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Martin and his elder brother Scott were
both students at
the Bognor Regis Community College when Martin contracted and died of meningitis.
The
whole College was devastated by this event and shocked that it could
happen to someone so fit and healthy.
Martin was a true believer in fun and was a real character around the
College, all Martin Friends still miss Martin's energy and
vitality.
The College felt privileged when Ray and Jackie Finch presented them
with a generous cheque which would underpin a new Leadership Award in
memory of Martin. As a Specialist College they set-up a wide range of opportunities
for their students to develop leadership skills. These opportunities include working with pupils in
our feeder schools teaching dance, sport and art skills, coaching sports
teams, undergoing community service activities, being involved with
College Council activities, organising events and helping with Outward
Bound trips.
The first recipient of the Martin Finch Leadership Award was Kyrsty
Mewett, a member of the BRCC Sixth Form, who served as Chairwoman at
the Arun Youth Council and as a member of the West Sussex Youth
Cabinet. Her prize, as a budding politician consisted of a visit to
the House of Commons with local MP, Nick Gibb.
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The Martin Finch
Leadership Award History
2002/03 Kyrsty
Krysty received the Martin Finch Leadership Award for her work within
the school on the Sixth Form Council and the Whole School Council, which
involved her in many aspects of school life. Krysty was also a member of
the Arun Youth Council. Krysty’s prize for winning this trophy was a
visit to the Houses of Parliament with Mr Nick Gibb MP.
2003/04 Phillip
Phillip received this award because he has shown leadership potential
within the PE Department, where he has helped at numerous
extra-curricular practices and intercom activities. He has also helped
the PE staff organise tournaments and as he has progressed through the
school has shown himself to be more than capable of fulfilling a
leadership role. His prize for winning this trophy is to spend some time
with the Great Britain Hockey Coach.
2004/05 Matthew
Matthew worked tirelessly during the year to lead the Year 9 Council to
improve BRCC both physically and spiritually by showing what can be
achieved by a group of like minded individuals and feels this should be
the way forward to making BRCC even better. He has been elected to the
Arun Youth Council and has regular meetings with Hazel Flack, who is
instrumental in accessing a financial fund to improve local facilities.
Matthew’s prize for winning this award was to spend a day at Arun
District Council with the Arun Community Wardens and the Arun Dog
Warden.
2005/06 Lucy
As a student at Bognor Regis Community College Lucy has been involved in
a variety of initiatives both as part of her curriculum studies and
through the enrichment programme.
Lucy has been involved in Sport Leadership since the age of 14. She has
always demonstrated a higher level of organisation and maturity beyond
her years. She is able to form excellent working relationships with
young people, her peers and other adults, mainly generated through her
warm personality, effective communication skills and her enthusiasm for
the things she becomes involved in. Volunteering in sports leadership
has seen Lucy support and lead in a whole range of areas. She has run
tournaments at both primary and secondary level. At secondary level this
has involved schools in the west area of the county and inter form
within school competitions. She has supported in the running of primary
festivals which involve a large number of both our primary feeders and
these are linked to our partner secondary schools as part of our
Specialist School programme. Furthermore Lucy has been working in both
primary and secondary after school clubs since she started volunteering
in year 10. She has coached Basketball and Dance supporting other
coaches and more recently set up and run her own sporting activities in
the local infant school.
Lucy works during the school lunchtime as an activity supervisor
providing both structured and unstructured activities for younger pupils
from the school to engage in. She has shown a high level of initiative
within this programme introducing a range of activities to the students
as well as thinking on her feet to deal with some of the more
challenging issues that arise. She now has the additional responsibility
of being a lead supervisor, which means she is involved in the
induction/training of new activity supervisors, as well as taking the
lead role on set days of the week. Under these circumstances she is
responsible for supporting the other four supervisors on duty that day
and dealing with issues that may arise, ranging from staff absence to
equipment problems to behaviour problems.
2006/07 Rikki
Rikki has been involved in Sport Leadership since the beginning of Yr12,
but showed a great deal of natural aptitude towards leadership well
before this.
He forms excellent working relationships with young people, his peers
and other adults, mainly generated through his warm personality,
effective communication skills and his tireless enthusiasm for the
things he becomes involved in. He has always demonstrated a high level
of organisation and maturity beyond his years.
Volunteering in sports leadership has seen Rikki support and lead in a
whole range of areas. He has run tournaments and festivals at both
primary and secondary level as well as leading his own coaching sessions
in Football. Last year he was successful in completing his FA level 1
Coaching Award in Football.
Last summer Rikki took on a principle role as an event mentor to support
new leadership students to plan an inclusive games festival. The
festival was planned and delivered in one day to 100 year 7 students and
replicated many aspects of a Paralympics Games (including an opening and
closing ceremony). The enormity of the event was overwhelming and highly
successful.
Rikki works during the school lunchtime as an activity supervisor,
providing activities for younger pupils from the school to engage in. He
has shown a high level of initiative and adaptability within this
programme, introducing a range of activities to the students as well as
thinking on his feet to deal with some of the more challenging issues
that arise. He now has the additional responsibility of being a lead
supervisor, which means he is involved in the induction/training of new
activity supervisors as well as taking the lead role on set days of the
week.
In addition Rikki is studying 5 A levels, is a member of the Sixth Form
Council and more recently is a member of the “People and Planet” working
party group. This group looks at a range of environmental issues such as
global warming. As a group they aim to set up campaigns to address some
of these issues and or raise awareness and change behaviour.
As you can see Rikki is a highly committed and motivated individual,
which is evident in the huge number of hours he has given and continues
to give volunteering in sport. He is a remarkable student, who amongst
other things is a “true team player” and is fully deserving of this
prestigious award.
2007/08 No award ceremony held
2008/09 Will be awarded at Excellence Evening (June 2009)
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