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Turning around the lives of the most vulnerable children is particularly demanding work.
Often very difficult to reach, these children can present significant challenges. Sometimes academic support alone is not enough. As a result, Sofronie funds projects that reinforce children’s learning in a variety of ways.
Some programmes provide emotional support or mentoring; another offers particularly broad support for struggling children by helping their parents provide a supportive family life.
Although the programmes we fund are very different in nature, they share the same general principle. All provide early intervention, which has been shown to deliver the best outcomes for the children they help. Most importantly, each programme operates a ‘child-centred’ approach, placing the needs, happiness and well-being of each child front and centre. These considerations then drive the resulting actions and it is this approach that will deliver lasting improvements to these children’s lives.
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- Chance UK – mentoring support for young children with severe behavioural problems
- Kids Company – school-based emotional support for London’s most vulnerable children
- School Home Support – home support complementing tuition for struggling children
- Community Links - runs community-based projects in east London, chiefly in the borough of Newham.
- Venture Trust - Wilderness-based personal development training for young people leaving care
- Dance United - A dance based programme to engage disaffected, challenging teenagers
- My Voice London - Providing mentors to help vulnerable young people re-engage with their education
- Champs on stage - Internships and mentoring to motivate disadvantaged Dutch teenagers at school
- Social Mobility Foundation - Helping very bright students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access the professions