National Citizen Service

Date:

 

01/03/12

 

Time:

 

12.00 - 3.30

 

Where:

 

22 Whitehall, London

 

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Many of you attended an LBG led meeting last May, kindly hosted by Linklaters, to hear more about National Citizen Service and to consider how LBG members might be able to add value to this programme through employee volunteering.  This was partly in response to feedback at the previous LBG annual meeting from some members looking for more employee volunteer opportunities.

We came up with some great engagement ideas at the meeting (see below) but the timing was a little too late for last years pilots.

This year there are 29 NCS providers delivering some 2000 third year NCS pilots which will engage circa 30,000 young people across 95% of Local Authority areas in England.

More info about the NCS programme can be found here .

The NCS students will take part in 7-8 week programmes from June - September 2012 including two residential weeks and design and deliver a local social action project.

The opportunity for business volunteers and business resources to add value to these pilots and social action projects and help shape our future generation are broad and include:

  • Face to face or telephone mentors
  • Workshop delivery on the residential weeks (e.g. CV writing, interview skills, budget management) Business orientation visits to the workplace.
  • Assessing NCS teams proposed Social Action Projects (Dragons Den style)
  • Hosting celebration events
  • Business teams working with NCS teams to deliver Social Action projects


I hope you will be able to join us as this Cabinet Office hosted LBG and NCS Provider networking event.  We will hear more about the evaluation of and future plans for NCS from the Minister; from an NCS student team and will then have the opportunity for LBG members to 'speed network' with the 2012 Providers - who knows it could be love at first 'site !'

It's an opportunity to hear where and how they are delivering their pilots and see if there is an opportunity for your business to add value by sharing skills, volunteers and/or in kind resources.  We have made it clear this is not about funding.

I think this is a great opportunity to raise the profile of LBG and its members and an exciting opportunity for some great volunteering opportunities.

The central London venue is currently being arranged and the event will run from 12 - 3.30.  Numbers are likely to limited and places allocated on a first come first served basis so please register your interest here if you or a colleague would like to attend

Many thanks

Pam Webb
LBG Chair