Youth Social Action

Intent

At Turton Edgworth, we encourage our children to be courageous advocates and to act if they see something wrong or something they can help with. We believe in charity, and our values: respect, forgiveness, love and especially thankfulness encourage our children to recognise how to be a valuable citizen. Our vision is for children to 'look up to God and to look in and reflect' but also 'to look out into the world'.

Implementation (see some pictures below)

Below are just a small sample of the activities they have engaged in:

• Cooking for their families

• Choir singing at Blackburn Cathedral

• Choir singing for the homeless

• Raising money for charities, e.g. Tommy's, UNICEF, Winter Watch, Urban Outreach, Multibank

• Computers for charity

• Eco

• Remembrance and community service

• Equal opportunities School Award

• Reduce car idling project

• Buddy project

• Protecting Animals With Schools (PAWS)

• Learning about how we can improve our village locality

• Linking Classrooms project: Inclusion and diversity

• Planting trees in the community - Barlow Woods Tree Planting

• Harvest fundraising and food bank collections

• "We are singers" - Youth Social Action project in conjunction with Ormiston trust

• Collection of hygiene products, distributed to those in need by the charities Funding Futures, The Hygiene Bank & Baby Basics amongst others

• RSPB's Big school Birdwatch project

Impact

Promoting YSA helps our children to grow into rounded, resilient citizens who will take action to try and resolve injustice. Children will "look up to God, look in and reflect and look out into the world" in order to make a difference. Learning about YSA, and celebrating young people who drive this for themselves, is also impactful in enabling them to be successful in their future careers and/or endeavours.