Food for Thought (360G-EssexCF-A462288)
Funding Organization
£10,000
Recipient Organization
To support a Food for Thought programme to aid the health and well-being of vulnerable and disadvantaged young people
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 10000 |
| Amount Awarded | 10000 |
| Award Date | 2018-02-22T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01021770 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Epping Forest 010A |
| Grant Programme: Code | 2017/18 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Multiple Funding |
| Impact Category | Advance people's physical and mental health, wellbeing and safety |
| Last Modified | 2021-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 12 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2019-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2018-01-22T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | All Ages |
| Primary beneficiary | People with learning difficulties |
| Primary ethnicity | White |
| Primary issue | Health, wellbeing and serious illness |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1105063 |
| Recipient Org: Description | Lambourne End Centre for outdoor learning is a fantastic 54 acre classroom with the freedom to create a broadly inclusive atmosphere for learning. Our site contains a farm education centre with a range of traditional and rare-breed livestock; horticultural gardens; dedicated conservation areas; and a variety of adventurous activities including a 45ft climbing wall, swimming pool and underground caving system. Our range of activities include archery, teambuilding, pony & cart, caving, kayaking, raft building, farm tours, climbing/abseiling, ropes course over water, sensory trail, swimming, fencing, bush craft, pond dipping, goat shows and orienteering. Using a combination of adventure, farm and environmental activities with a residential provision, we provide alternative personal development opportunities for young people to look at the way they view themselves and the world in which they live in a safe, welcoming and stimulating outdoor environment. Our activities are designed to build people’s confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing, physical health, team work, life skills, self-awareness, independence, aspirations and help young people to fulfil their potential. Our aims and ethos are to: - to provide a safe, welcoming, interesting site, where people can explore our rural and alternative environment in innovative and stimulating ways. - to use our adventurous, farm and environmental facilities to provide bespoke programmes of activities focusing on personal development. - to build young people’s confidence, self-esteem, resilience, independence and life skills through team building activities, outdoor learning and practical hands-on experience. - to encourage people to feel a real sense of achievement and belonging. - to encourage young people to have fun discovering, build friendships, exchange views. - to promote healthy living by being outdoors and active. We work with over 13,000 young people each year, the majority of whom are aged 5-25 and in need of assistance in order to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities. Over 45% of the young people we work with are experiencing a significant health and wellbeing deficit, have poor soft skills, limited coping strategies such as resilience, or they are at a crisis point in their life. This is largely due to the following needs/issues: - being low or under achievers - having unstable family backgrounds, being moved around a lot, or living in care - having a disability, learning difficulty or additional needs - being at economic disadvantage, eg having free school meals - suffering from anxiety, depression, eating disorders or self-harming - being social drug users leading to mood swings - having a history of offending - being in a caring role for a family member or being a young parent, therefore not leading a normal childhood - suffering from bullying Ultimately this can result in young people being excluded, lacking skills to gain meaningful employment or getting into trouble with the law. They fall out of the systems lacking confidence, self-belief and motivation. This leads to: • Mental health issues such as depression, anxiety and self-harming. • Vulnerability to exploitation. • Becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) • Becoming involved in anti-social/challenging behaviour. • Withdrawing from community and society. Yet in our ‘54 acre classroom’ they relax, engage in positive activities, become active learners, develop socially and mentally, gain qualifications, and feel truly valued. Groups visiting the Centre come essentially from across Essex and East London but span the full range of youth organisations; primary and secondary schools, community groups and other charitable organisations, referral agencies working with excluded school children and NEETs, refugee groups, single parent groups, support networks for parents with disabled children. We aim to inspire people to make positive choices to benefit their lives and become active members of their communities. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://www.lambourne-end.org.uk |