On Wednesday 16 December 2015, 97 young people graduated from the National Citizen Service (NCS), at a prestigious ceremony held at King’s Lynn Town Hall, bringing the total number of CWA members past the landmark 1000th member.
The NCS programme is a national scheme, delivered locally by the College of West Anglia (CWA), during school holidays throughout the year.
The course, which is backed by the government, is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that helps young people build skills for work and life, whilst taking on new challenges and making new friends.
Melissa Crofts, 17, was the 1000th member to join the CWA NCS cohort. She is currently studying childcare at the King’s Lynn campus.
Young people participate in team-building and community-focused activities, designed to develop confidence, improve interpersonal skills and help them learn about the community through social action projects.
This wave saw students give back to their local communities through means of fundraising events for local charities, including bake sales, bucket collections and sponsored walks for Red Wellies, a clean-up programme for St John’s Church in March and litter picking in the walks.
Graduates are encouraged to continue their NCS journey by either becoming volunteers or team leaders on future waves and the night saw two previous NCS graduates Freddie Schunmann and Aleksandrs (Sasha) Setela graduate from the mentor programme. Both mentors now qualify to return as paid assistant team leaders.
Andrew Gedge, Head of Faculty for Public Services at CWA, said: “Our NCS cohort has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and it is absolutely fantastic that we have now passed the 1000 members mark. We will continue to grow in 2016, with our next wave of students heading out in February half term.”
NCS has been running at CWA since September 2013. It is open to all 16 and 17 year olds and will develop confidence, social mixing, and life skills such as team work, leadership and communication. The programme helps to prepare young people for life after school/college. At the end of the course graduates receive a certificate endorsed by David Cameron.
For more information visit: cwa.ac.uk/ncs. 
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College of West Anglia celebrates NCS success with 1000th member!
On Wednesday 16 December 2015, 97 young people graduated from the National Citizen Service (NCS), at a prestigious ceremony held at King’s Lynn Town Hall, bringing the total number of CWA members past the landmark 1000th member.
The NCS programme is a national scheme, delivered locally by the College of West Anglia (CWA), during school holidays throughout the year.
The course, which is backed by the government, is an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that helps young people build skills for work and life, whilst taking on new challenges and making new friends.
Melissa Crofts, 17, was the 1000th member to join the CWA NCS cohort. She is currently studying childcare at the King’s Lynn campus.
Young people participate in team-building and community-focused activities, designed to develop confidence, improve interpersonal skills and help them learn about the community through social action projects.
This wave saw students give back to their local communities through means of fundraising events for local charities, including bake sales, bucket collections and sponsored walks for Red Wellies, a clean-up programme for St John’s Church in March and litter picking in the walks.
Graduates are encouraged to continue their NCS journey by either becoming volunteers or team leaders on future waves and the night saw two previous NCS graduates Freddie Schunmann and Aleksandrs (Sasha) Setela graduate from the mentor programme. Both mentors now qualify to return as paid assistant team leaders.
Andrew Gedge, Head of Faculty for Public Services at CWA, said: “Our NCS cohort has gone from strength to strength over the last few years and it is absolutely fantastic that we have now passed the 1000 members mark. We will continue to grow in 2016, with our next wave of students heading out in February half term.”
NCS has been running at CWA since September 2013. It is open to all 16 and 17 year olds and will develop confidence, social mixing, and life skills such as team work, leadership and communication. The programme helps to prepare young people for life after school/college. At the end of the course graduates receive a certificate endorsed by David Cameron.
For more information visit: cwa.ac.uk/ncs.