School on a Saturday? NEW charity live on Givey

by Givey Team

10 February 2016

Ferdowsi Saturday Supplementary School are a new charity live on Givey who are raising money for newly arrived disadvantaged children and young people from Refugee and Asylum Seeker backgrounds, to thrive in their efforts to adapt to mainstream UK education.

“Recently arrived parents from conflict zones such as Afghanistan in England often struggle to support their children with their education due to their own limited education and poor command of English. This negatively affects their children who often have limited support completing homework and can quickly fall behind their indigenous peers in state school.

Through our school, we work to help these children adapt to UK education by helping to extend their levels of literacy and numeracy, improve their communication skills, raise their aspirations, minimise their sense of isolation and attendant distress and enable them and their families to become more independent, confident and aware of further educational and training opportunities in the UK.”

To hear more from the charity, click the video below or here to find out about one boy’s experience of the programme and how it has helped him to settle into a new schooling experience.

School on Saturday

Refugee and asylum seeking children and young people between 5-18 years old are supported at National Curriculum stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 in English, Maths and science in line with the national curriculum. Teachers are able to empathise with the difficulties faced by refugee families learning English as a second language, settling into a new school and country, facing difficulties with their immigration status and what this can mean for their family’s ability to meet basic needs such as housing, food, and employment.

If you would like to support this cause click here, or if you would like to sign up your own charity or project, head over to www.givey.com/project if you are interested in joining!

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