THSU Annual Report 2005 - 2006

Annual Report 2005-2006

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Registered Charity name: Tower Hamlets Summer Education LimitedThe charity is known as Tower Hamlets Summer UniversityRegistered Charity number: 1048822Registered Company number: 2017713

Tower Hamlets Summer University aims to:

Promote independent learningRaise achievementPromote racial tolerance and good community relationsIncrease access to educational opportunities through creative partnerships between all sectors, statutory, voluntary, business and industryInvolve young people in the organisation’s development

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Contents

06. Introduction from Chair of Trustees

Section 1 | Reference and Administrative Details 08. Details of the Charity and its Trustees

Section 2 | Organisational Structure, Governance and Management

Section 3 | Objectives and Activities 13. Directors Introduction

Section 4 | Achievements and Performance 1�. In the 12 months to March 2006 1�. Statistics 16. The Projects: – Main Summer Programme for 14-25 year olds – Junior Summer Programme for 11-13 year olds 2�. Volunteering Programme: – Summer Peer Motivation Scheme – Youth Advisory Group 27. Summer Uni plus 28. Recognising and Celebrating Achievement 29. Summer Uni London 30. Events 32. Marketing & Publicity 33. Creative Partnerships 3�. Operational Partners 2005

Section 5 | Financial Review 36. Funders of Tower Hamlets Summer University 2005-6 38. Summarised Statement of Financial Activities | Year ended 31st March 2006 39. Summarised Balance Sheet | As at 31st March 2006

Section 6 | Plans for future periods �0. Our priorities during the next 12 months �2. Celebrating Ten Years

THSU Annual Report | 2005-2006 www.summeruni.org

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Introduction from Chair of Trustees

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It is my great pleasure to introduce the 10th annual report of Tower Hamlets Summer University. Our 10th year has been marked by enormous success thanks to the hard work and diligence of staff, advisors and trustees and with the continued support of our funders. THSU’s success and achievements has been marked by a number of key achievements over the past year, against the backdrop of the July 7th bombings which affected many of our students attending our courses during the summer of 200� due to our location in Aldgate East. The bombings however failed to dent the resolve of our staff and young volunteers who worked tirelessly to reassure and support students taking part in our courses and to allay the fears that risked inhibiting some from initially attending their summer courses.

Over the past 10 years we have served the community by making learning exciting, fun and important to the lives of young people, helping to raise aspirations and play our part in realising their ambitions. We have delivered over 1,200 courses and worked with over 9,500 young people attending our programmes. We want to continue to meet the needs of young people; not just for the summer but all year round, after school and during the holidays and throughout London. Our pilot extended programme, Summer Uni plus has been a great success and I believe THSU is going from strength to strength and a source of great pride for east London.

Over the past year THSU staff, volunteers and students took part in the Olympic Bid with their time and ideas and took part in Trafalgar Square celebrations when the announcement of London 2012 was made. THSU was also awarded the Quality in Study Support Advanced Status and Investors in People recognition. Our biggest achievement this year has been the commissioning by London Challenge to roll out the THSU model across the capital. We are delighted to receive support from both London Challenge and the Jack Petchey Foundation, a signal of the wider contribution the THSU has the potential to make in helping to ensure young people across London are a genuine part of the Olympic legacy. Our new programme, Summer Uni London, has an ambitious task of helping to realise this goal, which I am confident we will do with the support of our partners and supporters.

Our core THSU team, Peer Motivators, Youth Advisory Board, Tutors and Director, Sarah Davies, have done a fantastic job this year in continuing to provide a high quality service to young people, channelling their energy and talent towards realising their ambitions, whilst also actively seeking to support other areas around London to replicate what is a truly wonderful and exceptional programme.

Rushanara AliChair


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Details of the Charity and its Trustees

Trustees for the reporting period:

Rushanara Ali | Chair from 07/02/2006

Renee Bernstein

Devinder Cheema

Nancy Cleary

Lancelot Comrie

Gary Davies | Deputy Chair

Kam Fung | Treasurer

Rex Hall

Libby Hills

Janet Morgan

Husna Mortuza | Resigned 07/02/2006

John Porter

Jimmy Tam

Current Staff Team:Sarah Davies | Executive Director

Anh Ly | Programmes Director (from April 2006)

Liz Jewell | Development Director (from April 2006)

Julia Harriman | Arts Development Co-ordinator (appointed February 2006)

Soi Hin | Programme Co-ordinator (Junior Programme)

Abdul Muiz | Office Manager

Graziella Doardo | Finance Officer (part-time, appointed January 2006)

Mags Ruttle | Corporate Development Co-ordinator

Abdul Azim | St. Botolph’s Project

Reashma Begum | Administrator

Rima Karim | Enrolment Officer (part-time)

Tuhina Borhan | Enrolment Officer (part-time)

The following interim team were appointed from March 2006 for Summer Uni London:

Janan Kassir | Project Manager (full-time from July 2006)

Luke Clarke | Young Peoples Co-ordinator (full-time from July 2006)

Lola Ashiru | Sports and Careers Co-ordinator (full-time from July 2006)

Matthew O’Donaghue | Web Developer (March to August 2006)

Sally Quail | Fundraiser Trainer (appointed June 2006)

Sarah Murphy | Administrator (full-time from July 2006)

Abu Yusuf | Sports Development Co-ordinator (appointed September 2006)

Other staff in the year 2005-6 were:Iryna Peleshko | Finance Officer (part-time, resigned September 2005)

Alison Mansfield | Interim Finance Officer (September to January)

This report was approved by the trustees on 12th September 2006. There has been one change to the board of trustees since 13th September 2004 as outlined above. All active trustees remain so.

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Company Secretary and Director of the Charity: Sarah Davies

Auditors: Ramon Lee and Partners, Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London EC1V 2DW

Bank: The Co-operative Bank, 80 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NJ

Solicitors: Clegg Manuel, 26-27 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 0DS

Governing document: Memorandum and Articles of Association. The charity is constituted as a limited company.

Policy Statement:Tower Hamlets Summer University has the following policies: Child Protection, Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Maternity/Paternity, Locking Up Procedure. These are reviewed annually. There was no incident in the last 12 months that required us to implement disciplinary or Child Protection or other procedures against any person or to take action on any issues that we were directly involved in.

Patrons: A. Dee (Artful Dodger)Baroness Kennedy of the ShawsBaroness Pola Uddin of Bethnal GreenBenjamin ZephaniahDr Tony FlowerGerard LemosYasmin Alibhai-Brown

Registered Charity name: Tower Hamlets Summer Education Ltd.

The charity is known as Tower Hamlets Summer University

Registered Charity number: 10�8822

Registered Company number: 2017713

Registered office: Ground Floor, 2�-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE


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The Board of Trustees have overallresponsibility for the governance of the charity.

The Executive Director manages the overall strategic planning, finance, fundraising, projects and staff team, supervising the Programmes Director, Development Director and the Project Manager.

The Programmes Director is responsible for the management of the main and junior Summer University and the Summer Uni plus programmes and other projects as they arise, the supervision of the Programme Co-ordinators, part-time / seasonal staff and the Youth Advisory Group.

The Development Director is responsible for the supervision and training of the peer volunteers and their volunteering placements, the project work with Creative Partnerships, the supervision of the Peers and Careers Co-ordinator and other Volunteer Project staff, the Office Manager, the Corporate Development Co-ordinator and the Finance Officer.

The Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of the Summer Uni London (SUL) project and the supervision of the Young People’s Co-ordinator, the Fundraiser Trainer and the Administrator and the management of the SUL website.

Trustee appointmentsThe Board of Trustees comprises not less than six nor more than 15 members. Trustees meet five times a year and one third of the trustees are required to retire from office at each AGM. These will generally be the trustees who have been the longest in office since their last election. A retiring trustee is eligible for

re-election. It is important to the charity that the trustees bring a range of skills to the board, represent the rich diversity of London and understand, believe and support the charity’s objectives. When trustees resign from the board and do not wish to stand for re-election, the charity will actively seek new trustees with the required skills and experience.

Trustee induction and trainingThe Chair of trustees and one other trustee or two trustees and the charity director interview potential new trustees prior to their appointment. The potential trustee is then invited to a board meeting where they introduce themselves, what they do, that they are eligible to serve as a charity trustee and state their reasons for wishing to join the board. Each new trustee is issued with the Charity Commission Booklet CC3 Responsibilities of Charity Trustees and all trustees complete an eligibility to serve form and a declaration of interest form at each AGM.

Trustees are made aware of training available and all trustees and staff attend an away day once per year to review the charitys achievements, identify weaknesses and improvements needed and plan the subsequent year and beyond. This helps identify training needs required by staff team and trustees.

AccountsThe accounts are prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ issued in October 2005.

Principal funding sources are Charitable Trusts and Foundations, Corporate Sector and Statutory funding. Details on funding and financial breakdown for the year are in the Financial Review, Section 5 of this report.

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Directors Introduction

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Tower Hamlets Summer University’s (THSU) mission is to work with young people through innovative educational opportunities in the summer holidays and year round, helping them make informed, positive decisions that enhance their lives and the lives of those around them.

Pioneering innovative approaches to independent learning, the organisation has gained respect nationally as a model of good practice in the field of study support and out of school hours learning, bringing together young people from diverse backgrounds for an enriching educational experience.

THSU aims to:

Promote independent learning

Raise achievement

Promote racial tolerance and good community relations

Increase access to educational opportunities through creative partnerships between all sectors, statutory, voluntary, business and industry

Involve young people in the organisation’s development

Our programmes combine academic and vocational study, performing and visual arts, music, sports, information technology, new media, personal development, entertainment and peer volunteer initiatives.

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We celebrated our tenth successive year in 2005, gaining three new awards and these are detailed in Section 4. A major step forward for our charity has been the recognition of its work by Andrew Adonis, Schools Minister, and the London Challenge team (Department for Education and Skills). THSU was commissioned in March to facilitate the development of Summer Unis across the capital and to bolster the existing programmes. This has given the charity an invaluable impetus.

After consulting young people, we have called this project Summer Uni London. Summer Uni London provides us with a great opportunity to be radical about how we support young people, to harness their energy and enthusiasm and to inspire young people to help us develop a wide range of fantastic activities for them, across the capital.

Sarah DaviesExecutive Director


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Statistics


In the 12 months to March 2006

Tower Hamlets Summer University’s antiracism and human rights project Unboxed won a Wavemakers Award.

Tower Hamlets Summer University gained Quality in Study Support (QiSS) recognition as an ‘Advanced’ centre for Out of School Hours Learning, only one of twelve organisations nationally and the first Summer University in the country to achieve this kitemark.

THSU attained Investors in People recognition.

THSU effectively delivered their innovative core programmes – main summer programme for 14-25 year olds, Junior Summer Uni for 11-13 year olds, summer peer scheme and year round community peer projects.

THSU began its Summer Uni plus year round ‘out of school’ arts programme including rolling out its Nang! magazine into a year round project producing quarterly youth publications.

Over 1,000 young people aged 11-25 attended Summer University activities in the year.

THSU held a successful auction of art work and other items, hosted by the FSA with an auctioneer from Sworders, raising over £7,000 for the charity.

THSU facilitated the Creative Partnerships London East youth forum for both primary and secondary children and young people, offering consultancy across London East on best practice and inclusive youth partnerships in schools and running a series of workshops in Bow Boys school in the borough of Tower Hamlets.

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In December THSU was approached by Lord Adonis, Lord Puttnam and the London Challenge team to develop a co-ordinated Summer University network across London, giving THSU invaluable impetus. This resulted in THSU securing a £1m grant from London Challenge to set up and deliver a project to facilitate the development of the successful THSU model to every London borough by 2008 (Summer Uni London).

It was such a boost to hear we had won a Wavemakers Award, especially as we are celebrating our tenth year of innovative youth led projects. It is a recognition of the hard work, challenges and achievements our motivated Unboxed crew have experienced in the last life-changing year and we are all very proud of them. Well done to all and thank you Wavemakers...”

Sarah Davies | Executive Director

Wavemakers .... celebrating achievements of children and young peoplewww.wavemakers.org.uk

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AttendanceA total of 1,192 young people enrolled for 2,696 summer course places on 122 courses (nine less than last year). The bombs on 7th and 21st July had a big impact on attendance due to our close vicinity to Aldgate and Shoreditch, reducing it by an estimated 20%. Still 808 (67.8%) attended 20,�72 hours of activities, averaging 2�.3 hours each. 32 young people volunteered as peer motivators to support the summer programme. 77 young people attended the Summer Uni plus programme and 1� attended the year round Nang! magazine course.

Gender�3% male�7% female

Disability2.7% have a disability ranging from fully statemented wheelchair users to mild learning disabilities1.2% indicated they had an illness or allergy (primarily asthma)

Ages16% are aged 13 and under�1% are aged 14-171�% are aged 18 and 1918% are aged 20-25

Ethnicity�7% are Bangladeshi7% other Asian19% are Black1�% are White�% are Chinese�% are Mixed Race3% identify themselves as ‘other’

Where they come from73% have E1, E1W, E2, E3, E14 and EC addresses12% are from other areas of east London�% from north London3% from Ilford and Romford�% from south-east London3% from south-west and west London

Employment status2�% identify themselves as unemployed6% are working part time and 2% full time

Studying (excluding pre GCSEs at school)�7% aged 14 and over are currently studying: 28% GCSE, 12% A’ Level, 7% Degree, 2% BTEC, 2% NVQ, 6% other

How they found out about THSUThe majority of young people tell us they found out about THSU from their friends and family. When we ask further, they had been handed a prospectus, which has been picked up from schools, libraries, etc, or given the website details. 1�% were referred from other agencies and partner organisations.

Summer ProgrammeSummer PeersCommunity PeersYouth Advisory GroupSummer Uni PlusNang! magazine

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Attendance is broken down as follows:

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The Projects – Main Summer Programme for 1�-2� year olds

In 200� the main Summer University programme ran a total of 96 courses in a range of subject areas: IT, New Media, Performing Arts, Music, Visual Arts, Study and Explore, Work and Careers and Sports. The most popular courses ranged from First Aid, The Trading Floor and Driving Theory in the Work Zone to Chinese Brush Painting, Graffiti and Photography in Visual Arts.

Photos of all courses can be viewed in ‘snap shots’ in the student zone of our website: www.summeruni.org

VenuesA total of fourteen different venues hosted courses throughout the borough. Our main hosts were London Metropolitan University, Brady Arts Centre, St. Paul’s Way Community School and the City Learning Centre, with specialist venues being used for other courses including Barclays Capital, Cass Business School, Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, The Brokerage, Account 3 and the Wessex Centre.

InfoTecThree CLAIT courses were held at the state of the art London Metropolitan University Calcutta House IT suites. All courses were full. The task driven atmosphere encourages students to complete course units.

Both the Digital Imaging and Web Design courses were well attended. The course content was student led, sharing ideas for their web pages and learning the skills to put their ideas into action.

New MediaThese courses took place at the City Learning Centre for the third year. Participants produced high quality work. The group work between students from different backgrounds on Dreamweaver was exceptional. South Park Style Animation, Animation using Flash and Flash Games encouraged students to progress quickly and produce work to a very high level. Once the students engaged themselves with the hand coding on the Flash Games course, they were unstoppable, using creative solutions for programming issues. Similarly the Film-Making students had a fantastic experience producing an excellent collaborative piece of work.

Music ZoneSt. Paul’s Way School, London Metropolitan University and the Brady Arts Centre hosted the Music Zone. Music Power combined Junior and Senior students and produced some great music. The students performed their tracks at the end of the course to an audience made of tutors, students and staff. Hands On was delivered by French tutor, Leroy Quintin, based in the new music room in the basement of the Brady Arts Centre. The students’ ability, determination to learn and their listening skills shone in Singing and Song Writing. Other music courses were DJ Techniques and Music Technology, developing on from last autumn’s music project. Students on all the courses took home a CD of their work.

There was one student who came in and did all her units in three days. She was a teacher and wanted to gain the qualification before she went back to school. It was good to see her determination.”

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autumn issue. The course has been successfully rolled out into a year round project producing quarterly issues as part of our Summer Uni plus. Other courses included The Law – Friend or Foe? run by Operation Black Vote, exploring and debating issues in the legal system, crime, our rights and voting. One of last years students was involved in the planning and some delivery of this years course. Around the Courts students learnt about careers in law, visited courts and spent half a day at Clifford Chance, touring the offices and meeting two trainee solicitors. Civil Aviation included 15 minutes in a flight simulator at London Met Tower Hill.

Urban Planning Intro run by Planning Aid for London encouraged young people to have their say in what needs to be built in their area. Three students received work placements in the planning department of the local authority and the GLA. Higher Learning: An Introduction to University Study Skills gave effective studying tips at university level. The two week French for Beginners course gave support for GCSE revision and speaking French for real.

The Big Question: An Introduction to Philosophy and Science and the World debated hot topics in the world today. Other courses included Social Psychology, Write Style, Scriptwriting For Film and Getting A Job � Life, designed to help students take more confident steps into their future career.

Work ZoneCourses such as First Aid and Driving Theory were over enrolled and attendance was full. First Aid ran four times. All students passed their practical tests and gained either a First Aid at Work certificate for those aged 16 or over,

or a Basic First Aid certificate. Introduction to Childcare covered the practical elements of looking after a baby including Emergency & Basic First Aid. Think and Grow Rich run by SAFE taught the students to wisely think about their present and future money issues and included a trip to the Bank of England.

The Trading Floor run by Barclays Capital attracted 36 students to the two courses. The students were required to dress to impress, were introduced to the reality of working in the finance industry and got to shadow the traders. One young man who took part in the Trading Floor two years ago has been offered full time employment with the trading team and others have received summer internships as a result of attending these courses. Working in The City introduced careers, skills and knowledge of finding a job in the City, covering CV writing skills and application processes. The nationally accredited Tourism and Customer Care lost a few of the enrolled students due to the bombings as it involved going out and about in the city. Telephone Techniques taught young people how to prepare for calls, tone of voice to use and how to deal with a range of situations. Driving Theory for Learner Drivers was so popular that in anticipation, London Metropolitan University booked the course into a lecture theatre that held 122 people. We had a budget for 40 and the course, which included observing good and bad driving and a mock theory test, was full. Make-up and Beauty Therapy gave students the opportunity to experiment and learn new hair a beauty treatments and Intro to Bodyworks (for Women) taught simple massage techniques. Friends and family were invited to come to a

Performing ArtsMoving Picture, for young people with moderate to severe physical and sensory disabilities, was a co-production between Epic Arts, an inclusive arts education company, and the Half Moon Young People’s Theatre. This empowering course enables the participants to be involved in all aspects of the making process and to develop a performance to an audience at the end of the week.

A group of 20 students on the Dance Fusion course took part in the Thames Festival. Bollywood Dance was based at St. Paul’s Way School due to security and race issues at Brady last year, though this did not help the attendance, which was very low. Street Dance however proved far more popular and all the dance students were given guidance on career paths in dance. Both You Should Be On Stage and Become a Professional Actor were popular and students gained confidence and skills and received advice on developing an actors CV.

Visual ArtsThe walls of the classroom in Visual Thinking were plastered with sheets and sheets of ideas and rough sketches from each student. All mediums were used to experiment with different styles of art, improving their visual skills and illustration techniques. Introduction to Mendhi covered the history of Mendhi and students developed their own ideas, patterns and designs before applying the henna on paper and the hands of willing volunteers. The Tibetan tutor created a relaxing atmosphere for the popular Chinese Brush Painting and the students produced excellent work. Arts Multiplied involved many different mediums and students concentrated on pottery pieces including plates, lamps and masks.

100% RAW used materials that had not been manufactured or refined. The students rumbled through a junkyard to collect materials and built their work on a wood base. Graffiti took place outside and students brainstormed, sketched, experimented and sprayed on paper and canvas. A few were already keen graffiti artists and brought their sketchbooks to work in during the course.

Basic Black and White Photography course had a wobbly start with a damaged red light in the dark room. This did not stop the very enthusiastic students producing some excellent work. Quite a few signed up for the Advanced Level Photography run by London Metropolitan University tutors. Armed with previous knowledge of how to use a camera, this group of students were here to learn more. Their group photo made it into the local East End Life newspaper and they created their own ‘degree’ style show at the end of the week. View this on our website. The wannabe actors, producers, directors and scriptwriters met the week before Film in a Week to establish characters, story lines and roles of individuals. Working with three industry professionals, participants learnt the importance of time keeping and patience in producing a short, high quality film.

Study and ExploreA broad range of courses covered many interests and all of the courses took place at London Metropolitan University. A core group was recruited for the three week NANG! magazine. Students learnt about the roles of the editor, deputy editor, journalist and writers and appointed themselves and each other to these positions. They visited the Guardian and chose an ‘urban’ theme for the




‘Friday Massage session’, set up as a business with appointments and small payment. The tutor told us of a student whose relationship with her father had improved after the simple task of giving him a foot massage when he had pain in his legs.

Cookery [Main & Junior Programme]All the cookery courses are sponsored by the Savoy Education Trust. We ran four International Cookery courses, two for the 11 to 13 age range and two for the 14 to 25 age range, based at St Paul’s Way School, combining Health and Safety and hygiene and covering a diverse range of modern recipes, each day with a different international focus. The courses appealed to both genders and students were able to take home the food they had cooked to share with their families. Curry Heaven focused on basic Indian curries and snacks, again combining Health & Safety in the kitchen and hygiene procedures. There was a focus on how to use spices in Indian and other Southern Asian recipes.

Sports and Fitness [Main & Junior Programme]The JSU Multi-sports and the main sports programme took place at St. Paul’s Way School. The JSU Multi-sports programme enrolled extremely well as always and the main programme this year ran 20 sports courses, Community Sports Leaders Award, Cricket, Badminton, Football, Tennis, Table-tennis, Kick & Thai Boxing, Self-Defence, Basketball and new courses, Weight Training and Swimming (Beginners and Improvers).

Overall the sports courses were very popular. The tutors for both programmes were excellent and this was evidenced by students developing their sporting skills and teamwork. At the end of

each week the older students created mini tournaments for all to take part in. Community Sports Leaders students completed their log books by volunteering to support the tutors in Multi-sports and Badminton.

Fashion AcademyNew for this summer was the Fashion & Textile Academy, a three week intro to the world of fashion. The academy was funded primarily by the Sir John Cass’s Foundation and co-ordinated by London Metropolitan University and ‘A’ Team Arts, taking place at the Brady Art Centre.

The main emphasis was on fashion and textiles, taking students through the processes and stages required to design and make an outfit for a catwalk collection. The final week in the academy introduced Jewellery and Fashion Accessories, using a wide range of techniques and materials, producing a collection of accessories to compliment the catwalk collection. The second course in the final week was Catwalk Modelling, exploring the world of modelling, role models, how models perform with the garments and their relationship with the designers. Students modelled the final fashion collection at the opening catwalk show for Black History Month at the Victorian & Albert Museum in October.

At the end of the academy the students organised a fashion showcase presenting the collection to an audience of students, Peer Motivators, staff and other guests. The showcase and the performance for the Victoria & Albert Museum was an excellent finale to the three week academy as the end results show. View the results on our website.

Street LifeStreet Life was back, bigger and better, with a new partner HumanUtopia who facilitated and put together a programme covering street issues and youth culture. Participants analysed their experience of the world from different perspectives through a series of challenging and interactive workshops. The course gave students greater self awareness and awareness of social and cultural forces which help shape their life and behaviour. They created a framework of steps to success, focussing on their dreams, goals and barriers to overcome and presented what they learnt and achieved via short movies, photography, song, dance, drama and poetry. The majority of attendees were Peer Motivators and the tutor’s enthusiasm and feedback from every student who participated was outstanding.



The Projects – Junior Summer Programme for 11-13 year olds

The Junior Summer University ran 29 courses in IT, New Media, Performing and Visual Arts, Music, Study and Explore and Multi-sports. All were well attended with the most popular courses: Animation Using Flash, South Park Style Animation, International Cookery and all Visual Arts.

VenuesSix different venues were used throughout the borough to host the Junior Summer University with the majority being based at St Paul’s Way School. Other venues included Account 3 Womens Consultancy Service, the City Learning Centre, Brady Arts Centre, the Half Moon Young People’s Theatre and London Metropolitan University.

IT and New MediaCourses were Web Design, The Power of Power Point, Animation using Flash and South Park Style Animation. All courses enrolled well, especially the two animation courses which were very popular.

Performing ArtsCourses included Play Making, Street Dance, BLAG IT and Bollywood Dancing. Play Making, the disability performing arts course, was hosted by Half Moon Young People’s Theatre and the other three courses were held at St. Paul’s Way. The Blag It and Street Dance courses were extremely popular and students from all these courses performed their creative and energetic work to other students, Peer Motivators and parents at the end of the week.

MusicCourses were Introduction to DJ-ing, How to become a Record Producer, Music Power and Hands On. The latter two have been covered in the Main Programme report.

Introduction to DJ-ing enrolled extremely well and ran for two weeks with tutor Clifford Osazemwinde (DJ Trader – an ex student and Millennium Award Fellow of THSU) very impressed with his student’s interest and enthusiasm. How to become a Record Producer and Hands On students produced individual and a group music CD at the end of their course. Students on the DJ-ing and Music Power all performed to a live audience at the end of the week.

Visual ArtsThe JSU Visual Arts programme included a range of new courses, Tree of Life (ceramics), 100% Raw and T-Shirt Design using Photography plus the popular Manga Arts and Art Attack. Each course produced very different and creative work. The 100% Raw course taught students to work with ‘raw’ organic materials to create graphic 3D art illustration and paintings. T-Shirt Design using Photography developed students photography skills and knowledge of London. They travelled with their cameras, manipulated the images using Photoshop and transferred their artwork onto t-shirts to wear with pride.

Study and ExploreThis year’s JSU Study and Explore programme included Space Science: A Journey to NASA and Beyond, Discover London, Curry Heaven, Make-Up and Beauty Therapy and International Cookery.

Students on Space Science visited the Space Science Museum and students on Discover London explored some historical attractions in London. Hair and Beauty Therapy had 17 participants and International Cookery attracted 26 students on two courses, very popular this year. (See ‘Cookery’ on page 20).

Multi-sportsSee ‘Sports and Fitness’ on page 20.



Volunteering Programmes

Summer Peer Motivation Scheme THSU encourages the participation of young people through its Peer Motivation Scheme. Peer motivators are key to the success of Summer University, supporting the tutors, students with disabilities and marketing the Summer University to schools, clubs and other places young people frequent. Aged between 1� and 23, each receives a lunch allowance and all travel expenses. The volunteers are supervised by the peer co-ordinator and supported by seven ‘team leaders’, young people who have been peer motivators in previous years. Peer motivators this year have been outstanding and their supervision has continued throughout the programme with daily meetings and individual feedback sessions.

Peer Team Leaders were recruited in April and began their first training in May. They helped plan and devise the training timetable and volunteering for the summer. Peer Motivators were interviewed and recruited at the end of June and began their 18 hours training each weekend leading up to the summer.

This year we secured dedicated funding from Capital Radio Help a London Child and LBTH Youth Support Service to employ a peer support worker, Kobir Abdul, who was seconded to our team from Dockland’s Outreach for ten weeks. Kobir worked with Liz Jewell and together took the peer motivators and the scheme beyond our expectations. In light of the bomb attacks, Kobir was an excellent and much needed addition to the team, to support and guide the young volunteers who were frightened and shocked by what had happened and extremely worried about potential racist reprisals.

Liz redesigned training modules with Ali Rusbridge from Tower Hamlets College, to ensure the success of the London Open College Network accreditation for the scheme. She introduced more practical training in all aspects of volunteering, motivating the young peers and challenging their perceptions of their own abilities. The group were more diverse than in the previous three years and being a smaller group worked very well. The peer motivators included four young refugees, three from Africa (Rwanda, Uganda and Ghana) and one from Eastern Europe. Two peer motivators had disabilities, one with severe dyslexia which had major impact on his confidence and the other with a serious recurrent leg infection (her leg has since been amputated).

Peer support continues long after the end of the summer with volunteers taking part in the Thames Festival and other events, an evaluation weekend and our year round Community Peer Scheme where young people receive training and support in volunteering in their local community.

Many peer motivators complete over 200 hours of volunteering and receive nationally recognised Millennium Volunteer Awards in addition to the London Open College Network accreditation.

What a summer we had! New project co-ordinators, new Peer Motivators, new Team Leaders but still the same sites from 2004 and that includes St. Paul’s Way School and Brady Arts Centre.

It was a fantastic summer and if I could use one word to describe it then I would need to invent one because the dictionary doesn’t have one! The summer allowed me to make new friends and gain new experiences. I also had a chance to try out courses that are not offered elsewhere.

It was great to develop my skills and get a chance to be a Team Leader, which has allowed me to heighten my confidence and build upon my existing leadership strengths.

Khobir was a real help. He knew how to tackle deep problems with our peers as well as being a great laugh and at the same time managing St Paul’s Way.”

Bodrul Islam Khan

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Volunteering Programmes

Music Technology was originally designed to accommodate eight students but due to huge interest, two tutors were employed to accommodate more. The mixed group with beginners and advanced students produced excellent work. We are keen to continue the music in autumn 2006 and aim to establish an enterprise side to the programme.

Business of Music gave an overview of the music industry. Students covered the different roles, contracts, publishing, industry baddies, image and marketing and their future plans. An industry photographer and stylist introduced image marketing for several known acts. A business strategist discussed examples of music marketing, how to make the music industry work for them/their artist and how to make it pay.

Singing and Songwriting gave young people the opportunity to build their confidenceand improve their performance skills. They collaborated with fellow students in writing lyrics, practicing vocal performances and pitch, gaining experience in planning and live performance.

A professional choreographer tutored Dance Fusion.

Photography involved manual 35mm Pentax K1000 cameras. Students learnt how to take a good picture, process and develop film and Health and Safety in the dark room. We are running further Photography courses during June and July.

Film Making students learned how to set up and operate a video camera, turning their ideas into a short story using non linear editing software Final Cut Pro and editing their footage to create a short film.

Youth Advisory GroupTo ensure relevance and attractiveness to young people, the Youth Advisory Group (YAG) continues to guide all our projects. Some may have attended as many as six courses the previous summer so we think they have something to say about what we do and how it could be done better. 17 young people, selected from students and peer motivators, attended regular meetings. The group represented a range of cultural backgrounds and ages with a good balance between girls and boys. They made decisions on courses, publicity, venues and marketing strategies. They planned and hosted the launch event in July, held an evaluation meeting in October and assisted with organising and hosting the Awards Ceremony in December. Their input is invaluable and they keep our view young and our eyes open to what’s new.

Starting on October 1st, Nang! was rolled out as a quarterly magazine. Fourteen young journalists meet every other Saturday and every Wednesday evening at London Metropolitan University, Calcutta House Library, where they have a suite of computers and a dedicated phone line. Funding has been secured towards Nang! for two years from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the Foyle Foundation and the Arts Council with additional funds being applied for as necessary. The programme includes elements of enterprise and business. News International are inviting staff to lead training sessions on distribution, research skills and other aspects of the world of journalism.

The extended Summer Uni programme, Summer Uni plus, kicked off in January 2006. We had planned this to start in October 2005, however ran into a couple of hiccoughs; firstly October was the month of Ramadan and secondly, we had problems with getting agreement from the Brady Arts Centre to host the majority of the programme, as had been planned.

A website for Nang! was produced in Web Design. Nine keen web designers learnt the creative process from initiating an idea to a published website in ten weeks using HTML coding, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver. An Advanced Web Design course starting in May will continue to work on and improve the Nang! website. One student is so enthusiastic and committed that he now volunteers to support the tutor.

Graphic Design students explored the use of colour, standards of course for print, professional design and layout techniques. Students chose their own individual projects and next year we may link this with Nang!

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Recognising and Celebrating Achievements

Identify specific parts of inner London where there is a shortage of opportunities or poor quality opportunities, and encourage the development of a wider range of high quality opportunities for young people.

Enable any young person from any London borough to attend courses and activities specific to their interests irrespective of location.

Research and encourage simple routes for schools and colleges to offer their facilities for summer activities.

Be a forum for London-wide Summer Unis to network and share best practice and develop a mentoring programme for new partners, thereby helping the Summer Unis build their systems for managing summer activities and their ability to maintain partnerships with schools, providers of venues, businesses etc.

Attract partnership funding streams of statutory, corporate and charitable donors.

SUL is overseen by THSU’s board of Trustees and the Executive Director with the support of the Project Manager and the THSU Senior Management Team.

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A range of courses deal specifically with curriculum revision and enhancement and all tutors offer advice on further training and employment. All tutors recognise the importance of clear learning outcomes to provide young people with a sense of achievement and increase their confidence.

To celebrate achievement, students who attend a minimum of 80% of a course receive a Tower Hamlets Summer University certificate, which can be used in the student’s Achievement Portfolios, detailing learning outcomes and signed by the Executive Director.

In addition to the accredited peer training, we ran 11 nationally recognised courses during the summer: CLAIT (Computer Literacy and Information Technology) x 3, First Aid x �, Tourism and Customer Care, Telephone Techniques, Community Sports Leader Award and Driving Theory. Students who gained certificates were invited to attend the December Awards Showcase. Participants received over 960 certificates demonstrating the keenness of young people in Tower Hamlets to learn new skills, improve their knowledge and their determination to better themselves.

In January 2006, Lord Adonis, Lord Puttnam and the London Challenge team approached Tower Hamlets Summer University to develop a co-ordinated Summer University network across London – Summer Uni London (SUL), utilising the existing provision and encouraging new boroughs to pilot their own schemes. This aims to be a self-sustaining project run and managed by THSU and funding has been secured for the administration of the project to March 2008. THSU envisages this as a long-term project, encouraging and advising on the delivery of London-wide programmes and activities leading up to the Olympics in 2012, which will provide a legacy of year round youth activities long after the Olympics.

SULs Mission is:To encourage and facilitate the growth of high quality, sustainable Summer Unis that offer open access for young people across London. THSU has agreed with London Challenge that SUL will:

Recruit a small team of people with the brief to build capacity over the next two years, through networking and offering training across London, encouraging all boroughs to to run good quality summer provision for young people of secondary school age, but not necessarily limited to people of that age or to summer activities.

Co-ordinate a website of London-wide summer opportunities for summer 2006 and by 2008 a London-wide prospectus, dependent on feedback from stakeholders.

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Events

We held the launch event in July at The Space on the Isle of Dogs, a great venue though a challenge to get to by public transport. It was brilliant. Hosted by Summer Uni student, Zina Lewis and trustee Jimmy Tam and with guests including many of our trustees and funders, the event rocked. Stephen Corriette from the Jack Petchey Foundation and Oona King were two of our special guests. The event included a quiz with prizes and we presented our funders with certificates to celebrate our tenth year, inviting them on to the stage to introduce themselves and say a few words. This was very popular with the audience as so often our funders can be a bit bashful and it is great for them to meet the people who benefit from their funding.

Other guests included Richard Gooding from City Airport, Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Canning Town and George Fussey from Eton College. David Holloway, ex Director of Summer Uni, also enjoyed the party as did Rex Hall MBE, trustee, who with Lord Young of Dartington piloted Summer Uni in 1995.

We held a fund-raising Dragon Boat Race and Barbecue at the Docklands Sailing Centre in September with 57 people forming three teams, two from Reuters, The Rowters and The Diesel Fish Paddling Club and a team from Barclays Capital, JAWS. With a pro Dragon Boat racer in their team, JAWS took the final heat 0.6 seconds in front of The Rowters. Each participant was challenged to raise up to £100 each for the charity and their funding was matched by their employers raising an incredible £9,192 for our charity.

The Staff and Trustees Away Day, actually a half day, took place in November. Hosted by trustee John Porter at Barclays Capital, trustees, staff and four of our youth advisory group looked at the context of THSU, where we began and in which we now operate, including the issues which confront the local community today. We planned the update of our business plan and concentrated on our vision for the next 5 to 10 years. It was a very positive day and some of our ‘blue sky thinking’ included moving to a larger office with space for training young people and rolling out good practice across London in the lead up to the Olympics. Little did we realise that within a year, we would be on track to achieve these two visions.

Pilotlight, a charity that brokers the relationship between a team of leading business executives (Members) and small charities to enable the Members to coach the charities in planning for their sustainable growth, kicked off their timely support for THSU on the day. (Pilotlight were invited by Morgan Stanley, who have supported THSU for eight of the past ten years, to introduce themselves to us. This has resulted in Morgan Stanley staff becoming involved with Pilotlight too). A Pilotlight team has met monthly with THSU through group consultancy sessions and individual mentoring session with the THSU Directors. Their support has been crucial in ensuring our ability to take on the Summer Uni London project.

Following the success of the Art Auction in 2004, we held a fundraising Auction at the Financial Services Authority in late November, with a more diverse range of auction items, including signed sports memorabilia, art work and a week

at a holiday cottage in Cornwall. Tim Turner, auctioneer with Sworders, presided over theevent which raised over £7,000 for the charity.

The 200� Awards Ceremony for students from both the main and junior programmes to collect their certificates gained during the summer programme, took place at the beginning of December at the People’s Palace, Queen Mary University, Mile End Road. Mary Durkin, acting head of youth and community education at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets joined trustees and other guests to congratulate the students. The events finale was a fantastic performance from three young singers who got on to stage unprepared when the professional Rappers failed to materialise. They were amazing with two performing solo and a capella and the third performing his own rap poem.



Creative Partnerships

Creative Partnerships London East (CPLE) is a government agency that aims to raise the quality of teaching and learning within schools, through the engagement of the arts and facilitation of partnerships between schools and arts practitioners. THSU has maintained a good partnership with CPLE in the last four years, developing a range of opportunities for consultation with young people and promoting ‘student voice’. In 2005 we facilitated the Secondary and Primary Youth Forum in East London, developing and running a number of student training days offered to 25 primary and secondary schools.

Liz Jewell was commissioned by CPLE to complete a research paper ‘Youth Consultation with Young People’, that reviewed a number of existing models in a range of contexts. The paper has been used extensively in CPLE’s development and enhancement of different models of good practice for working with young people.

Bow Boys School, supported by CPLE, initiated a Learning Styles project targeted at the teaching staff. THSU designed and facilitated a project working with Year 9 students that complimented and enhanced the project. The Year 9 students were supported in exploring these ‘styles’ and developing resources to promote greater awareness among their fellow students and were offered strategies to enable them to have greater ownership of their learning experience.

Other projects include:

Lauriston Primary School In partnership with the staff, Liz worked with the School Council to ensure that they were autonomous and student led. Members reviewed their existing structure and put forward recommendations to negotiate with the Head Teacher, including a new management structure and consistent, fair and open recruitment procedures.

Stormont House Special School had developed and were piloting a ‘Creative Afternoon’ offering students new learning experiences and skills. To complement this and developed in partnership with the School Council, a comprehensive student evaluation ran throughout two terms. The results were collated and presented at an end of year showcase.

Vision London (www.visionlondon.co.uk) seeks to develop a platform of young people’s ideas, knowledge, hopes and fears on creativity, school and the wider context of change. Liz was engaged to ensure the project was as far as possible led by young people and to ensure the future involvement and engagement of young people. In collaboration with Soda, a promotional DVD, Safia’s Journey, was produced as a recruitment tool for young people, now widely distributed.

Marketing & Publicity

8000 brochures were produced for the junior programme, 17000 for the main programme and flyers for Summer Uni plus, distributed in schools throughout the borough and the City of London and through libraries, social services, youth organisations and parent groups. Presentations were made in schools by the youth advisory group and peer motivators during break times and peers publicised direct to parents and young people on the streets and in their estates.

Special effort is made to reach young people ‘at risk’ of not taking part in any activities, including meeting with and marketing the programme to the Pupil Referral Units, Youth Offending Team, Social Services, disability and homeless organisations such as Norman Grove, Draper’s City Foyer, Aldgate Hostel, Crisis and Prince’s Trust. We ensure publicity goes to these groups early to enable their cohort to enrol early for their course choices.



Operational Partners 200�

We could not run the diverse range of free activities for young people without the support of our many partners with whom we work in a variety of ways to develop and deliver our programmes and services to young people. This year the partners were:

‘A’ Team Arts Account 3 Women’s ConsultancyAntersiteAntidoteBrady Arts Centre BrokerageCass Business SchoolChisenhale StudiosContinYouCorporation of LondonDaneford TrustGidsnappa PhotographyGrant Solder Sports AgencyHalf Moon Young People’s Theatre HumanUtopiaLangdon Park SchoolLimehouse Arts FoundationLondon Metropolitan University LUV ProductionsMinx Creative News InternationalOperation Black VoteOxford HousePilotlightPlanning Aid for LondonPopcorn Web Design SAFEShake Your ArtsSPLASH ArtsSt. Paul’s Way Community School Step ForwardThames Ambulance Training ServicesThames FestivalTolerance in Diversity

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Tower Hamlets City Learning Centre Tower Hamlets College Tower Hamlets Education Business PartnershipVoluntary Action Tower HamletsWhitechapel Art GalleryWomen’s LibraryYoung Enterprise London

London Borough of Tower Hamlets Arts & LeisureDirectorate of Education Out of School Hours LearningYouth Support Service

In addition to providing a diverse range of free activities to occupy young people throughout the summer period and year round volunteering opportunities, staff at THSU are involved in a range of ways with other local organisations where our involvement relates to young people and meets our aims and objectives:

Creative Partnerships London East Facilitating their youth forum for both primary and secondary ages, providing a consultancy for nine boroughs in the London East area

LBTH Youth Participation THSU students take part in the steering group and help facilitate and present the youth participation events in the borough

Local Area PartnershipsThe youth service in the borough has been tendered out to the voluntary and private sector and THSU attends the steering group meetings for LAP Areas 1 and 2, Spitalfields, Whitechapel, Bethnal Green areas, which are managed by Oxford House

Tower Hamlets Education Business PartnershipTHSU is represented on the management committee of the local EBP

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Youth Work Training Forum and PALYSS together with LBTH and Tower Hamlets College we are writing and developing a youth work training programme for the borough

This list is not exhaustive

We also attend meetings and share information, direct young people to and provide forum for the following organisations:

Community Organisation ForumOptions NHSOut of School Hours Learning TeamQuality in Study SupportSocial ServicesTolerance in DiversityVolunteer Centre Tower HamletsYouth Offending Team

Schools: All 16 secondary schools including the two special needs schools in Tower Hamlets and all the primary schools distribute brochures and market our programmes within their schools.

The following people have made a valuable contribution to THSU over the period covered:

Jane Matthews London Metropolitan UniversityAli Rusbridge from Tower Hamlets CollegeGrant Solder of Grant Solder Sports Agency

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Funders of Tower Hamlets Summer University 200�-2006

We recognise that our work would not be possible without the continuous and generous support of our funders. On behalf of all of us at THSU – and especially the young people who take advantage and benefit from our programmes through the year – we extend our warmest thanks to all our supporters:

AIG Europe (UK) Limited Allen & OveryArts Council England, LondonArup Group LimitedAustin & Hope Pilkington Trust Bank of EnglandBarclays CapitalBBC Children in Need AppealBrit Insurance Capital Radio Help a London ChildChildren’s Fund Tower HamletsClifford ChanceCorporation of London Education TrustCoutts Charitable TrustCredit Suisse First Boston Deutsche BankDrapers’ Charitable FundEquitable Charitable TrustEsmee Fairbairn FoundationFoyle FoundationGE CapitalInce & Co Jack Petchey FoundationLloyd’s Community ProgrammeLondon ChallengeLondon Borough of Tower HamletsMercers’ Company Morgan Stanley FoundationNeighbourhood Renewal Fund through Brady Arts CentrePaul Hamlyn Foundation

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We continually review the success of the programmes and the achievements of the participants and volunteers. We endeavour to raise funds to continue or diversify as necessary. We continually keep ourselves up to date on potential funding opportunities to enable us to deliver the programmes to young people in the borough, and will continue to do so for as long as they attend our activities with the enthusiasm and commitment they currently show.

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Summarised Statement of Financial Activities | Year ended 31st March 2006 Summarised Balance Sheet | As at 31st March 2006

Grants receivable

Other income

Total incoming resources

Unrestricted funds £

Restricted funds £

2006 200�

168,734

38,126

206,860

243,293

63,326

306,619

412,027

101,452

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441,361

27,196

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Incoming resources

Fundraising and publicity

Charitable activities

Governance costs

Total resources expended

7,576

173,948

11,835

193,3�9

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7,576

458,588

11,835

�77,999

4,460

496,068

10,365

�10,893

Resources expended

Net incoming resourcesbefore transfers

Net incoming resources after transfers

Reconciliation of funds Total funds, brought forward

(13,501)

(13,501)

30,83�

(21,979)

(21,979)

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(35,480)

36,68�

(42,336)

(42,336)

79,021

Total funds, carried forward ��,33� 27,830 72,16� 36,68�

Continuing OperationsNone of the company’s activities were acquired of discontinued during the above two financial years.

Total recognised gains and lossesThe charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the above movement in funds for the above two financial years.

Tangible assets

£ £

2006 200�

- 8,613 - 7,730

Fixed assets

These summarised accounts have been extracted from the full audited accounts of Tower Hamlets Summer Education Limited for the year ending 31st March 2006 and they may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity.

For further information copies of the full audited accounts can be obtained from Tower Hamlets Summer Education Limited, Ground Floor, 24-26 Fournier Street, London E1 6QE. Telephone number 020 7247 7900. The full audited accounts were approved by the Board of Trustees on the 12th September 2006 and have been submitted to Companies House.

Auditors report on the summarised accounts of Tower Hamlets Summer Education Limited for the year ended 31st March 2006.

We have examined the summarised accounts, which have been extracted from the full audited accounts for the year ended 31st March 2006. In our opinion the summarised accounts are consistent with the full audited accounts.

Ramon Lee and PartnersRegistered AuditorsChartered AccountantsKemp House, 152-160 City RoadLondon EC1V 2DW

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Debtors

Cash at Bank and in hand

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124,572

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72,16�

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28,955

36,68�

Unrestricted funds

Restricted funds

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44,335

27,830

72,16�

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5,851

30,834

36,68�

Income funds

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Our priorities during the next 12 months

The focus of THSU’s activities over the next 12 months will be:

To finalise the THSU Business Plan (due for completion by November 2006) and thereafter to meet its targets.

To plan for and deliver the three streams of the Summer Uni plus programme, Arts, Sports and Careers, and the Summer Programme 2006.

Shape Summer Uni plus to ensure progression from taster sessions in summer towards more focussed, year round learning with learning outcomes including distinct progress routes that reflect the needs and aspirations of the young people involved.

To maintain the quality and innovation of THSU’s summer and year-round programmes by, for example, reviewing the age ranges of the Junior and Main programmes, reviewing the success of Summer Uni plus, identifying hard to reach young people and targeting them, reviewing marketing and enrolment techniques, exploring new accreditation and partnerships.

To develop THSU’s offer to schools, particularly in the context of the extended school day (schools are now obliged to make provision for their students from 8-6pm and during the schools holidays), and to raise the profile of Summer Unis with schools and their staff.

To develop Summer Uni London (SUL) as a network and partnership of successful Summer Unis and other summer activity providers who offer access to an exciting range of courses and activities to young

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people across London, to encourage the development of Summer Unis based on the pre-existing successful models, to utilise and strengthen existing provision for summer activities and to encourage new boroughs to pilot their own schemes. SUL advocates young people’s involvement in the development of all provision.

To develop a targeted borough wide volunteer scheme in partnership with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Tower Hamlets College and other NGOs, targeting all young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). THSU has a well established accredited volunteer peer scheme. The success of this programme has resulted in THSU leading a consortium of voluntary and statutory youth providers to secure funding to develop and expand this across the borough and beyond. The project will seek to identify and provide pathways and experiences that support those young people into employment, education or training (EET). Young people with experience of peer work will be recruited to outreach and support other young people into this scheme and evaluate the progress being made, and inform all aspects of the development of the project.

To develop Summer Uni Londons expertise and profile, to deliver it’s agreed targets as set out in the SUL Development Plan and to successfully carry out its first year of activities.

Depending on the outcome of a feasibility study, to draft a Business Plan for the development of the crypt of St Botolph’s Church at Aldgate and begin fundraising for the project.

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To investigate the value of THSU’s intellectual property and methods for protecting it.

THSU has developed a strong and successful partnership with Creative Partnerships London East since its inception. During the next twelve months THSU will manage and deliver a major project for Creative Partnerships London East / South on youth participation in schools. At least 21 partnership schools across 8 boroughs are involved, where a fund for young people is managed by young people for the development of their school. A key objective of THSU is to ensure that this initiative is sustainable beyond 2007. THSU has also recently developed a partnership with Creative Partnerships London North. We are providing facilitators to work with ten schools to support teachers, professional development and partnership work. These projects are varied and dynamic.

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Celebrating Ten Years

Since its pilot in 1995, Tower Hamlets Summer University (THSU) has gone from strength to strength and has always kept young people at its heart. Over 9,000 unique individuals have attended our activities since 1996. We have attracted over £3.5m of non local authority funding into the borough. We have inspired over 16 London boroughs and many local authorities around Britain, both urban and rural, to run their own Summer Uni programmes.

Each year THSU has achieved so much and we are looking forward to the next ten years as we

know we can achieve so much more.

In the past ten years….

1996 THSU won the Commission for Racial Equality Award for excellence and innovation in promoting racial equality and for their delivery of services to culturally diverse communities. It was the first such award Tower Hamlets won in this area of community relations.

1997 THSU and ‘A’ Team Arts represent Tower Hamlets in the London Weekend Television Talent Challenge, sponsored by Deloitte & Touche.

1998 THSU takes part in the Thames Festival for the first time.

1999 THSU partners with ‘A’ Team Arts, representing the borough in the Millennium Dome celebration event McDonalds Our Town Story, culminating in 2000.

2000 THSU receive one of the first three year grants from the New Opportunities Fund, launching the Junior Summer Uni programme and new partnerships with schools across the borough.

2001 THSU successfully completes two great projects, the Millennium Awards Scheme which ran from 1997, starting in Tower Hamlets and expanding across London and the country; and Skillswork, a three year out of school cultural industries project benefiting young people in Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Greenwich, Newham and Bexley. Dizzee Rascal was one of these young people.

2002 THSU achieves Quality in Study Support recognition as an Established Centre for Out of School Hours Learning.

2003 THSU won a Marks & Spencer British Community Safety Award, run in conjunction with Crime Concern.

200� Three short films made by THSU students were joint winners of the Guy Ritchie Film Making Competition.

200� THSU project Unboxed wins a Wavemakers Award. THSU gains Quality in Study Support Advanced Status and Investors in People Status. THSU is commissioned by London Challenge to facilitate the development of Summer Uni’s based on the THSU model, throughout the capital.

Annual Report 2005-2006

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