CYP Now - Good Practice: Participation in Action - Rural eco volunteer scheme rides the social action wave

Donning their wellies and getting covered in mud, dozens of young people have waded through ponds and pulled weeds as part of efforts to improve their communities.

The projects are part of an initiative run by the National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the Canal and River Trust and the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs to provide a range of rural and environmentally-focused social action opportunities.

Set up in April, the Action Squad programme hopes to create an additional 1,500 social action opportunities for young people by March 2015, and reflects NCYVS's support for the national Step Up To Serve campaign, which aims to get half of all young people taking part in social action programmes by 2020.

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