Tea and Cakes @ Rm1

Old fashioned family time has become one of the highlights of Oxygen's all new Rm1 project at Coombe Boys School in recent months. Each week those young people who are coming gather in the room straight after school and takes their first 1/2 hour to run off their energy, as they play pool, computer games or simply RELAX on the Rm1 sofa. But this post school energetic hyperactivity soon comes to an end and these emerging teenagers are then often found in the kitchens with the Oxygen workers, making cakes, buttering toast and preparing tea that can then be brought in to the Rm1 tables which they and the Oxygen workers gather round for a daily catch up, talking about the news from the day. 

So if you were to spy on Rm1 on most weekday evenings you would find groups of young people and Oxygen workers exchanging stories of frustration and hope, as they eat toast and cake and drink tea and juice. For those of a previous generation who find themselves confused by contemporary youth culture, here is a message of good news. The old fashioned ways of eating and talking together are making their way back and being seen as the some of the most powerful connectors with today’s young people!So if you are interested in sharing tea and cakes with pupils at Rm1 then we would love to hear from you. These young people would love someone to sit and chat with. Age is not important although we would love to increase our ‘more senior’ volunteers!  

Simply email us so we can talk to you about helping out, and who knows we could all be eating your favourite cakes at Rm1 soon!