M&S Hampstead

Camden Centre for Learning (CCfL) is Camden’s educational provision for secondary aged students whose primary need is their social, emotional or mental health development. We cater for up to a 100 young people who require specialist SEMH provision, including students who are identified as requiring such provision through a Education Health Care Plan of SEN (SEMH), or who have been permanently excluded from mainstream school, or who are at significant risk of being permanently excluded. Students are assessed on entry to CCfL and placed in small teaching groups of up to 8 in a classroom (some classes are smaller, depending on the students needs) learning is highly differentiated to meet the individual needs of the students. As part of this we are moving towards a vocational curriculum for our more complex students to run alongside English, maths and science. This will give students the opportunities to experience the world of work, gain BTEC qualifications and prepare them for the transition to further education or apprenterships, as well as meeting their SEMH needs, such as working together, problem solving, taking turns and communicating with the wider community. The BTEC qualifications that we are starting to offer include, leisure and tourism, hospitality and land based studies. Students have the opportunity to find out what type of careers are in each sector, by classroom based learning, hands on experiences by completing work placements and visiting local amenities within Camden and further a field. We have already started to build close relationships with London Zoo and Kentish City Farm, where the students have been able to have 'hands on' experience with working with animals.

Holy Nation Church north London food program distribute food to the local community around Camden, Islington. Westminster. Our main users are elderly, single parents, students, homeless, people who struggling with finance situation, loneliness, people from Ukraine. We reach out people on the street and to the poorer housing estate neighbourhood with single parent, elderly, students. homeless hostel. We have a network of elderly people help out distribute food to the needy families in the same time feeling their life been filled with joy and benefit from the surplus food. if we have good amount of surplus donation regularly we are able to reach-out at least 50 people a day, 4-7 times a day, from our church members vehicles on the street, and deliver to their home front door or near by collecting point. We been running since 2019 and as long as we able to hold of good supply of surpluses. We will be able to distribute and visit and pray for people in need.

At The Village School we believe it takes a village to raise a child. We are a School for Special Educational Needs School, we follow the national curriculum and the students are taught to GCSE level - the more able students advance to A-Levels too, achieving good results. There is a varied timetable where the students learn life skills such as washing up, ironing, cooking and cleaning. We have also recently introduced herb and vegetable gardens around the building where the students do the planting, look after their produce and later use it to prepare dishes. There are a few laundry rooms where the students carry out laundry duties as well. Over two years ago, we opened a cafe and a shop within the building. These facilities are very popular with the staff, students, parents/carers and visitors. Open 7.30am - 3.30pm daily during term time, the students use these facilities as work experience. In the cafe they prepare food such as salads, sandwiches, smoothies, coffees and other beverages. The shop is used to make and sell thinks like cards, painted mugs, scarves, cushions, soaps, arts and crafts, and is mainly used for enterprise, where the goods are showcased and sold. The students undertake all duties for the daily running of the shop - stock merchandising, rotation, replenishment, ordering, displays, serving customers and cleaning duties. We do our level best to ensure each student has an enriching learning experience. However, when the students leave, there is little opportunity for them to progress in the real world. Statistics show that only 6% of the students with special needs end up in employment and there is often nowhere for them to go after they leave school. Here at the Village we would like to create opportunities for apprenticeships and real paid work in the cafe and the shop, as we have seen there is real growth in these areas. The students can develop their skills and be paid at the same time. We would like our local community to use these facilities too. As this grows, there may be room to have a pop-up shop outside the school building from which to operate. We need volunteers, food and other donations to do this, as there is no funding available. With your help we can make this possible. :)