Friday 24 August 2018

Thoughts from our Mentor Ben

 'I learnt that we all have amazing qualities apart from our stammers and we should not let the stammer define us' 

Each year The Fluency Trust offer the opportunity for a young person to return on the course as a mentor, to share their experiences and support others.
This year Ben joined us as mentor, spending time with both the Teens group and the Blockbuster group. His support was valuable and we really appreciate all his efforts.

Here are some thoughts from Ben

In my time at Skern Lodge as a mentor, I met amazing young people and learnt that my stammer is all about perspective. From being taught football by eleven year olds, supporting both teens and blockbusters in therapy and being capsized three times during kayaking (don’t worry it is safe), I learnt that we all have amazing qualities apart from our stammers and we should not let the stammer define us. Instead, we should focus on our positives. I have been privileged to help them realise this and although being a mentor was difficult (pretending to know what you are doing in front of young people is never easy), it was a rewarding experience. Good luck to the future.

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Bike Ride Challenge for The Fluency Trust

We must keep these life changing residential courses running for young people who stammer. We need to raise £12,000 to be able to run next years course. Claire is undertaking a mammoth 166 mile bike ride from our office in Swindon all the way to Skern Lodge in Devon next month visit
http://mydonate.bt.com/events/clairescycle/471927 to sponsor her and support The Fluency Trust

The Fluency Trust Residential 2018

What a week it's been- the course kicked off in spectacular fashion with the bridge jump- our young people well and truly stepped up to the challenge. They continued to challenge themselves and step outside their comfort zone during the week, ending the week with the ultimate speaking challenge, emotional speeches and songs round the camp fire.  Every year these young people never fail to amaze us...