Team246. Changing attitudes--> influencing behaviour--> impacting Barbados

Creating a chance. Making a difference. Effecting a change. 

So now that you are aware of how Team246 was born and what it is about, it is time to flip another page in our unfinished chapter and find out how we plan on promoting social awareness and civic responsibility among the youth of Barbados.

Our main aim is to change attitudes towards volunteering and community service amongst the youth in the island and region (in the future). Team246 will strive to show the young people that volunteering is the new 'it' thing to do! Volunteering is indeed cool! 

We plan on accomplishing this goal using various avenues including that of volunteerism, where it will be a more relevant, visible, accessible and engaging process to those involved.

In order to make volunteering more visible, we will make use of the amount of time spent online by youth and will start conversations through various social media platforms such as facebook and twitter. We are hoping to make volunteerism a part of their every day life, general discourse and their overall consciousness, while also reaching out to the schools and communities along the way.

For volunteering to be seen as relevant, it should be promoted as a tangible benefit of gaining valuable work experience for CVs and college applications.

Giving the youth the tools at their fingertips with which they can shape novel ideas that will impact the community will make this process a more engaging one. It will also offer them the power and responsibility to make a significant difference on a local scale and beyond.

We live in and are part of the notorious ‘me’ generation and by changing these attitudes, we hope to change behaviour and make this into a 'we' thing.

Stay locked to this space to find out what the next step is on Team246's path!