Developing

A morning of reviewing and developing strategies and projects today. Meetings with Sport England are always so informative - its amazing where and how lessons can be learnt, how cross platform some concepts are - how what works for one can often work for many.
With 80%,of the UK population now living in an urban environment for many people climbing is an activity which takes place at an indoor facility such as this, not restricted by weather or opportunity. For some it leads on to more adventure, but for most its enough in its own right.

Sat in our meeting room  we could hear the mounting enthusiasm (ok, screams & shouts) of 30+ school children in the area next to us. Popping into their session to illustrate some points we were greeted by grinning kids of all shapes and sizes, from a diversity of backgrounds too hard to describe, the able bodied and the not so - all getting to give the seemingly impossible a go - and crucially all being praised for their efforts in simply trying. I asked them if they were having fun and wanted to come back - the noise nearly took the roof off.

I didn't really have to say much more after that :)