One Hand Cant Clap’s Young Survivalist Programme is designed to complement formal and informal education and learning and to provide a way for young people to grow self to grow others. We run workshops in schools on youth engagement, and motivational strategies, prefect training, student counsellors training and teachers’s workshops.
Impact of Our Work
The programme is recognized by many as the most comprehensible 'Transferablle life skills' training available today for young people’s self development. Our work has impacted the lives of over 4000 young people, influenced more than 700 early school leavers to return and engage with education, raised the attainment levels of 1000 Gifted and Talented Young people, and raised high rates of attendance levels for schools.
Our programmes has been piloted in a number of schools, colleges and youth inclusions projects. The work had its roots in looking to tackle the underachievement of African Caribbean students but soon schools felt that it was valued by all children and have used aspect of the programme as the basis for their whole school’s PHSE Key Stage 4 curriculum.
- develop self-awareness and confidence needed for adult life, further learning and work
- learn to respect the views, needs and rights of people of all ages
- clarifying their opinions and attitudes in discussions with their peers and informed adults and considering the consequences of their actions
It also achieves Every Child Matters outcomes; enjoy and achieve, stay safe, make a positive contribution and achieve economic well-being.
One Hand Cant Clap offers a number of workshops using the Innovative Things Mama Used To Say Proverbs
flash cards to tackle school exclusion, educational underachievement, low motivational levels, youth crime, shortage of work related skills and community cohesion. |
