June 2010
Team participant speaks at Seminar on Scottish Youth
Leading Seaman Sean Jarvie spoke about
his experiences as both a member and leader of The Trust's Team
Programme to an audience including HRH The Prince of Wales.
Sean joined the Navy
as a result of the confidence he built during his time on the
Prince’s Trust Team Programme in Scotland.
Having been a member of the programme, when Sean discovered that
the military had a formal relationship with The Prince’s Trust, he
was keen to explore the opportunities available and give something
back to the programme he benefited from.
Sean was seconded from his ship to act as an Assistant Team
Leader and then a Team Leader with the Wester Hailes Team run by
Stevenson College, Edinburgh.
I knew that I’d get a lot of personal
satisfaction from leading the Team programme, but it’s also
excellent professional progression for me as I see so many young
men and women joining the forces in exactly the same position I was
in nearly eight years ago and I’m now in a position to help them
adjust better.
Leading Seaman Sean
Jarvie
Sean made such an impression as a Team Leader, that he was
called back to speak at the Scotland event and tell his story. Sean
impressed the audience with his speech covering his journey from
Team member to Team leader and demonstrating the benefit the
partnership between the Prince’s Trust and the MoD brings to all
parties.