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This week’s workshop saw an excited and energetic Press gang, after having just finished exams, so enthusiasm was high and everyone was keen to produce some content for the website.

With the website currently being built, it was key that we developed some content to  upload on to the site. Some of the gang who didn’t have their profile pictures taken took this as an opportunity to pull some great poses.

After some rather glamorous shots in some great settings, the gang proceeded to record some videos for their profile pages. When not recording, they were busy writing up some more content and articles, and brainstorming some key topics that they would like to cover once the website goes live. All in all, it was a very productive workshop.

Stay tuned, more to come very soon!

It feels wonderfully strange to be writing this from the comfort of my own sofa. The Offscreen Expedition touched down back in London earlier today after an epic two weeks of challenges, late nights, early mornings, excitement, bewilderment and general all round brilliance.

The whole experience draws to a close tomorrow, so today was spent in serious reflection mode. It was a little emotional taking the guys aside for their last interviews as they opened up about their experiences, how their attitudes towards Britain have changed and what difference it will all make to their lives back home.

Hats off to Stephen, Jamie, Sarah and the rest of the team for putting together such a life changing experience, I honestly feel that these 12 young people will never forget the adventures and friendships that they have forged here.

But it’s not over yet! Bold will be spending the next few months assembling the media we have created and turning it into some of the most outstanding teachers resources in the UK. There’s another BAFTA with our name on it waiting next year! And of course, there’s the trip to Pakistan yet – click here to be in with a chance of touching down with us in Lahore in September.

Right, final day tomorrow – last film to edit, helping the kids make artwork, then the grand celebration to top it all off. And then sleep…

GV

Ah, they’ll be alright with the camera won’t they? It’s Dana’s turn to be Greg today as we head from the Yorkshire Dales back down into the city – Birmingham this time.

Clearly 3 hours in a minibus is exceptionally arduas and requires a bucketload of sugar and caffeine to get through it. Farhad can’t get enough of the stuff – he’s spent about £100 so far on energy drinks and you can tell, he’s bouncing off the walls! Red Bull…

We’re staying at Woodbrooke Quaker House in Selly Oak. It used to be Cadbury’s home (as in the chocolate) and now serves as a bit of a retreat centre. Tony’s a bit suspicious but it’s got a really calm vibe about it. I’m going to try and drag him along to one of the meditation classes later.

And how does all this relate to business and society? Well, to be honest it’s a been a bit off topic today. We visited a disused building where Abbas, a local architect ran a great workshop that involved making lots of pyramids out of sticks. I think we’re going to be going into it more tomorrow, but I’ll be interested to find out what the young people take away from it. Do they think business can be good? I know that’s our vision for Bold. Film is being cut now – check it out for an answer.

GV

Apparently you can, if you want it enough. Second part of the challenge today, and the guys started in a local church which is being restored as a way of driving engagement with the local community, widening it’s Christian roots to encourage communal use by young people from any background. Apparently the windows are worth £ millon quid.

Really refreshing to see a group of Muslim young people exploring a Christian church, kind of sums up much of what the project is about.

And then to prove that if you put your mind to it you can do anything, the guys were challenged with making something to help Jamie kick back and relax using nothing but newspaper and cable ties. As tempting as it must have been to make a little hobo shelter in the corner of the room, the guys rose to the challenge and made not one but four outstanding chairs. Amazing what you can do with newspaper and a little imagination. Check out the film to see how many of them succeeded.