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On Friday 6th November thousands of young people from across England took over jobs, swapped roles and worked alongside adults in schools, police forces, fire brigades, charities, businesses, the media and many more.
The Young People's Centre in Penzance joined in the mass takeover when six young people from Cornwall - Sam from Richard Lander School, Josh and Martin from Camborne School, Rebecca from Hayle, Michael from Humphry Davy School, and Emma from Penwith College - took over as Team Leader for the day as part of this year's 11 Million Takeover Day.
Team Leader, Mandy Jackson, had her job role taken over by the six young people from Cornwall. They took her calls, sorted out her diary, put in phone calls to their ‘new' team of Personal Advisers, and wrote to attendees of an event on her behalf.
In the afternoon the young people worked on the helpdesk where they got to meet and greet people. They also helped sort out the library, rang local colleges to find out about upcoming open evenings and e-mailed this information to Mandy's team.
All the young people agreed they really enjoyed the experience, and it was good to see what the centre's staff do and how busy their schedule is. They would all do it again next year. Martin said: "I found it very enjoyable", while Michael said: "Brilliant! We learnt lots of skills and how to communicate with people."
Organised by the Children's Commissioner for England, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Takeover Day encourages organisations across England to open their doors to children and young people so that they can swap roles and work alongside adults, and see for themselves the processes behind the decisions made in the world of work – some of which affect their daily lives.
Written by: Josh, Sam and Martin.
Pictures from the event:
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Connex West Cornwall members
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Nickname: Mellor, Mellsy
Age: 15 Music: Clubland / RnB Colour: Blue Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: Making posters about our future Desert island item: CD player with my music |
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Nickname: Mitch
Age: 15 Music: RnB, pop, classic Colour: Blue Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: When Mandy drank Ben's drink and broke the camera! Desert island item: A boat and a bag of fruit |
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Nickname: Brendon, Brenzo
Age: 15 Music: Anything Colour: Blue Fruit or veg: Veg Asleep or awake: Asleep Favourite YAG moment: When Mandy drank Ben's tea and then broke the camera Desert island item: A boat! |
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Nickname: Suzz
Age: 16 Music: RnB Colour: Pink Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: Working with Kat Desert island item: Mobile phone, Kat |
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Nickname: Em
Age: 17 Music: HSM! Colour: Blue Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Desert island item: Make up |
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Nickname: Kat
Age: 15 Music: RnB Colour: Purple Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: Working with Suzy Desert island item: Mobile phone, laptop, Suzy |
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Nickname: Demi
Age: 13 Music: Hip hop Colour: Pink Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Desert island item: Make up, straighteners, clothes, family, pets, house! |
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Nickname: Lewis
Age: 13 Music: Rock Colour: Black, blue, red Fruit or veg: Fruit (strawberries!) Asleep or awake: Asleep Favourite YAG moment: This is my first time! Desert island item: Motorbike & fuel |
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Nickname: Perry
Age: 12 Music: Jazz Colour: Red Fruit or veg: Veg Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: This is my first time here Desert island item: Machete |
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Nickname: Beki
Age: 13 Colour: Red Fruit or veg: Veg - Chips! Asleep or awake: Asleep Desert island item: Radio mast & phone |
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Nickname: Jolzzior
Age: 12 Music: Indie, rave Colour: Pink, yellow Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: Ezra's balloon Desert island item: iPod, surfboard, food and drink |
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Nickname: Emo
Age: 14 Music: Rave, heavy metal Colour: Anything darker than blue Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Asleep Desert island item: Food and water |
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Nickname: ---
Age: 14 Music: Metal Colour: Black Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Desert island item: DIY full size helicopter |
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Nickname: Ezzy, Ez
Age: 12 Music: Indie Colour: Yellow, blue Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: When I had a balloon Desert island item: Mobile, mighty boosh box set, clothes, iPod, mirror and house! |
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Nickname: Ang
Age: 13 Music: Hip hop, pop Colour: Green Fruit or veg: Fruit Asleep or awake: Awake Favourite YAG moment: Activities Desert island item: Make up, iPod, water, hair brush, bed, clothes, family |
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