Free Tutoring for Disadvantaged Children: Sailing Into a Bright Future
From "People Powered East Ham"
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Today in East Ham many young people are living in difficult financial conditions, in families where English is a second or third language and where they have disengaged with school. They run the risk of being left behind and not reaching their potential.
At Peppo, we believe every child is important and their future should not be determined by their financial background. Our proposal consists of providing tutoring and increasing the social experiences for 30 financially disadvantaged GCSE students in East Ham, referred by the community centre, Bonny Downs.
These young people will be provided with 10 hours of one-to-one tutoring, which will be supplemented by 20 hours of one-to-three tutoring, in their chosen subjects. This tutoring will be delivered by expert and highly trained tutors. To help build rapport, we will seek to match the students with tutors from similar backgrounds, allowing for an additional mentoring relationship to form. Tutoring has proven to increase a child’s educational progress by up to five months, which means that the support they will receive at a crucial point in their academic studies has the potential to be life-changing for them and their families.
As a celebration of being a part of this project, the students will be invited to Peppo’s Pioneer Day in Canary Wharf. At this event, there will be speakers from a range of careers talking about various exciting options. This will be followed by an afternoon of celebration and water sports at the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre. All these activities are aimed at inspiring and broadening horizons.
Peppo is a not-for-profit, founded in 2021, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic by Adrian Levy, a senior lawyer with over 30 years of experience. Peppo has provided over 3,500 hours of tutoring to children across the UK and since it started has operated in East Ham. One parent recently described the tutoring as “a golden ticket”. By obtaining funding, this new project will help to change the lives of 30 young people and their families.
Let’s work together to leave no child behind and to create the leaders of tomorrow in East Ham!
For more information visit our website: www.peppo.org
If you have any queries, feel free to write to us at: adrian.levy@peppo.org