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Community Group Exploration
Explore how a community group can help people. Read the scenario, then complete the activities. Use evidence from the scenario to explain your ideas.
At a small coastal town, the old lighthouse is a popular place to visit. After a storm, paths near the shore are muddy and litter has washed onto the beach. Dylan, Hudson and Oliver help at the volunteer-run Lighthouse Coast Care group. The group’s goals are to keep the coast safe and cared for, and to help visitors learn about local wildlife. Volunteers check walking paths and report hazards to the council, collect rubbish where it is safe, and welcome visitors at weekend information stalls. They explain how to watch seabirds without disturbing them. The group does not repair public paths itself; it shares concerns with the council, which is responsible for those repairs. Anyone can attend a planning meeting, suggest an idea and listen to other members before the group decides what to do.
Explore the group
Use the scenario to investigate the group’s purpose, actions and role in the community.
1.What is the name of the volunteer group in the scenario?
2.Which pair best describes Lighthouse Coast Care’s goals?
- To keep the coast safe and cared for, and help visitors learn about local wildlife
- To repair every public path and run the lighthouse
- To sell food to visitors and organise boat races
- To decide the council’s budget
3.Match each volunteer action with its likely purpose.
- Report a muddy or unsafe path
- Collect rubbish where it is safe
- Explain how to watch seabirds
- Help visitors avoid disturbing wildlife
- Help the responsible council know about a hazard
- Care for the coast
4.The volunteers repair public paths themselves, because the group is responsible for council repairs.
TrueFalse
5.You spot a deep, muddy hole beside the coastal path. What is the safest and most helpful action for a volunteer?
- Climb into the hole to try to repair it
- Ignore it because only visitors use the path
- Keep a safe distance and report the hazard to the council
- Tell visitors to walk through it
6.Give two examples from the scenario of how volunteers help people or the local environment.
7.At a planning meeting, Dylan suggests adding a wildlife information stall. What is one respectful way the group could decide whether to try the idea?
8.Suggest one activity Lighthouse Coast Care could run to support its goals. Explain who or what the activity would help.
9.Would you choose to volunteer with Lighthouse Coast Care? Give one reason linked to the group’s work. Another well-explained choice is also acceptable.
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