Community Cohesion

GCSE Family Language Project: An extended school programme which empowers both children and their parents

Empowering Learning’s GCSE Language Project is a unique programme.

Children with only speaking and listening skills in their home language; adults with little formal education; adults who lack the confidence to join ESOL classes; parents nervous about approaching school; all have been shown to blossom in these classes.

The programme initially ran in Hackney, where Turkish-speaking children were underachieving. It is now also firmly established in Islington. Feedback from schools and parents is overwhelmingly positive.

Empowering Learning has set up similar projects for Bengali, French, Persian and Somali speakers and is preparing similar programmes, focussing on hard to reach families across London.

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If you think your school community could benefit, please contact Lynne Hannigan at Empowering Learning on 0207 739 1144 or at lynne.hannigan@empowering-learning.co.uk