NCS Programme by Action4Youth
NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE
National Citizen Service (NCS) - The experience which turns No You Can’t into No We Can!
As a national youth programme, over 150 partner organisations come together to form the NCS network.
Action4Youth has worked with NCS since 2010, delivering the life-changing experience for young people in Aylesbury. To date, we have worked with over 4000 young people, helping them to realise their potential and smash their future goals.
BUT ENOUGH ABOUT US, WHAT EXACTLY IS NCS?
Designed for 16-17 year olds, NCS is a youth programme that runs every summer during the school holidays.
The experience is all about emboldening young people, giving them an experience of discovering what life may involve, without all the responsibility.
NCS offers a range of experiences for young people that support them to become world-ready and work-ready through growing their confidence, independence, and skills; connecting them with people from all walks of life; and empowering them to make a difference in their communities and wider society.
Away from Home Experiences!
Calling all the adventurers, aspiring entrepreneurs, and those looking to make a change in the world. Are you up for stepping outside your comfort zone, and spending five days with other young people learning new skills?
What will you get up to?
- Adventure skills
- Financial challenge
- Speak for yourself
- Giving-back
- First-aid course
- Mental health mastery
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Action4Youth delivers NCS
Over half a million young people have said YES to NCS
What is the NCS programme all about?
The National Citizen Service is the flagship Government initiative aimed at 16 to 17 year olds which offers the chance to take part in a bespoke programme that is challenging, fun and develops skills and confidence.
Through engaging in NCS we want young people to:
- Become world-ready and work-ready
- Have greater confidence, resilience and wellbeing
- Feel able to have an impact on the world
- Have respect and tolerance for difference and diversity
Action4Youth offers various NCS programmes per year.
Each programme is a one-week residential (5 days, 4 nights, Monday-Friday) at three different locations. There are eight waves taking place at Caldecotte Xperience, Milton Keynes, which come under the ‘Live It’ category, which aims to give young people different life skills. They will take part in two days of adventurous activities, first aid sessions, a parliament session, cooking and budgeting, mental health, communication and resilience and other sessions to be confirmed! Each ‘Live It’ programme will have up to 120 young people on each wave.
The other two locations are YHA Truleigh Hill and Green Park, and the programmes taking place at these locations are ‘Change It’ programmes, which have one day of adventurous activities, different skills sessions for young people to learn about Social Action, as well as a day of volunteering at the end of the week. These programmes will have between 60 and 120 young people.
One of the differences for this year is that the young people taking part are travelling from different areas of the country, including areas outside of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. There are a number of Travel Hubs for each wave, where team leaders and assistant team leaders will meet the young people and travel to the end location together on the coach.
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NCS Summer Programme 2023 - LIVE IT
The Caldecotte Xperience
NCS Summer Programme 2023 - CHANGE IT
Green Park
NCS Summer Programme 2023 - LIVE IT
YHA Truleigh Hill
Meet the NCS Team
Delivering the National Citizen Service in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Slough
Jenny Bone
Programme’s Manager
- 0300 003 2334 / 07767 162148
- jenny.bone@action4youth.org
Georgie Daniels
Programmes Co-ordinator
- 0300 003 2334
- georgie.daniels@action4youth.org
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Have a few questions and want quick answers?
The National Citizen Service (NCS) is a youth empowerment programme designed for 16-17-year-olds. Offered by Action4Youth, it runs every summer, focusing on building confidence, independence, and skills through a variety of challenging and educational activities.
