Hosting NCS - Saturday 3rd August 2019

This summer Ealing Friends of the Earth hosted a group of young people undertaking the National Citizen Service (NCS). NCS is a government backed programme which brings young people aged 15 to 17 from different backgrounds together for a common purpose.

The project we set them was to learn all they could about climate change and then deliver a talk to invited friends and run a campaign stall in Walpole Park.

There are three sessions. The first was an introductory session held on the 22nd July, where we introduced ourselves, gave a brief presentation on climate change, with slides and videos, outline the project and then left the young people to discuss and ask any questions. The second session on 27th July was to follow up and see what progress they had made. The final session on 3rd August is when they carried out their project. In addition, the day after the final session, they have a campaign day where they do something to support us but without our involvement.

The Talk

For the talk they had created a PowerPoint deck and delivered it as a group, each taking a turn to cover some of the - see the picture. UWL did us proud with an enormous lecture theatre with a huge screen. The talk was quite short and the young people decided that they'd like to do it again at the end of the afternoon and film it - which happened (in a yet bigger theatre!).

 

The Stall

They set the stall up in Walpole Park under the awning near the Rickyard cafe, at 1pm. The site was good withplenty of footfall. They had some biscuits to offer to people who answered a simple quiz. The young people turned out to be very good at engaging with the public and having so many lively youngsters with us created a buzz. We had lots of interactions and 24 people left their details on our sign-up sheet.

 

The Campaign Day

For the Campaign Day (where we are not involved) the young people decided to do a litter pick on Ealing Common and in Walpole Park and then made a mosaic- see photo.