2017-8 Youth Activities

Rotary offers so many opportunities for young people and our aim is to help young people discover and develop their own personal skills, grow their self-esteem and enjoy themselves in the process. This is what's on offer in Mid Herts - Welwyn, Hatfield, Brookmans Park & Potters Bar in this school year.

YOUNG CITIZEN 

Run in association with BBC News. Young people under the age of 25 who have demonstrated on-going positive citizenship and assumed vital responsibilities. Awards may be given to an individual or a group and there is a Live TV presentation to the 5 national winners.

YOUNG CHEF

This well-established competition is sponsored by Waitrose. The competition is for young people, school years 7 to 13, who would like to show their good cooking and presentational skills to produce a healthy economical meal for two people. 

YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER

Competitors submit a portfolio of 3 photographs in colour or black and white on the theme of ‘A Different Perspective’. Each print should be submitted separately on photographic paper and, including any mount should be no larger than A4 size. The competition runs in 3 age groups, Junior (7 to 10), Intermediate (11 to 13) and Senior (14 - 17), as at 31 August 2017.

YOUNG WRITER

Young authors are asked to produce a written or typed story in prose on the theme ‘A Different Perspective’.  An A4 page or 500 hundred words is a suggested suitable submission. The competition runs in 3 age groups, as above for the Young Photographer competition.

YOUTH SPEAKS

This popular and long-established public-speaking competition has been entered by many local schools and other groups in previous years. Teams of 3 are needed, a main speaker, a chairperson and a proposer of a vote of thanks. There are 2 age groups, Intermediate (11 to 13) and Senior (14 - 17). The local competition winners can progress to district, regional and national stages of the competition. Teams may speak on any subject with the exception of those directly concerning party politics, race or religion.

 TECHNOLOGY TOURNAMENT

This competition has been running successfully for many years and most of the local schools have entered. Teams of 4 have to design, build and document a solution to a problem posed on the day. At the end of the day the various solutions are demonstrated and winners chosen. The local competitions normally held in March.

YOUNG MUSICIAN

This 4 stage national competition aims to encourage development of musical talent and offers young people;

• experiance of performing on a public stage
• an opportunity to showcase their musical talent
• impartial feedback of performance by experienced adjudicators

The competition is open to amateurs in full time education, up to the age of 17. It is not open to full time students of music or performing arts, studying for a qualification above A level.

YOUNG ARTIST

This is a new competition, started in 2016. The theme, again, is ‘A Different Perspective’ and there a 3 age groups as for the Young Writer competition above. This competition aims to encourage young people to express their ideas through any artistic medium, other than photography. Entries will be judged in June 2018.

INTERACT

Why not set up a school Interact Club? These are groups of students from the age of 12 upwards, who share the Rotary aims of serving the community and promoting peace and international understanding. We will provide a Rotarian mentor to work with a member of your staff and the support you need to make the club a success. More information at http://www.ribi.org/youth/interact.

For further information and entry forms on any of the above youth competitions or opportunities please contact Rotary by email at midhertsrotary@ymail.com