Companion TeaPea Project
The Companion TeaPea project provided a growing facility at school allowing pupils the opportunity to engage in growing food and enable them to interact with the planter both during playtime and within lessons.
Over the course of the project over sixteen volunteers, thirty students and seven staff members were involved directly with the creation and planting of the TeaPea. This planter can now be used as a low cost, easily accessed and maintained teaching resource within the grounds of the school. Thirty students were introduced to the concept of food webs, pollination and growing food for themselves. Within the grounds habitats and food sources for wildlife were created which will enhance biodiversity and provide points of interest for both students and parents.
Bede
The 2016 summer adventure residential in South Wales was, as always, hugely successful. The few days spent in the forest and on the river, riding horses, pot-holing and trekking the hills, are completely different to life on the housing estates of Southwark. The shared experiences have provided a lifetime of memories for the young people who came on this and the shorter weekend adventure breaks that we organised.
Bede’s youth workers use every opportunity to build trusting relationships with the young people we meet.
www.bedehouse.org.uk
CGP London - Bermondsey Artists' Group
North Southwark Environment Trust have provided crucial support in the development of a number of key strands of our free Community Inclusion and Learning programme. These have included the development of our DIY art workshops for children, the hugely popular Friday gardening drop-in sessions at our Community Allotment for families with pre-school children and, most recently, Senior Art School which provides local over-55s (who did not have the chance when they were younger) to experience the exciting learning environment of an art school.
www.cgplondon.org
Pasley Park Festival
The festival has been a great way in which to involve the local community, as the history of the Lost Zoo was re-told and animated. As a project we worked in partnership with a variety of local groups, schools and museums.
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STEP Young Critics Project – Blue Elephant Report
As part of STEP Young Critics Project, young people from Blue Elephant Theatre’s Young People’s Theatre and London Bubble’s Young Theatremakers came to see Strawberry Starburst, written by emerging playwright Bram Davidovitch, a one woman show about a London teenager, Shez, who develops and battles an eating disorder.
Strawberry Starburst specifically sought to engage teenagers and it was praised for its handling of such tough subject matter. The responses from the young audiences proved that this issue is of great relevance to young people's lives today and the way the story was told generated much needed fruitful discussion.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_-tiw5zYCc
Brunel Playscheme
Local children created a garden sculpture and planted out a path in the lower garden. They are turning a grot spot into a much valued garden for local people and learning about local history and London and the Thames. They worked as a team, in drama, art and craft workshops, and at the end of each week performed for their parents and carers in a special show on the square outside the Museum. Once again North Southwark Environment Trust generously granted money for improvements to the space outside the Museum and for a larger and ongoing project to create a community garden. In previous years we have laid paths and made seats for the new roof garden; this year we created a garden sculpture/entry sign and path in the lower garden.
https://www.brunel-museum.org.uk
Rotherhithe Festival Group
The group organises a Festival each year, bringing the community together and showcasing the activities of local groups. NSET has supported five festivals.
"May I thank your trustees for sponsoring the Rotherhithe Festival again this year. It was a great event. Over 2500 people attended and we managed to raise £2325.00 for Help For Heroes. The great attraction was the stocks with people being soaked with wet sponges. The children all had a great time with bouncy castles, face painters and badge making all for free." – Barry Duckett.
www.rotherhithefestival.co.uk
Somali Youth Action Forum
A community organisation for young Somali people, organised by Somali adults.
"Football is a great way of attracting young Somali men to come together, engage in positive activities and meet new friends. We want other young people to continue to get involved and enjoy it when they come. It’s not just about playing football. Being part of our group and engaging in regular positive activity, young peoples ambitions and aspirations will grow. NSET’s grants over four years have helped us to cover the costs of pitch hire and coach fees." – Hussein Ali.
www.somaliyouthaction.co.uk
The Voices Foundation
A music education charity working closely with the Government, Local Authorities and Schools to deliver sustainable solutions to teaching music at a Primary level. The mission of the Foundation is to enable all children to realise their full potential through a singing-based music curriculum, and to influence national perception of the vital importance of music in education.
Three grants from NSET have helped to bring the work of the Voices Foundation to schools in North Southwark.
www.voices.org.uk
Brunel Museum
Located in historic Rotherhithe the museum holds frequent special events and has a big presence in the local community, running play schemes in the summer holiday and welcoming schools throughout the year as part of Key Stage 2 history.
Over a seven year period grants from NSET have helped to fund childrens’ activities during the play schemes and his year a blacksmith with a mobile forge has helped children to make a sundial giving them hands on experience of working metal.
www.brunel-museum.org.uk
CGP London
CGP London is an artist led initiative providing exhibitions of contemporary art, at two venues in Southwark Park. Over several years NSET has provided funding for the DIY Club, a Saturday morning art club for local family learning.
"With much valued support from the North Southwark Environment Trust, Bridget Virden has developed the DIY Club into a much valued service by participants and a key pat of CGP London's (formerly Cafe Gallery Projects) provision of arts-led learning for the Bermondsey and Rotherhithe community." – David Allen
www.cafegalleryprojects.com
Tideway Sailability
Tideway Sailability has been wonderfully supported by NSET for a very long time. They know us, they have visited us and sailed with us, and they have given us money. Tideway is very grateful.
Over the years they have given us funds for the purchase of boats especially the Access 303's such as you can see in the photo whereby people with very serious disabilities can sail independently. They have helped us with our 2sail 2012 project with visually impaired people. Greenland Dock is one of Southwark's largest open areas and watersports is the only way you can make it available for play. Tideway is part of that play making sure that it is sailing for all.
www.tidewaysailability.org