Pilot of National Citizen Service to run in Wales in autumn 2014
4 Jun 2014 09:52 AM
Nick Hurd MP, Minister for the Civil Society
confirmed that there will be a pilot of National Citizen Service (NCS) in Wales
during 2014.
The National Citizen Service
(NCS) is currently available in England and Northern Ireland. It aims
to promote a more engaged society by enabling young people to work together to
create social action projects in their local communities.
NCS will give young people in Wales the chance
to:
- mix
with people from different backgrounds and gain valuable life experiences,
putting them into teams away from home and setting them the task of finding
solutions to local problems or issues that matter to them.
- develop important skills that they can take with them
into the world of work
The NCS pilot in Wales is scheduled to take
place in autumn 2014.
Organisations or coalitions of organisations are invited
to apply to run NCS in Wales. Send your completed application
by 5pm on 3 July 2014.
NCS has huge benefits for the community. The
programme has strong cross-community aims, with participants coming from both
rural and urban areas across Wales.
NCS is organised in 5 phases which include a series
of activities in participants’ local communities and time spent in
residential settings away from home. The main programme culminates in a
graduation event, and young people are encouraged to continue their involvement
in volunteering for their communities after they
complete NCS.
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