News Views Events and Links – for children and their carers
Events
Achievement Day
This is a fun day that we have just started to hold every year to celebrate the achievements of children and young people in care to Enfield. It is a day of prizes, certificates, games and activities.
We want to celebrate not just your exam passes but all you have achieved in school – improved attendance, improved behaviour, skills in sport, talents in art and music. In fact everything and anything!
If your social worker or designated teacher thinks you have done well at anything then they will nominate you for the Achievements Day.
SOL Project April 2005 – December 2006
This project offers alternative education for students experiencing difficulties. It aims to work with schools, in Enfield and Haringey, to improve the attendance and motivation of students who have lost interest in school.
We work with young people aged 13-16, in care, who are either not going to school or at risk of being excluded.
The SOL project offers an exciting 5 day residential programme on the Isle of Wight, offering you the chance to get involved in challenging and fun activities, water and land based, such as sea kayaking, body boarding, surfing or sailing (weather dependant).
This will give you the opportunity to participate in problem solving challenges and practical leadership tasks. You will have the support of a mentor during this time and on your return home.
During term time,sessions will be arranged for one afternoon and early evening a week. It will be a varied program of physical activities and challenges, social activities and help with school work and getting as many qualifications as possible. There will be opportunities to try work experience via projects centred around motor-vehicles, working in the leisure industry and becoming involved in film making.
Once each half-term the weekly session will end with a group supper, either cooked and presented by yourselves or out at a local resturant.
In the summer holidays, the opportunity exists to return to the residential centre to complete the key skills award and complete some assessment work, or plan a community project of your own choice. The design runs two projects from 2 different boroughs at the same time so you have the opportunity to meet more people.
Each Programme will end with an Awards and Celebration event (2 groups per event), all of which finish at Christmas each year.
The project aims to help you meet new people and make new friends, increase your self confidence and help you think positively about your future education and work plans.
For further information on SOL please contact:
http://www.sol.gb.com/
email: Hayley@sol.gb.com
tel: 01983 761380
Information and Links
Two-e
Two-e is an advice, information and support service for young people aged 13-21 who live, work or study in Enfield. Come and have a look at our website and then come and visit us if you think we can help you.
Enfield Youth Service
Two-e is an Enfield Youth Service project. The Youth Service is part of the local authority's Education Dept. The aim of youth services in Enfield is 'to support young people during their development to adulthood, to actively promote equality of opportunity for young people and to challenge and address inequality and disadvantage'.
Two-e Mission Statement
Two-e seeks to provide an accessible, responsive and confidential service for young people which will empower them to take greater control of their lives.
If you would like to know more about the Two-e background, please click here.
Contact Information
We are located in Ponders End on the corner of Hertford road and Southbury Road near Tesco's. Please click here for a map showing our location.
Telephone: 0208-805-9726
Fax: 0208-805-9721
Postal address: 324 High Street, Ponders End, EN3 4HF
Email: General Information: helpdesk@two-e.org.uk
Carezone
CareZone is a great new Internet service especially designed for young people in care. It has loads of great features: games, chat and a virtual world.
CareZone is the biggest and best way to chat with other young people in care!
CareZone lets you chat with other young people in care, all over the UK. Meet new people!
Find out what they’re going through and how they cope if things get difficult!
CareZone has taken two years to build so we can be sure you’re safe and free to chat only to other young people in care.
CareZone is more than just a place to talk! Created like any real town, CareZone is fully interactive and packed with different locations – a park, nightclub, a leisure centre, bank, and your own place. You can design it all to your own taste. Each place is packed with information to help you make the most of being in care.
If you would like more information, speak to your social worker.
http://www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk/carezone.htm
If you are an Enfield Child in Care and would like more information or to apply for Carezone please contact Varsha Dharne on Telephone: 020 8379 8228 or by email on: varsha.dham@enfield.gov.uk
The who cares trust website
Right here. Right now.
Is a national website for young people in public care, carers, someone who works within the care system, or if you just want to find out more about looked after children.
http://www.rhrn.thewhocarestrust.org.uk/wct/user/index.jsp
O.i.
This area is for young people and has a questions and answers section, great ideas to have fun, interviews with celebrities, as well as experiences from other people in the similar circumstances. It also has an area for parents, carers and professionals and both areas have been produced with the full consultation and participation of young people living in care, and the people who care for them.
http://www.rhrn.thewhocarestrust.org.uk/wct/user/oi.index.jsp
Who Cares? Magazine
The magazine Who Cares? Is the only national magazine for young people in care. Established in 1987, it is read by 31,000 10-18 year olds throughout the UK. Recent themes have included teenage drinking, leaving care, fun & fashion and study skills.
Who Cares magazine offers direct information to young people in public care, helping them feel less isolated by giving them the chance to express their views and feelings. Approximately 50 young people, from all over the country, take an active role in each magazine through photo stories, interviews, letters, poems and reviews of films, games and music.
This document was last updated on 2006-12-29 14:30:19 published by the Sysadmin team. Document Reference:LBE_119497
