Formby Rotary welcome young leader

The Rotary Club of Formby recently welcomed its Rotary Young Leader Award (RYLA)candidate to speak to the club.

RYLA is a cross between Outward Bound and the Krypton Factor. Candidates are selected to attend the week long course in Wales. Each candidate is sponsored by a Rotary Club. Matthew Finney(17)was selected from a number of young people in Formby. Matthew is a pupil at St Mary's School in Crosby and a member of Explorer Scouts, 9th Formby.

The RYLA course consists of a number of activities and challenges designed to take the candidates out of their comfort zone to build leadership and team building skills. All skills needed as these young people move away from home and into the world of university and work.

Matthew gave a very assured and interesting talk on his experiences. He told the Club members that he had thoroughly enjoyed his weeks course. He admitted he was out of his comfort zone but by the end of the course he had acquired new skills to face new challenges and deal with a wide variety of other young people.

The picture shows Matthew being presented with his RYLA certificate by club President Claire Hocking with his mum Liz and Rotarian Jeff Howard looking on. Jeff is responsible for the selection of candidates each year.