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The National Citizen Services (NCS) has announced plans for activities aimed at supporting the most vulnerable 16- and 17-year-olds over the summer.
The NCS has announced plans for a summer scheme as official guidance allows more contact with young people. Picture: Adobe Stock
The NCS has announced plans for a summer scheme as official guidance allows more contact with young people. Picture: Adobe Stock

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NCS to run summer catch-up scheme

The National Citizen Service (NCS) has announced plans to deliver a summer catch-up programme to 30,000 disadvantaged teenagers whose education has been most disrupted by Covid-19.

The scheme will run on both local and national levels offering life skills activities around job-readiness, confidence building, re-forming friendships and building resilience to “the most vulnerable and marginalised young people around the country”, NCS said.

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