MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Photo from Celebration Event for 2005 Mission Impossible

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Aim of the event:

To provide an opportunity for young people to:

Complete a series of fiendish challenging tasks
Be taken out of their comfort zone
Meet and talk with people they do not normally associate with
Raise the profile of young people in their local community
Learn lots of new skills (organisational, personal, communication, practical)
Commit to 2 weeks hard work
Document and record their work
Have fun

Examples of typical Tasks:

Complete a very difficult 100 question quiz
Make 5 Alien puppets
Announce a train arrival and departure
Complete a Treasure Trail in Liverpool
Research 10 famous humanitarians
Organise and host a children’s party with an alien theme for 15 children
Have photographs taken wearing the strip of a Premiership Football Club in their ground
Cook a 3 course meal using fresh ingredients for Youth Club Management and workers
Ask a Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat Councilor about their views of Every Child Matters
Paint a mural for their club walls
Fund-raise to buy an item of equipment for their club
Plant a tree

Each team is given a series of tasks to complete.

These can range from making a life size sculpture of an elephant, to interviewing Bank Managers, to planting trees, to organising parties for juniors or OAP's, to taking part in Treasure Trails, to producing a piece of art work, cooking a three course meal and so on and is run over the two week Easter Holiday period