Sign up for Summer Challenge 2012

STOP PRESS: We're very happy to announce that National Citizen Service is now open to young people ending Year 11/aged 16 AND young people ending Year 12/aged 17 so we can include more of you in the Summer Challenge!

Working hard towards your GCSEs? What about what you’re going to do afterwards, during your summer holidays? Take on the Summer Challenge, and learn new skills, make new friends and support your local community

This summer Oxfordshire County Council is offering 105 young people across Oxfordshire the opportunity to experience a summer packed with exciting opportunities. The Summer Challenge will include trips, days out, chances to learn new skills and make new friends.

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About the Summer Challenge

Summer Challenge is a National Citizen Service programme, a government initiative.  

NCS aims to promote a more cohesive, responsible and engaged society by bringing young people from different backgrounds together to make a difference in their communities.  It is a voluntary programme for 16 and 17-year-olds which focuses on their personal and social development which includes challenging activities, from away-from-home residential experiences to a self-designed social action project.

The Summer Challenge is open to 15-16 year olds in the summer after Year 11, and 16-17 year olds in the summer after Year 12. The programme is free, but spaces are limited. Will you be one of the lucky ones?

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All the details

The Summer Challenge will open at the beginning of the summer holidays with activities and team building exercises. Look out for adventure, confidence and team-building sessions and a chance to meet other young people from across the county.

Later in the summer there will be a one-week residential out of Oxfordshire with lots of adventurous outdoor activities like coasteering, surfing, rock-climbing and gorge-walking, as well as the opportunity to relax and get to know other young people on the programme.

Back in Oxfordshire, the social action challenge will give you the opportunity to give something back to your local community whilst gaining and developing new skills such as arts, creative media, music, performance, events organisation and more..

At the end of the summer each team will have another trip away to create an end of programme presentation which will be shown at the joint graduation ceremony at the end of the programme.

And it doesn’t stop there; after the Summer Challenge you will be invited to take part in other activities, including an Opportunities and Activities Fair in October which will focus on your future.

Get ahead with the summer challenge

The Summer Challenge only runs for part of the summer, so you can still fit in a holiday, but it’s important to get registered soon and commit to the dates as spaces are limited, but there will be a waiting list for people keen to take part.

Register an interest

Sign up below to register an interest in the Summer Challenge 2012. After you sign up you will be contacted with more information, dates and details; everything you need for your summer challenge!