Exmoor Rotary: Youth Speaks

This competition is based on a public meeting. It offers young people:

• experience in speaking on a public platform
• incentive to formulate ideas on specific subjects
• discipline in dealing with a topic in a limited time
• opportunity to learn from others high standards of expression, presentation, and appearance
• experience in accepting impartial assessment and constructive criticism.

The local competition takes place in January) each year, the Area competition in February, and the District one in March. CLICK HERE FOR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL RESULTS. YOUTH SPEAKS 2010 was held on Thursday 28th January at Bampton School.

The John Owen Trophy (pictured on the right) is awarded annually to the school which wins the Junior Youth Speaks competition in our local area. It was given in memory of a previous headteacher of Dulverton Middle and Community School. See below for full list of winners.

The pictures below are from the 2010 event hosted at BAMPTON SCHOOL

In 2005, one Youth Speaks team made it to be interviewed on ITV

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