Chester Schools debate - senior event

Chester Schools debate – senior event

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Friends of the Narrows Community Park

Since 2019, a group of volunteers have been working in the Narrows Community Park in Hoole to develop a number of meadows and planted areas with the support of the Council - this has been much appreciated by local residents and the park has won several awards (King and Queen Consort Coronation Biodiversity Competition - CWAC - 1st Prize (2023), RHS Its your Neighbourhood Outstanding - Level 5 Award (2023) and Cheshire West Design Awards, Commended - Public Realm (2025)).

The local community have really responded positively to the changes in the park over the past 6 years; people now stop and spend time looking at the various meadows on the park, rather than simply walking through.

Feb 2, 2025 | Youth Competitions

The Chester Schools debate - senior event took place in the splendid setting of Chester Town Hall on 29 January. Teams from The Hammond School, The King's School, The Queen's School and Upton High School took part, as a local heat of the Rotary GBI competition - Youth Speaks, a Debate.

Subjects debated included -

Should abortion be made legal in the USA?
The relevance of the death penalty in modern society
Britain should not pay slavery reparations
The West is fuelling the war between Ukraine and Russia
For the sake of humanity, we should pause the use of AI?

We would like to thank our judges, Rev Maureen Pickering and Sekki Tabasuares

Upton High School were selected to represent the City in the Rotary District Final, to be held in Wrexham on 11 March.

Some images from the day:

Details of our Intermediate event (11-13 years) are here

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