A GLOBAL competition for young innovators is to be showcased next week by Hillingdon school children, who are bringing the event to the UK.

ACS Hillingdon International School in Vine Lane will take part in a challenge tournament for sponsors Destination Imagination, to try to inspire other schools, youth groups and businesses to give their support.

Destination Imagination England will be contested by two teams from ACS and one from Lincolnshire.

Having chosen a challenge from a selection of seven, the mixed-age teams compete against each other to demonstrate their presentational, technical, creative and problem-solving skills.

They also perform an on-the-spot challenge, issued to them by the judge, along with the materials needed to solve it.

Jan Harper, director of Destination Imagination England, said: “We hope it will act as a springboard for many others to join in this year.”