Tower Hamlets Summer University
| Founded | 1995 |
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| Founder | Michael Young |
| Type | Charitable organisation |
| Focus | Youth work |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Executive Director: Sarah Davies Chair: Susie Meggitt Patron: A. Dee (Artful Dodger) Patron: Baroness Kennedy Patron: Deian Hopkin Patron: Benjamin Zephaniah Patron: Dame Marlene Robottom Patron: Gerard Lemos Patron: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Patron: Dizzee Rascal |
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Employees
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Approx. 25 |
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Volunteers
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Approx. 200 |
| Website | futureversity.org |
Tower Hamlets Summer University (THSU) is a British charity in the Tower Hamlets area of London which offers independent learning programs for people from 11 to 25 years of age. It rebranded to the name Futureversity in 2010.
THSU runs short courses, typically two to five days long on a non-residential basis, are provided free of charge to young people aged 11 to 25 across the borough of Tower Hamlets during school holidays. Courses cover such subjects as Careers in the City, The Trading Floor, Photography, Driving Theory, First Aid, Maths without Calculators, Jewellery Design and Making, Bollywood Dance, Film Making, Kick & Thai Boxing, Cricket, Tourism and Psychology.
Through one of the courses offered by THSU Nang! is produced.
Summer Uni London was a project commissioned to THSU by the Department for Education and Skills to develop other Summer Unis across London through training, support and resources.
A successful employment programme for unemployed 16- to 25-year-olds.
THSU promotes youth volunteering including (but not limited to) participating in the Nang! project, as a Summer Uni Peer, or by joining FAB.
Up to 40 volunteers (aged 16–25) volunteer to support the holiday programmes as Peer Motivators or Team Leaders.
The trustee board is informed by a Youth Advisory Group who represent the views of young people to the board. Two young people from this group also sit on the board of trustees.
Tower Hamlets Summer University was piloted in 1995 to help reduce youth crime in the borough during the summer holiday period. Since then, the charity has grown and inspired many other boroughs to pilot Summer Unis in London and across the UK
In 1993, Lord Young of Dartington commissioned a research project to find out why youth crime increased each summer. The research concluded with a number of recommendations regarding summer provision for young people in the borough.
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