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Knowsley Youth and Play Service deliver the Duke of Edinburgh’s award and Youth Achievement Award, both nationally accredited award schemes. They also deliver local award schemes for the younger age range called the Mayor of Knowsley’s Award and the Junior Citizenship Award, both of which are exclusive to Knowsley.

Junior Citizenship Award
The Knowsley Junior Citizenship award is an exciting and varied award scheme for all children between the ages of 7 and 9. The award provides the opportunity for the children to increase their awareness of the community whilst providing a greater sense of belonging, knowledge and pride in knowsley. The award consists of two sections - an active sports session and citizenship activities. All of the activities are fun, creative and educational.

The Mayor of Knowsley’s Award
The mayor of knowsley’s Award is a structured programme for all young people between the ages of 9 to 14. The award involves active community involvement, learning new skills and developing socially and emotionally. The award comprises of three levels; Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level is spilt into four sections and is completed within a school year with the final section being a residential in North Wales. This includes camping, walking and team building. The residential provides an opportunity for the young people to gain confidence and a sense of pride in their achievements.

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme is a challenging programme of activities for anyone between the ages of 14 to 25. Each participant has a programme that is tailor made to reflect their individual starting point and interests. Through the levels of Bronze, Silver and Gold the award enables all those who take part to learn a wealth of new skills, experience adventure and help others along the way! This award is nationally accredited so not only is it an achievement to complete the award but it is recognised as accreditation by many universities and employers.

Youth Challenge and Youth Achievement Award
The Youth Challenge Award is for young people aged between 11 to 13 which leads onto the Youth Achievement Award both of which are nationally accredited awards for non formal education. The Youth Achievement Award is for young people aged 14 to 25 and has four levels bronze, silver, gold and platinum. The award encourages young people to develop their skills through a series of challenges decided upon as a group with the support of a youth worker and which is peer assessed. The Award is designed to increase young people’s levels of participation from Bronze through to Platinum where young people plan and organise their own individual challenges.

Safety First
The Award’s Team have an excellent track record for safety and hold an A.A.L.A Licence. This licence is issued by the Adventurous Activities Licensing Authority and is awarded only after a rigourous bi-annual inspection and assessment on:

• safety procedures
• staff qualifications
• staff training programmes
• development of best practice
  

The Award’s team hold regular training days to ensure all staff are up to date with new procedures and requirements.

For further information contact the Award’s team on 0151 443 5341.