My Stonewall Campaign

Ok so, who remembers back in august that I mentioned going down to london. Well, as mentioned in the linked post, I went there to begin training as a Stonewall youth volunteer. For anyone who doesn't know Stonewall is the largest LGB charity in the country, the other young people and myself on the residential were tasked with creating and carrying out campaigns in our local areas which tackle the issues surrounding homophobic bullying.

That was august, it is now the end of November and still the school I approached with my campaign has not got back to me. I am taking it that they never will, my email must have been lost in the sands of the internet which I am most displeased about but I am not dissuaded from doing my duty and seeing my campaign through. At this point I am on board with two options, the first is to deliver my theatre workshop (which is the basis of my campaign) to the local scouts. They are the targeted age range of young people for my workshop and I also know the scout leader, so it should be a good warm up for the second option, I am going to hound the school until I get confirmed or denied for my workshop. I will not let them brush me aside.

My chosen school is my old one, Hawkley Hall High School in Wigan. I was bullied persistently there whilst I was a pupil and for some time after, and I have heard the situation has gotten better since I left but naturally I want to see for myself. I can relate a little better to the students there and probably them to me if I play my cards right. I am so sure I can nail this, I know I can get the message across in a way which doesn't make me a wanker to them and I think I am just the right age for me to still be cool in their eyes, if not cooler (because of the hair, yeah that's right, I'm playing the hair card.)

Wish me luck gang, all this preparation was the easy part, the hard part is making someone listen!