Trailblazers Training Days

On Thursday and Friday (4-5 December), I attended some training at the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (MDC) HQ in Southwark, London for Trailblazers (a young persons campaigning network that part of MDC), where I’ve been doing some work experience. As a London Trailblazer, the MDC paid for a hotel for me on Thursday night since it would be easier b/c I had to be there quite early (the training was from 9.30-16.30 on Thursday and Friday) and I’d be closer to the MDC HQ office.

The Trailblazers Training was really enjoyable, and several people I met previously from the Microscope Ball in October and the MDC National Conference in September where there too that was quite nice.

On Thursday, the trainer was a lady (also a wheelchair user) from NCVO (The National Council for Voluntary Organisations) who taught us about Media Skills – Top Tip on Campaigning in the morning, and background on the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) / disability legislation and contacting the media/local authorities/MPs/etc. in afternoon after lunch. Then, on Friday a guy who was a director of his own communication company cam to teach us some hands on skills about Media Skills – Best way to be interviewed by radio/TV media with us all practicing our interview skills on a recorder in the morning, and after lunch in afternoon the PR Manager and Communications Team of MDC presented Website and Press Release Training, etc. – They showed us how to use our new Trailblazers’ website and how to write a Press Release to the media, et cetera. Also, both the guest trainers were really interesting and informative…

All in all, the Trailblazers Training Days opened my mind up a great deal to knowledge I fine quite exciting, and was very fun too… Just a brilliant time, indeed!