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Letter from Xavier Bosch (RO Chief Executive)
Most of us at some stage want to make a difference. Hundreds of people have achieved this through ReachOut! and had a huge impact on the lives of many children and young people living in areas which government statistics using multiple indices identify as areas of high deprivation. |
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Interviewing Jack Bond (Soccer School Manager)  Meet Jack! - the ReachOut! Soccer School Project Manager and youngest full-time member of the London team. Each week Jack engages over 100 secondary school kids with maths, English and, of course, football. Read more about how he got involved, the diffences a mentor can make to the children and his favourite thing about working for ReachOut! |
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Tshepo goes to St John’s Primary School in Wythenshawe. ReachOut! have worked with St John’s for several years; it is a school where 25% of children have English as an additional language and where eligibility for free school meals is high (Ofstead 2010). Tshepo is in Year 3 and was referred to us as he needed help concentrating and recognising words and sounds from text. “It’s so much fun mentoring Tshepo” says his mentor, Maeve, who studies at the University of Manchester. Tshepo agreed, saying that mentoring gave him energy and strength for his learning, as well as making it exciting. He told us “I want to do it everyday!” |
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The newsletter which you now hold in your hands (or more likely appearing on your screen!) illustrates the generosity of people who in many different ways, big and small, have given up something for someone. 
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ReachOut! Week 2011 came to a close earlier last month. It was a resounding success, with over £4, 700 raised. Our fantastic volunteers raised the most cash in recent years by doing everything from a huge sponsored walk to local cake sales.
Reachout! Charity Cup 2011 Tournament went again third year running which this year was on the 25th February 2011.
Over 30 young people from ReachOut! got a taste of working life at Nando’s busy Oxford Road Store and an accredited OCN qualification in Interview and Application techniques was also on the menu as part of a new series of employment workshops which are now part of the services offered by ReachOut! 
Suzanne Mitchell and Javi Segarra have beaten of stiff competition to undertake a unique two month placement at ReachOut! this March and April. The two have won places on Vodafone’s national World of Difference program, which generously foots the bill for two months of work at a charity of your choice. 
On Monday 21st February four year 11 students who attend an Enabling Enterprise course run by ReachOut! in Hackney, had the chance to find out about careers at an exciting event. Enabling Enterprise, the non-profit community organisation that aims to motivate students and provide an insight into employment opportunities, ran the afternoon at UBS. 
A group of ReachOut! Mentees had the opportunity to visit Fulham FC, thanks to Barclays Wealth, one of the sponsors of the ReachOut! Soccer School. They had the opportunity to meet Fulham players and his coach. The boys had a great day as did all the accompanying adults.
During the dreary month of January, a team of Junior Mentors from Manchester Enterprise Academy and Our lady’s High School brought a mixture of fun and learning to the year 6 pupils from Rackhouse Primary School and Harpur Mount Primary School.
Y6 girls on the ReachOut! Mentoring Project at Shacklewell School in Hackney interviewed their mentors to find out exactly what it is they do in their spare time, where they went to school and anything else they wanted to know! Read on to find out Rachel's favourite place in the world and her most embarrasing moment!
