Newham Plaistow After school club
From "Plaistow Community Assemblies"
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It's devasting seeing the amount of our young people we are loosing to crime, violence, , going missing, mental health breakdown. The lockdown has really pushed numbers up.
Our young people spend a majority of their time in school/education and there's only so much the education system and teachers can do. I was a teacher for 8 years I know the pressure and strain that they carry in trying to make sure the students get the grades.
Our project is after school club - where children are thought practical life skills, to build there confidence and mental health,where there's no pressure to attain a certain level or grade, but just build themselves as individuals.
I already help in one of my local school, but with funding, we can offer more schools, and so many more children this opportunity and learn a skill that they will not learn in a classroom.
The picture attached is just 1 of the bakes that a group of year 4 students made, the sense of achievement when they make these things is life changing.
