AimHigher Bright Futures

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AimHigher Bright Futures

• London Borough of Hammersmith Fulham
• Nova Levine
• Manager, Looked After Children Education Team

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Pillars for success

• To raise aspirations of looked after children
• Increase attainment and achievement
• Improve confidence, motivation and self esteem
• Enhance access to post 16 opportunities
• Enable young people to make an informed choice
  about their future

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The beginning

• Government led initiative
• Fact finding Liverpool University
• Bright Futures Steering Group (care leaver
  mentors)
• Joint funding Attitudes to Learning, AimHigher
  and Independent State School Partnership
• AimHigher leaflet with TVU
• Recruitment young people self nomination
• Cross borough partnerships with KC

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Core offer

• Step 1 Residential weekend at PGL Marchants
  Hill
• Step 2 Thames Valley University (introduction
  day, 6 evening taster and mentoring sessions,
  celebration event) and Directors Box at Fulham
  FC
• Step 3 Residential weekend to Kingwood Centre,
  Norfolk (Spring half-term)
• Step 4 5 week taster/mentoring/Study
  Club/Connexions sessions with the School of
  Oriental and African Studies and BBC tour (Spring
  Term)
• Step 5 6 week enhanced workshops/mentoring
  sessions at Roehampton University (Summer Term)

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What do you see?
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The Impact!

• Since October 2008-
• 29 young people have accessed project
• Core group of 12 achieved 100 attendance
• Aspirations reaffirmed
• Career mapping clear and owned by young people
• Borough commitment to future of project
• Young people experiencing difficulties engaging
  with education, now achieving greater success at
  school
• Improved relationships with carers/parents
• Empowerment of carers/families to support post 16
  opportunities
• Young people desire to continue Study Club
• Young people supported in accessing work
  experience
• Developed interest in extended learning
  activities eg inter-borough LAC football teams
• Improving soft social skills eg eating in
  restaurants
• 3 young people with disabilities have accessed
  the project
• Enhanced engagement from hard to reach families
  including essential respite care

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Future plans

• Extended learning opportunities eg theatre trips,
  overnight visits to Universities
• Increased opportunities with London universities
  in 2009/10
• and much more..

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