Student Voice

08 Dec Student Voice

On Wednesday 6^th December Sueda Oktay, Gabi Sarauskaite, Sabrina Shaikah, Shanise Garner, Ibukun Silva Ope, Ms Boller, Ms Ryzak descended upon City Hall. Picture this: Top Floor of the Mayoral Office, Incredible views over the river Thames and a top table of officials from the transnational company Unilever, eyes bearing up at us from behind desks.  These important people were waiting to watch our pitch asking for money.  We had spent the last three weeks preparing to bid for money to set up a Youth Summit on Mental Health and now was the time to bring all of the presentation skills and confidence we had built up.

We were called in, took a sharp intake of breath and stepped out onto the podium, 10 minutes later we had absolutely nailed it in every aspect! The pitch could not have gone any better and the intense questioning afterwards showed how interested the panel were in our idea.  They praised us for our plan to highlight mental health issues in schools and for our presentation skills.  We all were so uplifted by our performance and the reaction we got.  All in all, a great afternoon which hopefully will bring up top £1500 to allow us to set up the Youth summit.

Sueda Oktay, Gabi Sarauskaite, Sabrina Shaikah, Shanise Garner, Ibukun Silva Ope