The National Citizen Service was set up following last year’s riots and aims to get 16 and 17-year-olds involved in projects to benefit their communities.
Tigers are working with 33 people, who are taking on a series of activities in aid of charities, including car washing, a sponsored walk and food collections.
The young people will be holding a car wash at Welford Road this Friday (August 24). From 8am to 5.30pm, they will be washing cars in the Crumbie Car Park, behind the Holland & Barrett Stand in Aylestone Road, in aid of the Matt Hampson Foundation.
They have already offered a bag-packing service at supermarkets around Leicestershire and are collecting canned food for The Bridge in Loughborough, a charity which delivers housing related support services to homeless and vulnerably housed people. Pet food is being collected for Redgate Animal Sanctuary in Markfield.
And they are also organising a sponsored walk to be held in Bradgate Park on September 8
For more information on the NCS visit nationalcitizenservice.direct.gov.uk
