We get to work with some brilliant organisations. Foyer Federation has been developing approaches around what it calls Advantaged Thinking and talent – intended to allow foyers and the young people they work with to use an emphasis on finding positive ways to view the world and focus on talent (rather than deficits) to improve how young people work with foyers to further their lives.
Today I bumped into Fiona McCance who describes herself on her blog:
My name is Fiona and I am 21. I have been living at the Northampton scheme run by Mayday Trust since 4th February 2013. When I arrived at Mayday I was very concerned about having to build a relationship with someone new and was very reluctant to communicate with the staff but after meeting my then Key worker I was challenged with the patience of a saint. After a while the barriers I had set up slowly disappeared and I was able to communicate what help I needed and what ambitions I had in life. Well, that’s where the fun started and my life changed completely
Fiona came across some of the Foyer’s work and was so inspired by this positive approach that she encouraged the people who run here Foyer to get more involved with the advantaged thinking as a way of working. It has changed all sorts – seeing the first Learning Abilities Foyer established by the Mayday Trust and also changed Fiona’s life – as she tells you in the video above.
We’re so proud of you Fiona and Kayleigh.
Good point Paul – Kayleigh I didn’t interview – but she too is working alongside Fiona and her foyer and the Foyer federation to capture stories.
Thanks for sharing Nick. What a lovely, sensitive little bit of film making, and great and inspiring interviewee.
Thanks Lorna. Very inspiring – Foyer Federation seems to nurture and encourage energetic positive thinking.