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Call to deliver the National Citizens Service
4 August 2010
Following the Prime Minister’s recent announcement of plans for National Citizen Service pilots, a competitive commissioning process was launched on Monday 2 August. The call for expressions of interest is now open until the deadline of 12.00pm, 25th August
Text copied from the Cabinet Office website:
National Citizen Service will give young people the chance to learn new skills that will help them to make a positive contribution to their community. Government-backed pilots for the scheme will take place in summer 2011 and provide around 10,000 places for 16 year old school-leavers, subject to the outcome of the cross-government spending review which concludes in October 2010.
Activities are expected to include an outdoor challenge, structured tasks to develop personal skills whilst visiting and helping groups in the local neighbourhood and designing a social action project in consultation with local communities. The experience will end with a graduation ceremony for those who successfully complete it. In the longer-term, graduates will be encouraged to take-up training sessions, reunion events and further community involvement, to build on the enthusiasm and relationships generated by NCS.
The Office for Civil Society is planning to award a small number of grant funding agreements to organisations/groups of organisations that can deliver the programme in a range of locations across England during the pilot period.
To apply
Interested organisations should email mailbox.nationalcitizenservice@education.gsi.gov.uk to obtain a copy of the specification and an expression of interest form. The deadline for completed forms is 12.00pm on Wednesday 25 August. Organisations successful at this stage will be notified and invited to submit a full application in September 2010.
Successful candidates will be announced in late October. In common with all Government programmes, the scale of the pilots will be subject to the spending review.
Information events/updates
Information events are running for potential bidders on Thursday 5th August in London, on Monday 9th August in Sheffield and on Wednesday 11th August in London.
Interested organisations should email mailbox.nationalcitizenservice@education.gsi.gov.uk to book a place on one of the six events. Please note that places are limited to one representative per organisation. The full address and directions will be sent with booking confirmation. Information provided at these events will be circulated to everyone who has requested a copy of the specification, to update organisations not able to attend.
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