Published: 04 October 2024

From: Community

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council recently organised its 32nd Junior Citizen event, attended by more than 1,600 Year Six students from 24 schools.
Junior Citizen, a long-running event held at The Hawth, gives children advice on how to safely deal with potential dangers and teaches them valuable life skills. This year’s event was funded by ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council, Safer ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Partnership and Southern Water, which specifically funded the coach travel.

The fortnight long event covered a wide range of topics including:

  • vaping
  • fire safety in the home
  • body image and self-care
  • safety at train stations and on trains
  • online safety – gaming
  • reduce, re-Use, recycle
  • online safety – what’s safe to share
  • handwashing
  • water use and using water wisely
  • anti-social behaviour

The organisations supporting the event included ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Young Persons Council, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Juno Project, Southeast Communities Rail Partnership, West Sussex County Council Community Safety and Wellbeing, West Sussex County Council Waste Prevention team, Sussex Police and Southern Water, as well as ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council Environmental Health team and ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council Community Protection team, with ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Luxury providing the transport.

Representatives from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council visited one of the morning sessions including Mayor of ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾, Councillor Sharmila Sivarajah, Councillor Yasmin Khan (Cabinet member for Public Protection), Councillor Bob Noyce (Cabinet member for Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change).

We are pleased to have organised our 32nd Junior Citizen event, which encourages good citizenship.  Local children have had the opportunity to learn key life skills, as well as being reminded of important online safety advice such as not to reveal personal details to strangers.

Councillor Yasmin Khan

Cabinet member for Public Protection

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council

It was great to see the students at Junior Citizen learning about the importance of protecting our environment, encouraging them to adopt lifelong behaviours such as re-using and recycling, and using water wisely.

Councillor Bob Noyce

Cabinet member for Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council

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