About The Award

Challenge Area 1: Community Involvement
In this challenge, you’ll select one community activity for participation. For example:

» Underage coaching/assistant: all sports
» Scout Leader
» Guide Leader
» Boys/Girls Brigade Leader
» Visiting an elderly neighbour (not a relative)
» Visiting a nursing home for the elderly
» Special Olympics Club volunteer
» Volunteering with children with special needs
» Mentoring Programmes
» Big Sister, Big Brother Programmes
» Re-cycling Programmes / Green Schools etc
» Fundraising campaigns that will run for the time required to qualify for the Award
» Youth Social Innovators
» Life Saving Course
» First Aid Course
» Reserve Defence Forces
» Running a school Credit Union
» Tidy Town Committee

‘It’s how we give rise to each challenge
that makes us the people we are’
Michael McGroarty PAL: Kieran McTaggart

‘One of the most satisfying and
rewarding things in life is to learn
how to serve others’
Samuel Jordan PAL: Mary McKenna

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