We are team of teenagers who are taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) in the Taunton area. NCS is a government funded programme for sixteen and seventeen year olds to take part in, during the summer holidays. NCS aims are to give young people the opportunity to build skills for work and life and to make a positive impact in their community.

In addition to this, the NCS programme supports CV applications for employment and UCAS applications for University. The program is broken down into three phases; including outward-bound activities, taking part in CV workshops, meeting employees from different industries and fundraising within our community. At the current moment we are working on our social action phase of NCS. This includes raising money for charities of our choice and fundraising for them.

On Tuesday 8th August we have organised to complete a fourteen hour sleepout to raise money for the Open Door Charity in Taunton. Open Door is a charity that supports people without homes, they provide kitchen starter kits, bedroom starter kits, laundry services, showers and clothes. Many people that visit Open Door have alcohol or drug decency, have experienced recent family breakdowns and have mental health issues. In the last year, three hundred and thirty two different people used their services with an average of fifteen people per day and one new person everyday.

We would be extremely grateful for any donation no matter how small to help this wonderful cause :)