Our past projects
ACYC has successfully delivered the following projects:
Long term project:
- After school homework club activities at Earlham Primary School and Nightingale Primary School
- Frequency: 2 times a week for each workshop in each school
- Every Monday and Friday after school
- Time 3.30 pm to 6.30pm; for each school there are twelve hours per week allocated and ACYC delivers all three workshops
- A free venue has been provided by the schools. School staffs deliver the workshop, for example, teaching assistants, mentoring assistants; these are paid at a reasonable rate (from £15 to £20).
- ACYC have risen funding from other funders (Awards for All, Haringey New Initiative Development fund, Haringey Youth Opportunity Fund, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Tottenham Grammar Foundation) for the running costs of the above project.
Short term project:
- Parental involvement workshop
- Six-month program funded by the Scarman Trust
- The workshop looked at key areas:
- The national curriculum
- How children learn
- Building children’s motivation, self-esteem and confidence
- How to communicate effectively with your child’s teacher
- Supporting the school in managing behaviour
- Supporting your child with homework
Our upcoming projects
ACYC is planning the following projects:
Long term project:
- Home Work Club Activities
- Drama, African traditional dance and filming
- Same as above provided funding is available.
Short term projects:
- Parental Involvement workshop. As per the previous project delivered
- Summer Play Scheme at a local school. This will be a one-off project for several weeks as part of the summer school programme. This will target children whose parents work or study so children can be looked after in an educative environment.
One day workshops and events:
Same as above provided funding is available or as part of another projects.
Our work and funders
We managed to obtain funding from different sources to run short-terms projects that we successfully delivered. Our projects have shown to be accessible by the local community and the schools we work with, children and are family gave excellent feedback and are hoping that the project can grow.
We are now trying to raise more substantial funds in order to run those projects on a wider scale and a more permanent basis. This project can then lead on providing support to the parents in the form of ESOL and practical skills training.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the following people, organisations and funders for their support:
Leon Joseph Haringey Parent Communication and Young People Dept, Sharon Bolton Haringey Children & Young Peoples Services, Downhills Centre, Maria Hadjisoteris Head Teacher Earlham School, The Community Chest Fund, Awards for All, Haringey New Initiative Development Fund, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Tottenham Grammer School Foundation, Haringey Youth Opportunities Fund.
Make a donation
If you would like to support our ongoing projects by making a donation to ACYC, please send us an email or use the link provided. Thank you!
Beneficiaries
We welcome those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds, refugees and asylum seekers, low-income families, unemployment families, single parents, young parents and many more. We also cater to:
- Individuals facing unemployment
- Children and young people
- Voluntary bodies
Some of the beneficiaries may have language barriers, for example English may not be their first language. To ensure that the service reaches all communities, the ESOL courses will be available to bridge the gap.
Volunteers
ACYC is always grateful for the time volunteers have spent listening and encouraging our children and young people. Without this valuable contribution of time, energy and expertise, we would not have been able to achieve so much. Thank you.