Youth Services

We support and encourage the young people of  Andover by organising competitions such as:

Youth Speaks

This competition aims to offer young people:

·     experience in speaking on a public platform as a member of a team

·     an incentive to formulate ideas on topical subjects

·     discipline in dealing with a topic in a limited time

·     the opportunity of learning and practising high standards of expression, presentation and appearance

·     impartial feedback and assessment of performance by experienced adjudicators

Who can take part?

The competition is open all schools and college communities including those that are home educated and any other young people’s community organisations, for example, Scout Groups and Girl Guides.

Each team will comprise of three students in full time education in two age groups:

Intermediate        11 to 13 years

Senior                  14 to 17 years

Young Writer

This competition aims to encourage young people to:

·         use their writing skills

·         write with imagination and creativity

Who can take part?

The competition is open to all schools and college communities including those that are home educated and any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.

The three age groups are:

Junior                       7 to 10 years old

Intermediate         11 to 13 years old

Senior                    14 to 17 years old

Entrants must not be above the age parameters for each group on 31 August 2020.

Young Photographer

Aims and Objectives

The competition aims to encourage young people to:

·                experiment with photography

·                use digital and/or traditional methods of photography

·                demonstrate interpretation of the topic

·                express ideas through the medium of photography

Who can take part?

The competition is open to all schools and college communities and those who are home educated, along with any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.

There are three age groups:

Junior:                         7 to 10 years old

Intermediate:            11 to 13 years old

Senior:                      14 to 17 years old