CULCHETH High School pupil Jake Thompson has won a prestigious award from Cheshire Police.
He took part in the Force’s Cheshire Young Persons Good Citizen Award Programme, which rewards young people for 
their voluntary work.
Jake attended the nine week Fire Service Respect programme and then volunteered for the Police Youth Community Support Programme (PYCS).
For eight weeks Jake worked one day a week on various community volunteer projects, helping people with learning difficulties at the Long Lane community garden centre.
During this he learned about horticulture, planting seeds, taking cuttings, weeding, litter picking and other useful skills. He then worked at Holcroft Grange Care Home in Culcheth, putting his new skills to good use in the community garden.
PC John Mather, Warrington schools liaison officer, said: “It was very humbling to see how hard Jake worked and the skills he demonstrated.
“I work with young people every day. The PYCS programme gives young people a chance to engage with the community in a very positive way, to learn new skills and develop as young people. Jake is a fine example of a young person who wants to make a difference, he is a worthy winner of the young citizen award and I wish him good luck in the future.”
Pictured: PC Mather presenting the award to Jake.
Jake picks up police award
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Well done – not all young people are granny-bashing drug addled thugs. It is a shame that they are allowed be persecuted by such things as those mosquito sound devices specifically designed as a sonic weapon against young people. – in the same way as you have those plug-in rodent repellers.
…but surely those kids that do fall foul of the mosquito alarms are in a place where they shouldn’t be? Some school premises have them as a deterrent to vandalism which costs schools tens of thousands of pounds a year in some cases…. if it prevents that sort of behaviour; then I’m all for it
They are installed outside the front of, among other places , post offices and shops, during opening hours, where young people, and babies in buggies, are quite legitimately and suffer discomfort from this indiscriminate device.
They are not just used in non-public areas at the rear of premises, and in enclosed premises, at night.