SIP 2009 officially started on Monday 29th June with all four attendees, Sonal Mistry from Warrington, Avnish Thakrar from Wellingborough, Neil Krishna-Kundu from Redbridge, and myself from North London, converging in Sangh's Leicester head-office for a four day Abhyas Varg (Training Camp).
Naturally I can't give away everything we did, or it will spoil it for those who will complete SIP in years to come. But I can provide a small insight into a few activities:
* Litter picking in a local park, this included the expected crisp packets and cans etc. and also some fly tipped vinyl flooring and side-boards!
* Cooking dinner for 7 with only £10 and a small aubergine, and it didn't help that the kitchen felt like a furnace!
* Reading 'The ones who walk away from Omelas' - Ursula K. Le Guin
* Many more discussions and workshops on topics including, but not limited to, choice, community, communication, consumerism and commitment. (Yes they are all topics beginning with 'C' by design!)
* And a screening of 'The Legend of Bagger Vance'.Abhyas Varg
* There were also sessions directed at helping us with our individual projects, one in particular I found helpful tried to make us think about the method and presentation of the projects in as many different ways as possible. A real 'out of the box' session.
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