BENEFITS+OF+COMMUNITY+ACTION


 * For students ** participation in Community Action Programmes will:
 * advance their knowledge and skills in important aspects of education, in an enjoyable and exciting way
 * enhance their understanding and awareness of the individual needs and challenges faced by others in their community
 * encourage their resourcefulness, intelligence and creativity to respond to these community and individual needs
 * give them the sense of fulfilment in undertaking challenging and useful work
 * improve their awareness of important social issues
 * help to break down social prejudices and remove ignorance
 * develop and enhance their attributes of patience, commitment and dedication


 * For children **, participation in Community Action Programmes will mean:
 * becoming further involved and more fully integrated into their local communities and enjoy developing new and personal friendships with volunteers;
 * gaining greater self-esteem, and more fully appreciate their own value and worth - which, in turn, would be appreciated by others;
 * stimulating their creative, imaginative and expressive abilities though the organisation of a variety of different activities;
 * developing new physical skills through a diverse programme of sporting and other physical activities;
 * becoming more balanced individuals - gaining personal and emotional security and confidence;
 * developing their own individual skills and talents and pursuing their own special interests;
 * feeling a part of their community and not apart from it.