National Citizen Service
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Who’s it for
Young people aged 15-17 living in the North West
What is it?
As a national youth programme, over 200 partner organisations come together to deliver NCS experiences. Youth Fed has worked with NCS since 2012, delivering life-changing experiences for young people across Cheshire, Halton and Wirral. We are excited to continue to be part of the NCS network and from Summer 2023 will be delivering open-to-all experiences places within the wider Liverpool City Region, the wider North West area and parts of Greater Manchester. We have worked with thousands of teenagers, helping them to realise their potential and smash their future goals.
NCS is a youth programme that will deliver amazing opportunities over nine months, split into three types of experiences:
- Life skills
- Employability and work-readiness
- Social action
The experience is all about emboldening young people, by giving them the buzz of being an adult (without all the responsibilities). On NCS, participants get a taste for independence. They mix with a new crowd of people and take on exciting challenges together. The experience helps young people to develop skills that will set them up for life after school.
Participants then get a chance to use these new-found skills, by tackling a passion project of their choosing. NCS is dedicated to providing a platform for young people where they can speak up, get their voice heard and tackle real-world issues close to home.
Through this new, longer NCS experience programme we know the impact will be even greater. Since day one, in 2009, nearly 800,000 young people have taken part in NCS, completing over 18 million hours of community action, and gaining priceless life experiences.
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