Schools to battle it out for consumer title

Organised by the Council's Trading Standards Division, the knock out quiz will take place in the County Hall and is aimed at teams of pupils aged 14-17 years old.

Teams from Daniel James School, Bishopston Comprehensive, Morriston Comprehensive and Gorseinon College will be tested on their knowledge on a range of consumer topics. These could include anything from their rights when shopping on the Internet, food labelling, animal welfare, managing money and finance, toy safety, booking a holiday to the role of the EC.

David Picken, Divisional Trading Standards Officer for Swansea Council said, "This competition is proving popular as it helps young people to become aware of their rights and responsibilities and provides them with skills for life as they prepare for the world of work."

This final will act as an eliminator for local schools and colleges and the winner will represent Swansea at an all Wales Final in Llandrindod Wells on the 13th and 14th March 2006.

The winner of this will go forward to represent Wales at UK final held during the annual conference of the Trading Standards Institute in London on 20-22nd June 2006.

Cllr John Hague, Cabinet Member for Environment said, "The questions that the teams have to answer at all levels of the competition are an excellent grounding for pupils who may wish to study law, economics, food technology or business studies. Many students are able to include their participation in the competition on their UCAS forms as part of their personal statement."

The Young Consumer of the Year 2006 overall winners will receive the coveted Young Consumer of the Year Trophy as well as £1000 for their school, a state of the art computer and £400 in Argos vouchers for sporting equipment for each of the four finalists.

Full details of the competition are available on www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/yconsumers

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