The ClementJames Centre

Coordinates: 51°30′43″N 0°12′55″W / 51.5119°N 0.2153°W / 51.5119; -0.2153

The ClementJames Centre
Founded 1992[1]
Type Registered Charity
Location
Area served
 North Kensington
Key people
 Clare Richards MBE (Chief Executive)[2]
Revenue
 GBP £408,059 (2011)[1]
Website clementjames.org

The ClementJames Centre is a UK education charity (number 1009253)[1] based in North Kensington, a deprived area in London.

Adult Programmes

For disadvantaged adults, this includes ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), basic skills, advice and guidance and volunteering opportunities to adults with English as a second language; 100% of the higher level students in 2011 gained a university place or employment on completion of their course.

This is supplemented by an adult employment programme, Intowork, designed to break the cycle of generations of unemployment in the local population. The centre provides qualifications, coaching, job preparation and application support, and actual work experience. 75% of the participants in the first year of delivery (2011) are now in employment or training.

Youth programs

Its programmes for disadvantaged young people (aged 7–18) enable them to attain a university place or another career qualification. They provide sustained academic support, trained mentors, and workshops; in 2011, 81% of the 144 year 13 students secured a place at Higher Education, compared to 24% nationally (on free school meals). Since 2007, the youth programs have been run by a sibling organization, IntoUniversity.[3]

It also runs a summer arts programme, involving local children and young people in the preparations for the annual Notting Hill Carnival.[4]

Leadership

The charity's Chief Executive, Clare Richards MBE, received her award for work with this charity;.[5] She is also a co-founder and Trustee of IntoUniversity.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Charity Register entry". www.charity-commission.gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Borough residents honoured". Kensington & Chelsea Chronicle. Trinity Mirror Southern. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Charity Commission charity Framework entry for IntoUniversity". www.charity-commission.gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "ClementJames Centre". KCcentral. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "2011 Queen's Birthday Honours list: MBE". The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). 11 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "IntoUniversity Trustees". intouniversity.org. IntoUniversity. Retrieved 21 May 2012.

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