Provider West Sussex County Council and National Citizen Service
Name Lessons4Life
During this year's summer programme for the National Citizen Service (NCS), a group of 16- and 17-year-olds from West Sussex discussed issues facing young people in the Chichester area.
They identified that many of the skills young people need when leaving home to live independently are not taught as part of the school national curriculum, which can lead to some of them struggling to carry out simple, everyday tasks. These included domestic chores such as washing up and ironing clothes, changing a plug, first aid, talking on the phone to professionals, and how to budget, explains Claire Tooke, of West Sussex County Council's young people's service.
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