By Ben Morris, Director of Play, Play Gloucestershire
“Last week we joined other community partners, funders, MP’s, special local guests and a government Minister to celebrate 10 years of the Gloucestershire Gateway Trust partnership at the House of Commons in London.
It is such remarkable milestone, and the event provided Play Gloucestershire with visibility on a platform we’ve never been on before. The opportunity to connect with GGT partners, members of parliament and others in the room who are linked to larger organisations was invaluable. It allowed me to discuss strategic plans and explore potential collaborations that could strengthen and grow our work.
I am always immensely proud and happy to tell my friends, family, and quite frankly anyone that mentions the services, that I was there at the first dig and that Play Gloucestershire is a charity partner.
Something one of the other community partners said to me (whilst we were enjoying the delicious ‘taste of Gloucestershire’ food), and I am paraphrasing here, but hopefully the intent of the message comes across: she said she was inspired and excited about the future with young people (she was looking at me at this point and also pointed out Dawn from The Venture, Kelly from Blackbridge and Chris from FVAF) taking up the work her and others started. Telling us she was happy knowing it was being passed on and the good work will continue.
I think conversations like this only happen at events like yesterday. The chance to celebrate past achievements and milestones and at the same time look ahead to an exciting future.”