How Can We Help You?

At ICCF we strongly believe that young people and parents, working together, will achieve their greatest potential through a whole family participation in our study support and literacy programs.

We are hoping that the training we undertake will reach at least 100-150 young people around 50 single parent families, where one or both members are not working, either due to childcare or a lack of skills needed to access employment.

The outcomes that will be achieved as a result of our training programme, will include fostering community cohesion among diverse local community groups, groups that access the training, and a regeneration of our community, due to increased employment opportunities through the Thames Gate Away projects and 2012 Olympics to be held in East London.

How Do We Achieve This?

We believe it is important to build up a culture focused at individually tailored learning leading to acquiring the national required set accreditations or qualifications that will enhance a work focused experience to satisfy employer’s requirements and face the challenges in the labour market.

We also aim to develop a sustainable community where young people partnership training involvement is encouraged to improve individual ability to read and write as well as improvement in communications and social skills.

We look to increase achievement levels within all the young people we work with to improve basic skills, and on motivation, aspiration, as well as the building of self-confidence and self- esteem

We deliver quality services tailored to individual needs, while providing added value through better education and training that will help to foster and build up a sense of community, which will in turn strengthen the desire to achieve individual goals.    

All of what we do aims to help young people understand what success means for them, and helping them achieve, develop and use their potential in society, enjoy learning, develop Interpersonal Skills to compete in the job labor market.

ICCF has a long tradition of providing to its clients and user groups with out- of school –hours learning activities.

The most common type of such activities is recreation, creativity, particularly through music dance and drama, homework support clubs, where revision sessions are priority conducted.    

The purpose of these activities is to provide social and recreational space for young people aged between 11-19 and 20-25


Current Education Topics offered by ICCF

  • What is alcohol?

  • Binge drinking awareness

  • Environmental damage

  • Anti-social behaviour

The Genesis Project

Age range of children helped: 11–18 years of age

How many children helped per year: 1200

 

Project details:

 

The project deals with eight schools in south east London dealing with a variety of issues including transition from primary to secondary school, setting up school's councils and exclusions. The school councils give children and young people a voice and encourage them to participate in decisions to do with the school.

 

Some of the specific work we do includes training older pupils to be mentors to younger children and run drop in sessions in the schools so that pupils can talk about issues that bother them eg bullying, health and relationships. We co-ordinate all contact from outside agencies that go into the schools to deal with topics such as drugs, advocacy and young black males. 

 

Main areas of work:

 

  • Advocacy

  • Bullying

  • Child protection/child abuse

  • Exclusion (social)
  • Exclusion (schools)
  • Health
  • Homelessness
  • Participation
  • Refugees
  • Travellers
  • Young carers

  • Drug and drinks addiction
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Poverty
  • Disabilities/special needs
  • Children's fund

 

Young People With  Mission Project

 

The project will provide holistic planned programmes of support by young people for young people in River Ward areas in Dagenham targeted at age range of 11-25.

 

The major focus and  attention is seeks to improve personal and social development and assist with entry into education, training, employment through programmes on substance misuse, healthier life styles, adventure and sports opportunities, alternative education, personal development, mentoring, peer education and arts development.

 

The programmes will bring different black and white young people groups together, via regular youth forums and consultation events which with act as a platform to discuss issues of concern and influence local service provision.

 

The project’s core aim is to improve the life chances of young people and reduce gang-related crime.  A range of youth led programmes and activities will be developed to create an environment where young people can sit down and tackle issues such as gang culture, gun crime, teenage pregnancy and community tensions without adult’s interventions.

 

Activities include:

Offering information, advice, pastoral counselling, complementary therapies and referral all by young people themselves.

For more information on future education and training courses offered through ICCF, contact us today.
   

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