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  • Quilombo Marcus Cabeça (QMC) School of Capoeira: Sport as a tool for development

    Description

    A story that illustrates the transformative power of a sport like Capoeira for youth development.

    Borough:

    Kingston

    Organisation name:

    QMC School of Capoeira

    Topic:

    children and young people
    health and wellbeing
    sport

    Content type:

    workshop
    Banner that says 'sport as a tool for development'

  • Quilombo UK: The impact of the cost of living crisis

    Description

    Through detailed interviews with affected residents and supporting organisations, Quilombo UK exposes the challenges many face due to the cost-of-living crisis.

    Borough:

    Kingston

    Organisation name:

    Quilombo UK

    Topic:

    cost of living
    debt advice

    Content type:

    film
    Banner that reads "The Impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis"

  • Spitalfields City Farm: urban farming, community health, and belonging

    Description

    Farm volunteers tells what make this community strong and what policy changes they would like to see in relation to the space and others like it in the city.

    Borough:

    Tower Hamlets

    Organisation name:

    Spitalfields City Farm

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life

    Content type:

    short stories
    photographs
    Spitalfields City Farm donkey

  • St Matthew’s community garden: connecting with nature

    Description

    A regenerated community garden in Hackney is giving local families access to a welcoming green space.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    Cordwainers Grow, Round Chapel Old School Rooms, St Matthew’s Church

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people
    mental health

    Content type:

    photographs
    Woman gardening

  • St Matthew’s community garden: intergenerational connections

    Description

    The Hackney garden has developed into a safe space to form connections and grow fresh, healthy food.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    Cordwainers Grow, Round Chapel Old School Rooms, St Matthew’s Church

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people
    mental health

    Content type:

    photographs
    Children and adults gardening together

  • STEAMLabs: biodiversity champions

    Description

    Children explored biodiversity in STEAMLabs virtual aquarium and in their school’s meadow.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    STEAMLabs

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people

    Content type:

    newsletter
    magazine
    Children watch sea creatures in virtual aquarium

  • STEAMLabs: fashion against plastic

    Description

    Young scientists in Hackney make a fashion statement about single-use plastics.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    STEAMLabs

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Fabrics made out of single-use plastic

  • STEAMLabs: how do children feel about pollution?

    Description

    Primary school children from Hackney talked about how pollution makes them feel and expressed themselves through art.

    Borough:

    Hackney

    Organisation name:

    STEAMLabs

    Topic:

    environment
    children and young people

    Content type:

    photographs
    Artwork of a child crying due to pollution

  • Stories, Songs and Chat: Using community spaces to connect families with support

    Description

    Stories, Songs and Chat brings parents and carers together, connecting them with local services and support in a friendly, supportive space.

    Borough:

    Enfield

    Organisation name:

    Enfield Council
    0-5 Universal Therapies
    North Middlesex University Hospital

    Topic:

    children and young people
    community life

    Content type:

    film
    Children's library in Enfield

  • Surrey Square Primary School: proud to be more than a school

    Description

    The 'Old Kent Road Family Zone' fosters inclusion by ‘doing with’ and by being grounded in the belief that many solutions to challenges experienced by the community are already within the community itself.

    Borough:

    Southwark

    Organisation name:

    Surrey Square Primary School
    Old Kent Road Family Zone

    Topic:

    civil society
    community life
    children and young people

    Content type:

    film
    Children and parents playing together at Surrey Square Primary School playground

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