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da Vision's
Inclusion Project aims to work with young people who are at risk
of, or have been excluded from, mainstream education and wider society.
It will also work with their parents/carers, schools and other organisations
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Research shows
that, in spite of a recent improvement in exclusion statistics for
African-Caribbean boys, they are still over-represented in school
exclusions. With only 15 per cent of permanently excluded young
people reintegrated into mainstream school, successful transition
into adulthood, employment and independence for most of these young
people is unlikely unless positive intervention is put in place.
da Vision is setting up a long term project targeted at young people
who are in danger of exclusion from school, or who have already
been excluded.
 Research
Into Exclusion |
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 When
I think of youth crime, I imagine standing by a fast-flowing river.
There are people struggling in the water and more coming down with
the current. Do you go in and rescue the ones you can see or do
you run up the bank to see who is throwing them in?
— Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police |
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This is a long
term project which will need a lot of prayer, research, planning,
commitment and funding. It is developing in stages:
 Evening/weekend workshops
with those in danger of exclusion
Day sessions for those
excluded from school
Preventative sessions
for those at risk of exclusion
Weekend workshops
for parents
Referrals will be made from schools, PRUs, LEAs, Connexions, YIP,
YOT, etc.
We will be able to offer a service to parents so that they don’t
have to take time off work when their children are suspended. Also,
schools will be able to send students to us rather than having to
suspend or exclude them. |
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How
to Reach 'Hard to Reach' Children: Improving Access, Participation
and Outcomes
This
book addresses core underlying difficulties affecting young people
in the community and in schools, relating to underachievement, disengagement
and school avoidance. It explores the consequences of school exclusion
and the practices that can enhance the inclusion of pupils with
social, emotional and behavioural needs. It offers new and creative
approaches to promoting multi-agency teamwork in relation to looked
after children, refugees and asylum seekers and those with challenging
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young people and their families. It gives a powerful insight as
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who are hard to see, hard to find, hard to engage, hard to manage,
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A report for
the Mayor of London highlighted the fact that it has been clear
for some years that Britain’s education system is failing
to give black boys the start in life which they, and their parents,
are entitled to expect.
How
Schools Fail Black Boys |
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Is it all too
easy for politicians and the media to blame gangsta rappers for
the fact that young people carry guns and knives? Could it be that
the alienated youths that do so have been far more influenced by
other factors such as poor education or family breakdown?
Taking
the Rap? |
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Violent crime
including gang welfare and the use of firearms affects many urban
communities, with a growing number of alarming incidents reported
in the media. Churches often struggle to find appropriate ways to
respond to these crises and the pastoral needs that arise from them.
God
and the Gangs |
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