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We were very sorry to hear of the death on 1 January of Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company.
SITC worked closely with Camila, who attended Sherborne School for Girls, over several years. Sherborne House in Bermondsey was one of the main centres for Kids Company, and hosted a wide range of activities, workshops and therapy sessions up until the charity’s closure in 2015. Camila was an inspirational leader who made a big impact on everyone she met. She will be remembered for her innovative work with thousands of young people, her passionate advocacy for vulnerable children and her formidable fundraising skills. She was also very good company and was a pleasure to work with. We send our condolences to her family and friends and to all those she worked with during her unique career. James Nurton Chair, SITC
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Sherborne In The Community is once again inviting applications for grants from eligible charities. Applications must be made by 31 January 2024 and funding decisions will be made in March 2024. Applications are invited for sums of up to £6,000 by charities working with disadvantaged young people in London.
Applications should include the information listed below and be sent by email to SITC Chair James Nurton at [email protected] by the deadline. Please see the Grants section of the site for more information. At their recent meeting, the trustees decided to make grants to the following charities, all of whom work with young people in London:
Eat Club Grief Encounter Ministry of Stories Sal’s Shoes Welcare We were very impressed with the range of applications received this year, but sadly were not able to support all of the charities that applied. Each year, Sherborne in the Community invites applications from eligible charities for grants of up to £6,000. The grants are financed from our annual income and reserves. Grants can be designed for specific projects or, in certain circumstances, as contributions towards core activities. The trustees decide which applications to support following a rigorous process that includes consideration of the submissions, interviews, feedback and discussion. We are pleased to have established long-term relationships with some charities, having supported them over several years. We welcome opportunities to find out more about the activities of grant recipients through reporting, visits and follow-up activities. We plan to open up the next grant application process in autumn 2023. Details will be announced on this website in due course. We are also looking at other ways that we can support charities working with young people in London and hope to make an announcement in the next few weeks. Sherborne in the Community is delighted to announce that Chris Thompson has joined the trustees and will become Treasurer.
Chris is an Old Shirburnian (Abbeylands, 1972-6). He has recently retired having spent most of his career in the oil and gas industry, and lives in Hampton, Middlesex. He has been involved with various charities over a number of years. Chris takes over from Alison Nurton, who has stepped down as a trustee. We are very grateful for her contribution to Sherborne in the Community over the past few years, and in particular for overseeing the finances, and wish her well for the future. We are also grateful to Angus Cater who served as interim Treasurer for the past year. Angus remains a trustee. We are always looking for new trustees to help us in our mission to support young people in London by identifying and supporting relevant charities. If you would like to find out more, please contact us.  We last reported how some of the charities we supported in 2019/20 had to adapt to make the most of remote working. We're really pleased to share a few highlights to promote the great work they've been able to deliver.
YUAF Performs Young Urban Art Foundation's mission is to empower the lives of young people by strengthening mental well-being through creativity, ensuring every young person is seen, heard & celebrated. Take a look at their incredible work in their December 2020 Showcase. They've also collaborated with Big Zuu to produce the Great To Be (Remix). They have some great online workshops coming up in 2021 to continue their fantastic work. Ministry of Stories - Hackney Tales Here's an update on their incredible work Although our anniversary year and ‘Hackney Tales’ flagship project did not go as planned we couldn’t be prouder of our young people, volunteers and staff team. All of whom have shown remarkable resilience and who have adapted at a drop of a hat to their change in circumstances. As a result of our Writing Programme Leaders’ quick thinking and close relationships with our young people, their families and local schools we were able to launch a remote offer within four weeks of our writing centre’s closure that young people were able to access from home. We have been blown away by the response to our virtual programme, which has seen 84% of our community children engaging online through our zoom writing labs, and been humbled by the feedback we have received from families on the difference it has made during the schools’ closures. We have also gone very low-tech and sent 100% of young writers in our community lab a suite of ‘letterbox surprises’ through their front door to support their imaginations and writing at home. Inside You may Expect The Ordinary, is a collaborative poem written by the children and young people who took part in our virtual Community Writing Labs ahead of the summer holidays. In keeping with the collaborative spirit of the poem, we asked the Ministry of Stories' team to all take part in reading it - to say a big thank you to our volunteers and young people for their positivity, grit and boundless imagination during this difficult time. You can check out our reading here. This has been and continues to be a difficult year for everyone, not least our grant applicants who applied in 2019. Whilst some charities that we have supported have had no choice but to delay their work programmes many have been able to adapt to working remotely with their young clients and continuing to give support or training. SITC Trustees have been keen to encourage flexible approaches to service delivery amongst our charities or to agree to hold over grants until normal operations can be resumed.
At our latest meeting on October 15th we received a report from DePaul about the efforts that they have made to continue their service provision. Despite having to close Sherborne House for a period they were able to adapt their services and also to undertake new forms of support-including accepting the running of a Travel Lodge hotel to house 170 homeless people! In 2019 we received the largest number of grant applications in the history of Sherborne in the Community. This gave the trustees a tough task with many interviews and visits. There is some incredible work going on in London to help those needing support and it was a privilege to hear about this work in person. The result of the process in 2019 was 6 recipients receiving grants totalling around £23,000.
GRANTS FOR 2021 We are looking forward to receiving new applications for grants for 2021. The window for applications opens on 1st December 2020 and lasts until 31st January 2021. Anyone interested in making application should do so following the guidance provided under the Grants section of this website. Although our anniversary year and ‘Hackney Tales’ flagship project did not go as
planned we couldn’t be prouder of our young people, volunteers and staff team. All of whom have shown remarkable resilience and who have adapted at a drop of a hat to their change in circumstances. As a result of our Writing Programme Leaders’ quick thinking and close relationships with our young people, their families and local schools we were able to launch a remote offer within four weeks of our writing centre’s closure that young people were able to access from home. We have been blown away by the response to our virtual programme, which has seen 84% of our community children engaging online through our zoom writing labs, and been humbled by the feedback we have received from families on the difference it has made during the schools’ closures. We have also gone very low-tech and sent 100% of young writers in our community lab a suite of ‘letterbox surprises’ through their front door to support their imaginations and writing at home. Inside You may Expect The Ordinary, is a collaborative poem written by the children and young people who took part in our virtual Community Writing Labs ahead of the summer holidays. In keeping with the collaborative spirit of the poem, we asked the Ministry of Stories' team to all take part in reading it - to say a big thank you to our volunteers and young people for their positivity, grit and boundless imagination during this difficult time. You can check out our reading here.  Our final grant in 2018 was to Leap - they are an award-winning national charity that works with young people aged 11-25 who are struggling with conflict. Leap’s vision is that every young person in conflict has a route to positive support that can transform their opportunities.
This grant helped to fund ten young people from Depaul to attend Leap’s three-day Leadership course. The Leadership course is part of Leap’s flagship community-based programme, Improving Prospects, designed to give young people an insight into the causes and consequences of conflict, as well as develop their capabilities and confidence to manage personal ad interpersonal conflict. The Leadership element is a three-day course focused on young people’s understanding and self-awareness of conflict, specifically in relation to choices and responsibilities. Young people learn to recognise negative influences and behaviours and set immediate goals for change. They also benefit from intensive and personalised one-to-one sessions with project staff before, during and after training. These increase engagement, deepen learning and support progression. Courses are delivered in partnership with other organisation already working with hard-to-reach young people. Improving Prospects helps young people to transform their lives: 90% of graduates feel that Leap has made a positive difference to where they are in their lives one year after taking part. A recent study (undertaken by Brathay Trust Research Hub) involved analysis of data for 92 young people who took part in Improving Prospects between March 2016 and February 2017, and follow-up interviews with 35 graduates. • 83% agreed that Improving Prospects helped them to learn how to resolve conflict • 80% had succeeded in resolving conflict since graduation, and 71% had helped others involved in conflict • 91% will continue to use what they have learnt to manage conflict in their lives • 78% agreed that training helped them make positive choices about relationships, friendships and networks • 89% were more engaged in education, employment or training compared with 74% at the start • 80% agreed that training had helped them to make progress in achieving their goals The third group supported in 2018 through our grants was The Big House. They have a simple mission: ‘To enable care leavers and at risk young people to fulfil their potential.’ The grant was made to support year-round drop-in workshops. Through these, they aim to create an open, supportive (and fun!) environment which gives young people the opportunity to develop their skills, boost their self-confidence, and meet their peers (very important when working with isolated young people). The Open House Project (OHP) is an intensive 12 week project of drama participation, life and employment skills, literacy, counselling, and help to recognise and regulate emotions. S, a Big House Member, describes the difference that drop-ins made to her: “Having open discussions within the group challenged me on my personal responsibility and made me question some of my past choices and behaviour. Slowly but very slowly I opened up about some of my past and after other people spoke about their experiences I opened up about mine. The workshops helped me to get out of my shell –everyone grows together and it’s a little bit like a family. It took me a lot of workshops to get involved in the improvisations, but I would take part in the warm up games. By the time the OHP started I wasn’t as closed up, and in the first week I started talking to people more and participating fully in all of the workshops.” Of the young people who have taken part in the Open House Project to date:
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