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Learning for children
After-school reading circle and homework support. We assess reading level at entry and again at six months. Groups stay small, never more than eight per tutor.
Twice weekly
Core programmes
Four pillars of the week
Each pillar has a lead facilitator, a simple curriculum, and a way we check progress.
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Skills for adults
Literacy, form-filling, and basic digital skills. Sessions move at the learner’s pace. Graduates leave with a short portfolio: email set up, CV draft, and practice applications.
Twice weekly
03
Youth life skills
Workshops on money, conflict, work readiness, and peer mentoring. We invite local employers for mock interviews twice a year so practice meets the real world.
Weekly
04
Gathering & care
Community garden, shared meals, and open studio. These are not extras. They are how lonely people find a reason to return, and how trust forms between generations.
Weekend
How we run it
Viability means we can keep the doors open next month.
Programmes only matter if they survive. We keep costs visible: hall time, materials, facilitator hours, and a small reserve for emergencies (transport, food shortfalls, broken equipment).
When a class underperforms (low attendance, weak outcomes), we change the format or pause it. Continuity without quality is not loyalty; it is waste.
Effort → result
What a typical term costs in attention
What we invest
Prepared lessonsFacilitators plan ahead; volunteers receive a one-page guide each week
Attendance & notesSimple paper logs turned into monthly summaries for the board
Follow-up callsWhen someone disappears for three weeks, we check in once, gently
What we look for
Return rateDo people come back without being chased?
Skill movementCan a child read more fluently? Can an adult send an email alone?
Belonging signalsDo learners bring a friend, stay after, or volunteer themselves?