High Sheriff – Crimebeat Award

 

The Kane FM Youth Projects received an award from The High Sheriff last week, and the co-ordinator of the project Jenniann (Mother Hen) took three young people with her. Below is an account from two of them.

Empowered as individuals

Last Thursday we went to Exxon Mobil to collect a Highly Commended Award for “Crimebeat”. It was a great experience and inspirational hearing about what other work is being done for young people.

We had a stand with a banner showing that we were representing Kane FM 103.7 with a few leaflets explaining what we were all about. We spoke to many different people, the High Sheriff being one of them. We spoke about what it does for young people and how being here has helped us all individually. People walked around the room looking at all the different stands, and there were a couple of presentations of other projects while we were there. It was an amazing experience, and we all enjoyed it.

Samantha Jones

Building self-confidence

Last Thursday I attended the Crimebeat awards with Kane FM. It was an interesting experience, which included a lot of social interaction; something I’m personally not too fond of, and especially in large groups like at this event. However, it was somewhat self-building as well, because it kind of forced me to put myself out there. I had to think quickly and explain myself, and express what Kane FM is about to some of the people there.

The evening overall, aside from the busy parts, was somewhat relaxing and pleasant. Working as a team with Sammy, Katie and Jenniann was, a bit fun in general, and even made me feel a bit more at ease, knowing I didn’t have to say too much.

As for the event, if anything, I’m glad Kane FM got publicity from it, which is something you can’t really go wrong with, especially as a radio station. The people at the event presented themselves nicely in both appearance and attitude, which fortunately made the whole speaking part a lot easier.

I hope we all did a good job of representing Kane FM and showed that the project is a good one.

Aaron Burt

Kane Youth Projects is sponsored by Guildford Borough Council’s Project Aspire, the High Sheriff and the Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner.