HIGH TREES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST

towards three years‘ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing employment support for people over 50 in the London Borough of Lambeth.

High Trees Community Development Trust offer targeted and local support for those most impacted by structural inequalities, helping people make meaningful changes that allow them to live happier, healthier and more connected lives. This grant will ....more

High Trees Community Development Trust offer targeted and local support for those most impacted by structural inequalities, helping people make meaningful changes that allow them to live happier, healthier and more connected lives. This grant will support the development of Lambeth Peer Action Collective (LPAC) – a youth-led peer research and social action movement - through the next stage of its development.

One-off, unrestricted grant

One-off, unrestricted grant

High Trees is a well-established community centre that provides employment advice, training, youth provision and community organising. Lambeth Peer Action Collective is a youth-led project aimed at better understanding the key contributors to ....more

High Trees is a well-established community centre that provides employment advice, training, youth provision and community organising. Lambeth Peer Action Collective is a youth-led project aimed at better understanding the key contributors to youth-violence in Lambeth and supporting individuals & institutions to come together to take action on identified themes in order to make Lambeth a safer place for young people. This is run by High Trees in partnership with seven other local organisations. LPAC is divided into 3 areas of work: research, campaign, action. Funding has been provided over the past 18 months by the Youth Endowment fund to kick-start this work, which will come to an end in March 2023. This funding would enable the the LPAC team take the project to the next phase of its work, implementing the findings & manifesto more widely in order to create tangible long-lasting change.

Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift

To upscale projects that provide high quality mentoring for disadvantaged young Londoners who need the most support. Mentoring includes high-quality youth activity that builds a trusted and positive relationship with a young person over time.

Grant to HIGH TREES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST (RCF)

Cost of Living Top Up Grant awarded to support small/medium-size organisations with additional costs incurred due to the cost of living crisis.

We plan to provide cooking workshops for children during our after school and holiday sessions. Children will learn how to cook healthy meals, providing lunch and snacks for their friends.

‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’

This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2021-8968

Towards furnishing the main two classrooms of the community centre

towards three years' running costs of a community project, including the salary of a Learner Support Officer and a Family Support Officer, to support people from disadvantaged communities in the London Borough of Lambeth.

£330,250 over 3 years (£100,000; £124,000; £106,250) towards a project to build the Build Young Partnership as a vehicle for collaborative working within the voluntary and community sector.

Resilience Fund - Year 1 Wave 1

This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing their understanding of financial management.

Towards project costs to develop a partnership of 9 youth & community organisations working to improve outcomes for Lambeth's most disadvantaged young people and influencing change in the youth sector

This project will deliver stay and play forest school sessions for children from families where English is their second language. The activities will improve relationships, confidence and emotional wellbeing.

The project will provide a 1:1 job searching service, access to in-house vocational courses/training and links to employers via High Tree's sector based work academies and their prospective DWP backed Youth Hub (based in Brixton and due to be ....more

The project will provide a 1:1 job searching service, access to in-house vocational courses/training and links to employers via High Tree's sector based work academies and their prospective DWP backed Youth Hub (based in Brixton and due to be jointly run with Spiral Skills). Focused on Tulse Hill and surrounding wards.

Towards the community centre refurbishment works

The funding is towards the salaries of the Community Action team working with residents across Tulse Hill to improve the built environment of social-housing residents; scale up and roll out its Community Organising (CO) toolkit; and create a ....more

The funding is towards the salaries of the Community Action team working with residents across Tulse Hill to improve the built environment of social-housing residents; scale up and roll out its Community Organising (CO) toolkit; and create a community of practice and evidence base from its Community Organising model of engagement.

£22,750 towards the development phase of enabling the Building Young Brixton partnership to be a vehicle for collaborative working practices within Lambeth and beyond.

refurbishment of buliding for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Lambeth

High Trees Hub

as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively

Grant to High Trees Community Development Trust (CBF)

We aim to provide Saturday morning adventure play sessions to support the physical wellbeing of children and young people in Tulse Hill.

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

to provide employment support, community organising, and partnership development

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

COVID19 - This grant will fund a toys and games lending library for children affected by poverty and deprivation who are isolated at home due to Covid-19, this will help to improve their emotional wellbeing.

over three years to support the development of a partnership approach between a number of community and youth organisations in Lambeth

towards three years' project costs of an over 50s employment support programme in Lambeth

High Trees plan to roll out a well-being 'check in' service to up to 300 vulnerable Lambeth Tulse Hill residents, all of whom fall below the threshold for local authority support (i.e. not in the shielded group but vulnerable in terms of ....more

High Trees plan to roll out a well-being 'check in' service to up to 300 vulnerable Lambeth Tulse Hill residents, all of whom fall below the threshold for local authority support (i.e. not in the shielded group but vulnerable in terms of income/health/social isolation). This service will involve at least 1 weekly telephone call from a staff member or volunteer, referrals to additional services (food banks/advice etc), support to access online learning and the loan of IT equipment (and IT training) to those who require it. As High Trees will also continue to offer education, employment and well-being services online or via the phone they report they also require funding to upgrade their server and build online systems that support this delivery model.  

This project will deliver a variety of youth work activities to young people affected by local deprivation in Lambeth. The activities will improve wellbeing, improve life skills and improve peer relationships.

High Trees Covid Check-in to provide advice, wellbeing support, and digital access to the vulnerable people they work with

Grant to High Trees Community Development Trust to support the organisation through COVID19

Funding will be used to equip staff, tutors and volunteers with mobile phones to carry out our existing and new emerging services remotely during this time: -check-in service for all service users coordinating access to food-distribution and support ....more

Funding will be used to equip staff, tutors and volunteers with mobile phones to carry out our existing and new emerging services remotely during this time: -check-in service for all service users coordinating access to food-distribution and support -weekly 1:1 telephone/facetime mentoring for young people who use our services -remote employment advice and welfare support -remote learning

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Adventure. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

We want to support adults with basic literacy, via a one-to-one learning programme, delivered by local volunteers.

The Careers Adviser would provide face-to-face support including thorough Initial Assessment and Personalised Career Planning plus tailored employability support such as labour market analysis, job search, CV/application writing, effective ....more

The Careers Adviser would provide face-to-face support including thorough Initial Assessment and Personalised Career Planning plus tailored employability support such as labour market analysis, job search, CV/application writing, effective networking/personal marketing and interview skills. Depending on the needs of the client, this will either be delivered face to face or a mix of telephone, email and face to face.

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Summer 2019 Activities. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

The funding will be used to run Saturday play sessions for children and parents. The project aims to encourage children's development and bring people together to strengthen community ties.

Towards professional plans for the refurbishment of the community centre

The funding is for the salaries of Community Action Manager and Community Organiser and expenditure to work with residents across Tulse Hill to improve the living environment of social housing and other residents. Funding will also help develop a ....more

The funding is for the salaries of Community Action Manager and Community Organiser and expenditure to work with residents across Tulse Hill to improve the living environment of social housing and other residents. Funding will also help develop a Community Action quality assurance/good practice framework for engagement of residents.

Walcot Career/Employment Advice (April-Sep 2019)

Building Young Brixton (BYB) is a Lambeth based partnership of 6 local youth, community and education specialists, working together to provide a multifaceted service for young people affected by social and financial disadvantages, risk of exclusion ....more

Building Young Brixton (BYB) is a Lambeth based partnership of 6 local youth, community and education specialists, working together to provide a multifaceted service for young people affected by social and financial disadvantages, risk of exclusion and gang involvement across Brixton Town Centre Wards. Delivering place-based interventions and projects, we support young people to improve outcomes in 6 areas, providing them with key building blocks to support them to become successful, confident and civically engaged individuals: developing social and emotional capabilities; improving engagement in education; preparing for employment and careers; supporting mental well-being; developing positive relationships; increasing civic participation.

The project aims to improve skills for life and work, and to enable communities to become more actively and civically engaged whilst strengthening the local voluntary and community sector and creating a model of good practice for local organisations.

A life coaching programme for young people experiencing local deprivation and at risk of becoming involved in crime. The activity will improve self-belief, emotional resilience and aspirations.

Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled High Spirits. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Step In-Step Up

To train and support 100 community organisers over a 3 year period

Walcot Career/Employment Advice (2018/19)

This project will provide adult literacy workshops and tutoring for people experiencing issues such as mental and physical ill health. This will encourage them to improve their skills and self-confidence.

YOUthCOACH works towards improving the skills and confidence of young women through developing personal assets and perceptions of self. The modular programme supports individuals to work through 3 key interlinked outcome areas, which together better ....more

YOUthCOACH works towards improving the skills and confidence of young women through developing personal assets and perceptions of self. The modular programme supports individuals to work through 3 key interlinked outcome areas, which together better equip individuals with the skills and confidence they need to achieve their potential: 1.Increasing self-belief (wk1&2)- The life coaching model supports individuals to overcome self-limiting beliefs and identify their qualities, assets and areas of strengths in order to see themselves in a positive framework. Once the individuals better understand their personal assets, we work them to look at how they can use them to better support them in life, overcome challenges and achieve their goals. 2.Improving emotional resilience (wk3&4)- The 1:1 nature of the projects enables us to work with individuals to develop, build on and practice emotional intelligence skills. We support them to identify and use a range of positive coping mechanisms that they deploy in situations of stress and challenge, in order to maintain well-being during such periods. 3.Improving aspiration (Wk5&6)- Supporting participants to goal map and create a vision for the future, focusing on both the medium and long term, enables young people to visualise their potential. This helps young people to overcoming limitations that they may have put on themselves and instill new aspirations. By changing the mindset of the girls and young women who receive the coaching, developing skills within themselves and providing a practical toolkit to overcome difficult situations, they are better equipped to deal challenges, have improved engagement in the school setting and are better able to navigate life in a more effective manner beyond the lifetime of the project, building their skills and confidence and improving outcomes now and for the future.

A new adventure playground will be a safe, nurturing environment for children and young people to socialise, play and learn.

Step Up

This project will use the funding to celebrate the diversity and many cultures of the Tulse Hill community in Lambeth. Six events will be held across the year showcasing the different cultures, languages, customs and traditions alongside food, dance ....more

This project will use the funding to celebrate the diversity and many cultures of the Tulse Hill community in Lambeth. Six events will be held across the year showcasing the different cultures, languages, customs and traditions alongside food, dance and music, culminating in a large final celebration.

Youth Employment Service

Work Up

Homework Clubs

Youth Employment Support Service