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ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council recently organised its 32nd Junior Citizen event, attended by more than 1,600 Year Six students from 24 schools.
Junior Citizen, a long-running event held at The Hawth, gives children advice on how to safely deal with potential dangers and teaches them valuable life skills. This year’s event was funded by ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council, Safer ºù«ÍÞapp Partnership and Southern Water, which specifically funded the coach travel.

The fortnight long event covered a wide range of topics including:

• vaping
• fire safety in the home
• body image and self-care
• safety at train stations and on trains
• online safety – gaming
• reduce, re-Use, recycle
• online safety – what’s safe to share
• handwashing
• water use and using water wisely
• anti-social behaviour

The organisations supporting the event included ºù«ÍÞapp Young Persons Council, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Juno Project, Southeast Communities Rail Partnership, West Sussex County Council Community Safety and Wellbeing, West Sussex County Council Waste Prevention team, Sussex Police and Southern Water, as well as ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council Environmental Health team and ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council Community Protection team, with ºù«ÍÞapp Luxury providing the transport.

Representatives from ºù«ÍÞapp Borough Council visited one of the morning sessions including Mayor of ºù«ÍÞapp, Councillor Sharmila Sivarajah, Councillor Yasmin Khan (Cabinet member for Public Protection), Councillor Bob Noyce (Cabinet member for Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change).