Oban/Coll

I will be playing catch-up a little bit with these first few posts, as these things have happened in the past few weeks

The first stage of the Project Trust program is the 'Selection Course'. This involves travelling to the base of operations for the organisation, located on a island in the hebrides named Coll.
Unfortunately due to issues with the weather it was impossible to travel by ferry to the island, so the most part of my experience was in the town of Oban, where the ferry departs from.

This however turned out to be advantageous to me and the rest of the group, as it allowed us to bond as a group, and get to know eachother a lot better than if we were stationed on coll. During our time in Oban we were instructed to perform various tasks which were designed to test us and to highlight our abilities and tasks we may struggle with.
These tasks involved construction challenges, whereby we were given limited resources or funds, and we had to construct the best possible result, following guidelines given to us. This was important as it shows how we as individuals and as a group can cope with similar situations which may be presented to us in real life, such as budgeting, adapting to new rules, teamwork and leadership.
Another main element of the selection course was the lessons and presentation tasks. Whilst directed differently, both were designed to test similar skills of the volunteers. The lesson task was sprung on us unexpectedly, and we were instructed to lead a 7 minute lesson to a group of 12 on any subject of our choice. I chose Basic computer internals, as it is a subject which I felt i was confident in my knowledge and presenting ability. After the 30 minutes of allocated preparation time I felt i had suitably coreagraphed a lesson comprising of starter, information, and a test at the end. I think i did relatively well during this lesson, regarding how incredibly nervous I was Throughout.