With the summer school we aim to improve the chances of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Barnet and Enfield to adapt to the UK, boost their academic skills by taking advantage of the holiday period.

Summer School dates are between 24 August and 01 September 2019. A certificate of participation will be handed to each participant at the completion of the programme.

With calligraphy and marbling we aim to attract young people in Tower Hamlets to motivate them to achieve goals in their lives and to be more engaged within the community.

Our project involves inspiring and motivating young girls who are at risk of being drawn to violent and disruptive behaviour as well as countering any encouragements filtrated by negative thoughts, by setting up workshops, to allow young people to get engaged with arts. We aim to do this through a form of art therapy, marbling and calligraphy in particular and are in contact with renowned artists in these fields.

Count Art II: Early Intervention with Art has been successfully completed in collaboration with Big Give and Docklands Community Organization based in Tower Hamlets. The project spanned three weeks with 40 girls taking part. After the workshop, an exhibition took place that showcased the pieces of art created during the project by the participants. Parents and guardians also participated in the exhibition and gave favourable feedback. Finally, a certificate of participation was given to each participant, and the girls prepared a thank-you card using water marbling and calligraphy techniques they learned, which they gave as a present to the instructors.  All participants gave positive feedback regarding the fun learning experience and the enjoyable atmosphere of the Count Art II project.

Summer Scout for Disadvantaged Youth II took place between 29 July-2 August 2019 at the Cardfields Centre. The programme was a success, with 25 children benefitting from the activities offered at the Summer Scout Camp. The Summer Scout Camp was realised with the financial support of Childhood Trust and Big Give in addition to private donors.    

The activities at the camp included cycling, hill walking, high ropes, camping, and activities around hobbies such as reading and creative writing. There were workshops on creative writing and inspirational talks, and day trips to local places to see. Sports activities like football, tennis and hiking also took place.

Prizes were handed out to participants that were successful at one of the activities. The participants spent quality time around nature away from screens engaged in meaningful and fun activities.

British Engagement Project seeks to enhance understanding of British values, culture, and history through professionally developed non-formal curricula designed for displaced families children, aged between 11-16. 

LCSS invites early researchers from a range of social science and humanities disciplines to share their research methodologies, expertise and novel approaches.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr Marios Samdanis, Brunel University London

Dr Alasdair Jones, London School of Economics

Dr Fahri Karakas, University of East Anglia

Prof Mustafa Ozbilgin Brunel University London

January 2017 - March 2018

With calligraphy and marbling we aim to attract young people in Tower Hamlets to motivate them to achieve goals in their lives and to be more engaged within the community

LCSS invites early researchers from a range of social science and humanities disciplines to share their research methodologies, expertise and novel approaches.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof Will Harvey, University of Exeter

Dr Maria Iacovou, University of Cambridge

Prof Lisa Webley, University of Westminster