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Total Teens

Croydon Supplementary Education Project is pleased to offer an innovative package of activities and workshops for young people aged 12-19 between October 2010 to March 2011.

The aim will be to for young people to have the following experiences:

1. “a good adolescent fun activities”
2. “positive physical activities”
3. a combination of (a) tasters, (b) longer term “doing experiences” and some (c)mentoring and coaching

Our objective is to build resilience and promote the mental health of the participants through focusing on the themes of:

• Connect
• Be Active
• Keep Learning

This will be a “fun” project aimed at involving many young people from all over Croydon with the aim of strengthening families and improving community cohesion.

The project will be fun and will look at these values in society (which are also the Olympic 2012 Values) :

RESPECT, FRIENDSHIP and EXCELLENCE

CONNECT/ RESPECT - MENTORING

CSEP will offer the young people the opportunity to be matched with a trained Mentor from our PACEMAKERS project. Mentors will work with young people to support them to form strong personal relationships and to make informed choices within those relationships.

CSEP will also provide access to a range of local services and workshops integrated into a programme that will also help to improve confidence of the young people

BE ACTIVE/ FRIENDSHIP – Workshops and outings

CSEP will offer in the package some options to part take in a combination of Group outings (heritage trails), Soft Sports (mastermind contests), Olympic Sports (basket ball, badminton & track) and Healthy & Nutrition experiences (Come Dine with CSEP).

We will work with specialist partners who can deliver very short taster session in these areas. This will aim to improve confidence to young people to take part in physical activity and eat healthily.

KEEP LEARNING / EXCELLENCE – Night School

CSEP will offer some tutorial and exam support as a part of the package. This will include some academic onsite assessments of competency levels of English and Math and Information advice and guidance for what is need to progress to expected attainment levels.
We will provide limited access to tutoring and support in preparation for GCSE through our newly developed CSEP NIGHT SCHOOL service.

These targeted young people would get access to the service at a special rate during Oct 2010-March 2011 of £8 per session subsidised by the project funding (usually £15 per hour).

We will provide access to goal setting workshops. This will help young people to prepare confidently for the challenges ahead in their careers. The aim of this service is to raise aspirations among young people who may have had low self-esteem or poor previous life experiences.

TOTAL TEENS Expected Outcomes

• 50 young people can define mental wellbeing and give 2 examples of how they can improve their own personal mental wellbeing.
• 20 young people will be matched with mentors
• 30 young people will attend workshops (average 10 per workshop) between Oct 2010 – March 2011 
• 20 young people will participate in activities that will help them to Improve well being through better understanding of Diet, Nutrition &  Healthy Cooking
• 20 access to a Pool of superdad Role Models from the Community
• 30 young people will have improved Self Esteem.
• 20 young people will feel greater sense of patriotism and a desire t participation in Olympics 2012
• 15 will have learned specific goal setting & exam techniques, timetable planning & improved academics
• 20 young people will say that they are now better able to cope with adversity and are more resilient as a result of participation in the project.

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