Due to unfortunate illness, it has been very difficult for me to make the travel to Stirling from Glasgow in order to meet with my mentor more than once. However, things are looking up for this coming week as a meeting has been set up for this Tuesday to finally sort out my PVG and the rest of the paperwork. I have also been notified that if everything goes to plan, I should be starting a full day placement in a school beginning Thursday the 7th.

I have also been told that shadowing the Exercise Referral group at the Peak should hopefully be good to go within the next few weeks which I am especially excited about. Not only will it help boost my hours that are required, it will also give me my well-needed experience for next year.

It has been a very long and tiring process and the timing of my illness has definitely not helped either. It’s looking like there are many other opportunities such as events coming up that my mentor is also keen to get me involved in. However, I’m hoping that I can get started next week as planned in the school and as soon as possible with the referrals.