Programme Overview
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Week 1: Teambuilding at Wellington CollegeResidential - 5 days, 4 nightsFull-time residential programme away from participants’ local community, with a focus on teamwork and outdoor physical challenges. |
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Week 2: Skills week at a UniversityResidential - 5 days, 4 nightsFull-time residential programme based in participants’ home community, with a focus on developing new skills and serving groups in the community. In this second week the young people will learn valuable skills to help them to manage a project within their community. |
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Week 3: Social action planning weekDay Programme – 5 daysParticipants spend the week designing social action projects in consultation with the local community. This is a real chance for young people to develop a project that interests them and that will help to make their community a better place to be. |
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Take action!Minimum 30 hours of project timeParticipants will implement their (minimum of 30 hours) social action projects in their remaining summer holiday that they designed in Week 3. Students will be supported by mentors throughout the process to help them organise events, create resources and publicise their activities. |
Graduation (Evening Event)
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There will be an evening graduation event in each city to celebrate and acknowledge the achievement of the participants, providing them with an opportunity to present the successes of their projects to an audience of friends, family, local community members and the media. There will also be an opportunities fair at the event for participants to find out about the range of opportunities available to them beyond the summer to remain active community members. |
