Programmes
Our Saturday, half-term, and summer programmes offer an innovative space for newly arrived teenagers, where they can make friends and settle into life in the UK.
Young people learn life skills that set them up for independent living, practice English through a bespoke creative and participatory English programme, and also have academic, wellbeing and 1:1 support worked into their timetable.
Using learning and wellbeing outcomes to measure progress, Springboard takes a holistic approach to education for newly arrived young people.
I learnt many things: sexual health, about discrimination, health, budgeting. I improved confidence.
Saturdays
Programme
Saturdays with Springboard
Duration
Yearly from September to July
Calendar
Term-time Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location
West London
Description
Springboard’s Saturday supplementary programme is grounded in participatory English learning, exploring culture, science and the world around us through creative workshops, fitness and trips.
This programme has a strong focus on English reading and writing, with a bespoke curriculum that the group moves through in four-week arcs. Young people receive a tailored workbook that covers each theme which they work through with the group and can take home with them at the end of the programme.
This programme is an opportunity to build on the great times we have on our holiday programmes, with the added benefit of being able to offer longer-term support to the young people we work with.
Half-Terms
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Half-term programme
Calendar
October, February and May half-terms
Timings
Weekdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location
Northwest & South London (rotating)
Description
Our half-term programmes focus on life skills and creative expression through interactive skill-building sessions encouraging oral English skills and speaking practice.
Each half term is dedicated to a different skills theme: in October we explore independent living skills (eg. healthy eating, sexual health literacy, self-advocacy); in February we focus on strategies for language learning and education pathways; and in May we explore our values and personal resilience.
Summer
Programme
Summer programme
Calendar
Three weeks during summer holidays
Timings
Weekdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Location
West London
Description
Our signature summer programme includes three action-packed weeks of creative activities, sports and trips.
This programme has an ESOL foundation with a focus on speaking, reading and performance skills, explored through a different creative theme each week, i.e. poetry, crafts and visual art, theatre, etc.
Peer Leadership
Programme
Peer Leadership programme
Calendar
Yearly from July-December
Timings
A few hours per week
Location
In person and online in London
Description
Our Peer Leadership programme is an opportunity for our graduates and other young adults with forced migration backgrounds to train with us in youth work and facilitation, curriculum design and research skills and evaluation.
With both theoretical and practical elements, Peer Leaders sharpen their skills and learn more about how Springboard runs, all while supporting the new cohorts of young people on our programmes.
This programme provides direct routes into leadership at the organisation, with Peer Leaders moving into trustee or trainee staff positions at the end of the training programme.