Calling all students in Tonypandy Community College! Win £200 in Argos vouchers!

During March and April of 2010 there will be lots of fun and exciting activities for the young people of Tonypandy to take part in including abseiling, bushcraft and graffiti workshops. The aim of these activities is to engage and educate the young people of Tonypandy on the dangers and consequences of grass fire and reduce the number grass fires being deliberately set.

We would like to invite the pupils of Tonypandy Community College to design a logo or slogan that will become the ‘umbrella brand’ of the project and will be used on all project materials and communications including website, leaflets, newspapers, bus stops and billboards – making it highly visible throughout Tonypandy.

Information for teachers

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is working towards building more positive and stronger partnerships across South Wales. In Tonypandy, one aim of this partnership work is to create a safer community through the reduction of deliberate grass and mountain fires, which put lives at risk and cost the taxpayer and the economy millions of pounds every year.

One major way we hope to achieve this is by delivering a ‘deliberate grass fire reduction project’ in Tonypandy which will include running various diversionary and engagement activities with the young people in Tonypandy during March and April 2010.

We would like to invite the pupils of Tonypandy Community College to design a logo or slogan that will become the ‘umbrella brand’ of the project and will be used on all project materials and communications including website, leaflets, newspapers, bus stops and billboards – making it highly visible throughout Tonypandy.

The logo/slogan will create awareness of the project and will become a constant reminder of what the Service and the project are trying to achieve:

• reduce the risk of grass and mountain fires spreading to properties and putting lives in danger
• save the taxpayer and the economy millions of pound
• make Tonypandy a more inviting place for new businesses
• improve the landscape of Tonypandy

We are looking for a logo or slogan that is short, snappy and eye catching.

An example of such a slogan is ‘Pain in the Grass’, which is short, snappy and tells the person exactly what we are trying to achieve. An example of a logo is the SUB21 logo that was used in a campaign to reduce underage drinking.

Competition forms and guidelines should be given out to students before them break for their Christmas holidays. Students should then post their completed entries into the entry box in the school reception by Friday 15^th January.

This competition is only being offered to the pupils of Tonypandy and so is a fantastic opportunity for the students to make a significant contribution to making their community a safer place to live.  In addition, the person with the winning entry will not only see their logo/design across Tonypandy but will receive £200 in Argos vouchers!

Information for students - Now over to you!

Do you want to be in with a chance of seeing something you have created on billboards, posters and more and win £200 in Argos vouchers? If the answer is yes then this is the competition for you!

We would like to invite you to design a logo or slogan that will be used on all activity materials including websites, leaflets, newspapers, bus stops and billboards.

If you think you can come up with a logo or slogan that is short, snappy and eye catching then please ask your teacher for an entry form or download one front the front page. Complete the entry form using the guidance below.

How to enter

1. Download the Entry Form. 
2. Hand your completed entry form into your teacher or post it into the entry box in the school reception by Friday 15^th January
3. Fill in your name and your teacher’s name – if you win we need to know you are!
4. For more information about the competition e mail deliberategrassfires@southwales-fire.gov.uk