Youthstart

Yahoo, it's nearly March!!

Throughout the year, Martin Bamford of Fife Constabulary and I work with a great bunch of kids from Inverkeithing High School in the Youthstart Initiative. Martin and I are really proud of this project in which we help and mentor 15 / 16 year old youths to become valued members of society. We also have a lot of fun!

The initiative involves various activities including classroom based drug and alcohol education, interview technique and presentation, various workplace visits and, most importantly, team building / working exercises. The latter of which brings us neatly to March....

In March we take the group annually to the Scout Association's centre at Lochgoilhead. Whilst Martin and I continue to work to the max at this time, it's pleasant surroundings to work! We'll be doing the usual team building activities such as sailing, raft building, abseiling, hillwalking etc.

I just wonder if I'll end up on my arse with some seriously injured body part due to the obligatory ice skating evening - at which the kids are invariably MILES better than me!!

New Look Website

So, here we go... A new look to the website and a new Blog section! Problem with the blog section is I don't really know what I'll end up posting? Probably any old rubbish that comes into my head at any point in time!

The reason for the change in the website is really down to my changing attitude to life at the moment. With The Shine I've been going through a kinda "goth" period in terms of dress and image. Now I'm getting bored of that. Time to lighten up a wee bit. That's not to say that the leathers won't appear on a stage near you soon and on a regular basis - but maybe not exclusively! Also, reflected in this, the site was very black and gothic. That too has changed.

My intention is to further develop the mackieonline.co.uk site - the next stage being finding a way of embedding a media player on the homepage - but for now that escapes me. It's a wee bit frustrating as I know WHAT I want to do but CAN'T do it.... I'll crack this, oh yes, I will crack this....