I believe that were many of our care
leavers (even older ones) able to access any of
this, even if it was just meditation or creative
groups, it would make a big difference to them,
especially to their attitudes, sense of self, and
their ability to cope with their lives, and
relationships.
Of course there are many other young people whom
we work with around the country who could also
benefit greatly from access to this.
07707 200 494
/ 01306-500425
julia@radiance-solutions.co.uk
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