Goals: To encourage children aged five to 11 to engage positively with education and, in the long run, improve attendance and achievement in mainstream schools
Funding: 24,952 from the Children's Fund
Contact: Liz Law, project manager, liz@lawtc.freeserve. co.uk
Homework is a chore for most young people but Traveller children in Cumbria cannot wait to jump on the bus that takes them to their after-school club.
"We are oversubscribed," says Liz Law, the project manager. "We can only take 10 children on board but there are 37 at one site." The club was set up after parents at two Traveller sites in Cumbria said they wanted educational support for their children. Help with homework and the provision of constructive activities out of school hours were identified as key needs.
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