As the sun is setting on our project...

The final two days of our project have seen us work closely with APG board members in a training day and evening evaluation session. Overall, both our GOLD team and the board members felt that it has been a tremendously successful project making a significant contribution towards the shared aims and objectives of the project.

Due to Hurricane Irma our flight home today has been cancelled and we will now be enjoying some unexpected adventures in Aruba for the next four days. The project feels as though it has passed so quickly and there is so much more to the story of what we've been up to that we have yet to share. With that in mind we'll continue to update the blog with a few more resources and posts over the rest of the week so keep checking back. Leave us a comment if there's something in particular you'd like to see - maybe a song or a game from one of our sessions?

The sun is beginning to set on our project, but like the sunsets we've enjoyed in Aruba, that's not the end. Next week a group young women will gather in Northern Ireland for Go for Gold and from there a team will be selected to continue this project into it's third year. We wish them the best of luck and will hand over the baton in a few months time.

Before that, when we're back in the UK, we'll have a few weeks to try and return to the normality of our lives before we are reunited for our debriefing weekend in Sheffield in November. The time will be a chance for us to reflect on our experiences here, both in terms of the project and in terms of how we have all grown as individuals and as a group. However, many things we are already certain of: we have made life-long friendships, we are a formidable team, and we will have more amazing experiences together in the future.