Annual Review 2018-19
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Annual Review 2018-19 A Charity developing young people through sport 2 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 3 I didn’t have a choice LETTER FROM in school but I had a choice with Greenhouse to OUR CHAIR become a player, a referee, an assistant coach, Looking back on the 12 months since I took a sports leader and mentor, on the Chairmanship, I am exceptionally a cyclist, a role model. proud of all of our staff, coaches and young people for so many fantastic achievements. What I truly value, is all the transferable skills The Greenhouse Centre, which opened in speak of the importance of our programmes Spring 2018 has gone through its first full year as a positive influence on some very challenged Greenhouse taught me, in operation, and it has been greatly rewarding lives. In the light of those challenges faced by to see the impact it is already having in the the areas we work in, it is positive to note the skills I simply wasn’t Church Street Ward and further afield. In the strength of Greenhouse Sports’ operations last academic year we had 1,877 people use and that we have never had a better set perceiving in the classroom. the Centre, and more than 2,200 through the of opportunities before us. We have an doors since we opened in April 2018. This has incredibly dedicated Trustee team that has When I thought of school, complemented our work supporting 6,787 been strengthened through the appointments young people through our school programmes. of Alexandra Willis, Jill Sherman and James I thought of Greenhouse, It was very rewarding in May this year to welcome Reynolds, while it is a great loss to accept the resignations of Penny Linnett and Jeff Berman the then Secretary of State for Education, it was my motivation to Damian Hinds MP, to the Centre to meet some after over 10 years of service. I look forward to behave, to get the best of our Coaches and young people and hear his their continued involvement with the charity in support for Greenhouse Sports, a report on other ways. grades, to be the best which you can read in this Annual Review. After three years of dedication to the cause not only at basketball This year we have seen numerous our excellent CEO John Herriman also took opportunities and recorded many highlights up a new opportunity in August. The journey but at thinking and of our young people expanding their horizons that Greenhouse Sports has travelled under through competitions and engaging with his leadership is significant; we took on analysis through sports. our corporate partners. Tennis Coach Jamie the Greenhouse Centre and have hugely Faint and his tennis programme at Clapton improved our governance processes and Girls Academy won the LTA’s National sustainability. We wish him all the best for Greenhouse taught me Education Award, while Barking Abbey’s his future endeavours. U14 Girls team contested the Final Four of There has been significant progress in our patience, it taught me the the National Schools Championship, a first fundraising in the last 12 months, but we for Greenhouse Sports. One of our much- continue to look for new partners and to further value of female sports. valued partners, Prudential, again provided increase our sustainability. Thank you to our a fabulous opportunity for nearly 50 young it taught me to value people, coaches and volunteers to take part supporters for enabling us to continue our mission of changing lives through sport and in RideLondon. and believe in myself. I look forward to your continued involvement There has been significant work to develop in the years to come. and further improve our model, building on the learnings from the research published A Greenhouse Sports participant by Loughborough University in 2017 which Clapton Girls’ Academy demonstrated the impact we have on improving educational attendance and attainment. Michael Sherwood At a time when a rise in youth violence is Chair of Trustee Board dominating headlines and youth services Image does not relate to the participant quoted are being cut, it is sadly little exaggeration to 4 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 5 SPOTLIGHT ON Jago is a huge figure to me - a father figure. He gives me advice about things in my life outside school. HARRIS PECKHAM To describe Coach Jago in 3 words, I would say inspirational, ambitious In just the first year of having a Greenhouse Sports and confident. Jago has boosted my programme, Coach Jago has made a notable mark on the confidence and pushed me on to do community of the school. better things, not just in sport but in music, and all other things in life. “Sport taught me not to give up so easily. Sport showed me you can be at the bottom but still My communication has improved push yourself to get to the top, no matter what a lot. This would be very different obstacles are in the way, you just jump over them.” if we spoke two years ago - Meet Ibrahim, I used to be really quiet. Ibrahim is a 15-year-old pupil at Harris Academy Peckham. His journey to basketball wasn’t a smooth one – he rejected taking basketball seriously from an Ibrahim’s positive personal development has not early age. He says, “I hated basketball because I was only been noticed by his coach and other teachers. really tall so everyone would tell me I should play, Following the success of the basketball team on the and that put me off.” Harris Federation Tournament, Ibrahim was invited to join the Harris Federation National Basketball When Coach Jago first met Ibrahim in Year 9, Ibrahim team – a huge accomplishment for someone in had already been noticed by other teachers for his their first year. disruptive behaviour. Jago’s earliest memories of Ibrahim were negative ones, however, since As a keen musician, dedicated basketball player, then, there has been a noticeable improvement in and mindful student, the future looks bright for Ibrahim’s demeanour, engagement and attention: Ibrahim. With his GCSEs coming up next year, we all have faith that with Coach Jago’s support, “When I first came to the school, Ibrahim was Ibrahim can tackle whatever comes his way. someone who was labelled as a destructive student. Now his teachers recognise in class that Jago, has made a notable mark on the community of he’s improved a huge amount; behaviour-wise he’s Harris Academy Peckham, in the school’s first year become a model student in and around the school. of having a Greenhouse Sports programme. Lisa Now you can see he’s changed and is a lot more Clifford, Deputy Head said: “The difference in getting focused, I look forward to him going on to year 11.” someone from outside of the school and a charity come into the school, provides a different sort of “I’m there every single day, Ibrahim knows mentor for the students, (Jago) is a different person when he comes to practice, the kind of standards they can go and see if they have any problems. And I set.” - Jago for the children involved it has given them something to focus on in and outside of the Academy. They Ibrahim attributes this positive shift within him to the are meeting and mixing with students they haven’t influence of Greenhouse Sports and particularly his met before, and the girls and the boys groups are relationship with his coach, even though he has only interlinked which is lovely to see.” been playing basketball with Coach Jago for one year, Names have been changed to preserve the anonymity of our participants. Photos do not relate to the case studies. 6 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 Greenhouse Sports Annual Review 2018-19 7 OVER WHY WE’RE 2.3 AND 33% MILLION OF ADULTS Londoners live below skip meals to save money NEEDED the poverty line so their children can eat22 In 2017 a report detailed • Risks for Mental Health • Rises in Knife Crime that in London alone 700,000 Young Londoners living in disadvantage: In recent years there has been a significant increase in knife crime and particularly youth knife crime across the children wake up every day in Have a higher likelihood of developing and UK and especially in London. experiencing mental health problems.6 poverty. The number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales Are more at risk of poor mental health, 17 7 last year was the highest since records began in 1946. More recent reports claim that this figure has only low self-esteem and depression. worsened and London has the highest rate of poverty Police statistics show that 41% of those being caught 1 Poor mental health can be both a cause and and inequality in the UK. 8 for knife crimes across London’s boroughs are now consequence of disadvantage and inequality. 18 aged between 15 and 19 The young people that Greenhouse Sports works with Children in the lowest income quintile are 4.5 times In 2018, figures from the mayor’s office showed that face many challenges as London’s most disadvantaged. more likely to experience severe mental health young black and minority ethnic teenage boys and The scale of the problem: problems than those in the highest. This gap has 9 men were disproportionately affected by knife crime, significantly widened over the last decade. 19 as both victims and perpetrators. • The Poverty Trap Are four times more likely to fight or bully others.