Zoë’s story: Being supported in a big role I chaired the CoCamp board. As a board we all tried to be very supportive of each other and I got lots of support from other board members – in particular one person was great. Whenever I rang them to check how they were they always asked how I was doing and we tried to always check up on each other – but also I had support from other people who'd been involved in similar projects in the past and some staff members. It was great because it's starting to feel like people understand that positive feedback is really helpful as well.
Mentoring is a brilliant idea because I think one of the things that we're not so good at as an organisation is sharing our skills with each other and making sure that experiences are shared between different people. The person organising Venturer camp 2013 has asked me to mentor them and I'm really happy about this – it’s the perfect amount of commitment for me, staying involved on an ad hoc basis, whilst not being ready for another big role at the moment!