TSI Young Consumers of the Year competition
The TSI Young Consumers of the Year Competition is a unique competition for schools and youth groups in England, Scotland and Wales.
The Young Consumers of the Year Competition
Registration deadline extended to 31 January 2012
The competition is in three stages culminating in the national final at TSI's Consumer Affairs and Trading Standards annual Conference and Exhibition.
The final will be held in Manchester at the Manchester Central conference centre 26-27 June 2012.
The competition is organised by the Trading Standards Institute and its Consumer Education Liaison Group. Teams of four 14 to 17 year olds can enter this knockout consumer quiz.
The competition:
- tests students on a wide range of issues including consumer and law, food and health, safety and the environment, managing money and finance, credit and the European dimension.
- makes students aware of their consumer responsibilities and rights.
Qualifying heats: These are organised by your local Trading Standards Service or alternatively teams may enter on-line.
To register, complete the “register to take part” on the menu to the left of page to get your unique log-in. Questions are multiple choice and there is a one hour time limit.
Your school or youth group may submit multiple teams but each individual team may submit only one entry .You will be advised after the closing date if a school team has qualified for local or regional finals. You may use the on-line competition as a learning resource as there is no commitment to take part at this stage.
Stage Two
Regional finals: Successful teams from the qualifying heats compete with others in the area in a regional final – which determines who goes through to the national final in Manchester.
Stage Three
The grand final: qualifying teams from each region will be invited to Manchester on 26 June 2012 for two days (one night). Accommodation and a social programme will be provided free of charge for a team of four students with their teacher/tutor.
Competition rules
- The competition is open to teams of four from schools, colleges and youth groups.
- Individual team members will be restricted to entering the Regional level of the competition only once. It is, however, possible to submit a team with a maximum of two members who have taken part in a previous year, provided that the team of which they were originally members did not proceed to a regional final.
- Team members must be aged between 14 and 17 years at the start of the competition in September 2011. They must not have reached the age of 18 before 1 January 2012.
- Close relatives of Trading Standards Service officials are not eligible to enter.
- Where a problem arises, substitute team members may be allowed, at the organiser’s discretion.
- A formal appeals process is in place in the case of any dispute but the organiser’s decision is final.
Important
Please make absolutely sure when selecting your team that examination commitments will not prevent them from competing in the national final on 26 and 27 June 2012, should your team qualify.
Project: Tackling Graffiti and Solvent Abuse – a new approach
Teams may submit a project based on a brief: Tackling Graffiti and Solvent Abuse – a new approach.
This will be judged independently of the quiz but the winning students will be invited to Manchester to receive their prizes. The project is sponsored by Halfords and full details can be found here.
Congratulations to 2011 first time entrants to the YCOY competition and overall national winners, Portsmouth Grammar School
This year a new sponsor, BSI, British Standards Institution, has joined the TSI College of Fellows, Experian, Financial Ombudsman and Toysaurus in supporting this prestigous competition.
BSI has been awarding the Kitemark, one of the most recognised symbols in the world, to products that make the grade since 1903.
For further information visit www.bsigroup.com/getinvolved
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