I had the joy of delivering the first ever First Give Final at HarrisBeckenham with Year 12 students today! Congratulations to all involved for setting the bar with some excellently delivered presentations, and £1,000 won for Rehoboth Community Outreach Club - Charity ✨

Llongyfarchiadau to Year 8 who took part in the First Give competition. All pupils chose a charity to support and undertook a social action activity for their chosen charity. The final was fantastic with pupils demonstrating excellent knowledge and presentation skills. (1/2)

There were some amazing presentations &social actions delivered by Y9s ChilternAcademy!Super tough for the judges but…the winner is 95R advocating for YouTurnFutures! £1K First Give grant’s coming your way! Great to have Stuart with us.Thank you Deputy Mayor Cllr Zanib Raja & Fatima @lutoncounci

The memories of some amazing #SocialAction , #RaisingAwareness & #Presentations from the students St. Benedict's in previous years are still with me! I’m therefore so excited to work with Y9s today at their First Give workshop. Final next week, so let’s get going! Jack Petchey Fdn

Our friends Jack Petchey Fdn have extended the deadline for their 'Bright Futures: The Jack Petchey Survey of Young People's Ambitions' to the 30th April 2024! Take the survey by scanning the QR code attached to this post!

Interested in #SocialAction ? Our incredible partner First Give have their School Finals this month at Reach Feltham, St Mark's Academy, @Caterham_Highand and Ark Academy. Teams of young people compete to win a £1,000 grant for the charity that they care about.

Good luck! ⭐

It is with both excitement and sadness that we share the news of a change of leadership at First Give.

firstgive.co.uk/new-leadership…

A big congratulations to our winning First Give team who won £1000 for Luton Foodbank yesterday! Well done to all students who took part in the event, we're very proud of all your hard work, determination and confidence.

Congratulations to 9G who won the EWA First Give Competition! They presented brilliantly and won £1000 for their chosen charity: Heywood Little Monkeys!

Over HT3 and 4, Y9 have been taking part in First Give. They have found out about local charities and honed their public speaking skills. Y9 have really enjoyed the project.

The First Give final was a huge success Denbigh High School!

Feeling incredibly proud of all year 8 students.

Well done to the winning group who secured a £1000 grant for Luton Foodbank , aswell as 88 for receiving a Judges’ commendation The Raise Up Foundation.

A Y8 class from Tapton school in Sheffield chose Mums In Need for the First Give programme. The students' efforts in raising funds and awareness for MIN were commendable. Despite not winning the extra funds we are delighted to have been part of this wonderful initiative 🙌

Here are a few of the enlightening responses shared by First Give participants when they were questioned about the most valuable lesson they learned during the program!

Today is our First Give final! We can’t wait to see the presentations our students have prepared, what charity will take home the £1,000 prize?

Thank you so much for attending and for supporting the students throughout the programme! #YouthVoice #YouthSocialAction

What a final at Ark Pioneer Academy! Congratulations to 8 Howe for winning for Chipping Barnet Foodbank & thank you to all the charity reps who came to watch! Thank you to our judges & to councillor Zahra Beg. Well done everyone in Year 8! #socialaction #jackpetchy #firstgivefinal

Well done to Y10 at Ark Putney Academy who demonstrated some great public speaking skills at their First Give workshop this morning! Lovely to hear about all the #socialaction you have carried out in school! Jack Petchey Fdn

8N are busy bees this morning working hard raising awareness of diabetes👏🏻Diabetes UK Cymru First Give Blackwood Comp.