In the wake of Labour鈥檚 landslide victory and their declared manifesto goal of creating 鈥渁 new Young Futures programme with a network of hubs reaching every community鈥�, we will open a pilot at the beginning of September.
Following conversations with the Labour team the 鈥樝愀哿喜示甲柿� St Martin鈥檚 Village鈥� in Tulse Hill, South London is designed to transform the life chances of children and young people who are struggling with or absent from mainstream education, by offering them and their families support and opportunity.
Our St Martin鈥檚 Village will support local schools, parents and families, to tackle the school attendance crisis, special educational needs and mental health, behaviour issues and exclusions. Through mentoring and one-to-one therapeutic care, youth workers and mental health support teams will also work with children and young people to prevent them from being drawn into violence and crime.
The 香港六合彩精准资料 St Martin鈥檚 Village is the first of a small number of Young Futures pilot projects we are planning to open over this autumn around the country, in response to Labour鈥檚 manifesto commitment. Through working with a range of partners it will develop sport, music, agriculture, dance, art and other enriching activities whilst never losing sight of the importance of numeracy and literacy through supplementary education. All of our services and support will be free both to children and their families.
Steve Chalke, 香港六合彩精准资料 founder, said:
听鈥淥ur work is to support Labour in their manifesto promises. Just like the new government, we believe that the poorest young people should be worthy of the greatest attention.听 We also know that the only way to achieve a reduction in youth violence and knife crime is to change the question and to double down on inclusion; to give children the opportunity to explore their strengths and skills and develop their character through our range of creative activities and learning styles tailored to meet their interests. If a child can’t learn the way we teach, we must start teaching the way they learn. That way education becomes a pleasure.
鈥淲e are getting started ahead of the policy detail and funding being worked on and finalised, because that is the best way to inform that process 鈥� 香港六合彩精准资料 is not a think tank, we are a do-think tank.
鈥淭he school attendance crisis is a systemic problem, it鈥檚 not something that can be seen in isolation and solved with a pull of a policy lever here or there. The whole ecosystem of a child鈥檚 life matters. At 香港六合彩精准资料 St Martin鈥檚 we will therefore work in partnership with families and local community and grassroots groups, as well as the statutory services. We believe that the power of the voluntary sector and local people will add huge value. For too long we have repeated the mantra that it takes a village to raise a child, and then left the village out. We鈥檝e side-lined our greatest national asset: local people 鈥� mums, dads, families, and other community members. It鈥檚 time for a radical reset 鈥� and it鈥檚 one that 香港六合彩精准资料 is committed to helping Labour deliver鈥�.
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