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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES

HMS Heroes service Children’s Voice Awards: The HMS Heroes Ambassadors (age 14+) are planning and will deliver an HMS Heroes awards evening on the Wednesday of AF Week.

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This group represents over 2,500 children and young people of service and veterans' families in Plymouth.

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They have clubs in 58 Plymouth Schools and are over 9,500 strong internationally, growing daily. The awards event will recognise the work of clubs and individuals in Plymouth and the categories will be set by the young people in collaboration with the wider group.

The evening will build upon the 2016 event, which took place by kind permission of 30 CDO RM, in their Globe Theatre, and will see 10 awards presented. Entertainment will be provided by the Plymouth Youth Concert band and the Military Kids Choir. There will be a guard of honour provided by RBL standard bearers. The venue for this year awards is awaiting the approval of the local military bases.

Art and Design Competition 

A competition for art and design which will be run through all Plymouth schools linking with the AFD programme, the winning entry will be the design of Plymouth’s 2017 AFD badge. The badge raises funds for the Poppy Appeal and raised £2000 in 2016.

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Other designs will also feature throughout our AFD event brochure. The competition is sponsored by MKC Heroes.

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You can find the results of the 2017 competition here.

MKC Heroes Marquee

The MKC Heroes small marquee will be staffed by children and young people and will provide a free craft activity to visitors. This will also be an information point for the group and for families wishing to seek advice about education and support for Service families in Plymouth.

School Visits

Serving personnel in uniform and Veterans will visit schools to discuss their experiences.

Junior Life Skills

For the three weeks, including and either side of Armed Forces Day, Junior Life skills, supported by the RN at their Bull Point site, will take place. This is a special offer to year 6 children and enables them to learn about how to cope with health and safety issues in the home and their wider environment. Across the project over 2,000 11 year olds will participate. This event is also supported by partners including: Citybus; Western Electrical; Peninsula Medical School; First Great Western; D&C Constabulary; D&S Fire Service, PCC IT Consultancy and the RNLI.

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Plymouth Music Education Hub

As part of the Hub, Plymouth Youth Music Service will be providing a continuous programme of music from 11am to 3pm on their dedicated stage, featuring school-based and city-wide youth ensembles from across the city. This will be a varied and exciting programme with something for everyone, including choirs, Samba bands, wind and brass bands and many others. Our young musicians are aged seven to 21, and will delight you with the range and quality of their performances. Below is the timetable for the day - please note the below is subject to change.

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11am to 11.20am

Dunstone Primary Samba Band     

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11.25am  to 11.40am
Plymouth Junior Concert Band                

11.45am  to 12noon
Lipson Vale Orchestra                              

12.05pm  to 12.25pm

Plymouth Soundhouse Youth Brass Academy

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13.30pm to 13.50pm
Pilgrim Choir                                                

13.55pm to  14.40pm
Plymouth Youth Concert Band

Plymouth International Chorus

Plymouth International Chorus features singers aged 11 to 17 from our city-wide Legacy Choir combined with 30 young singers from Plymouth Massachusetts. The visitors are here to engage with our city schools as part of our Mayflower 400 commemorations.

The Chorus is also performing a free concert at the Plymouth Guildhall on Wednesday 28 June.