AnnuAl Review 2015 - XLP

WORKING TO Create positive Futures for young people

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WE ARE

Creating positive futures for young people living in the inner city, and making a serious and sustainable impact on Poverty and Educational failure

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founder’s message On the 14th September 2015, over one hundred young people marched from an estate in inner London, to pay their respects to their murdered friend - Mohammed ‘Moe’ Dura-Ray. Flowers were laid, candles lit, prayers said, close to where it all happened. Moe is not the first young person I know who has been stabbed and killed there. Tears of grief flowed freely from family and friends as they walked and talked about Moe. I have sat with more mothers than I can bear, grieving the violent loss of their children, and walked the long walk with them over the years as they try and make sense of what has happened. You see, there are some amazing and remarkable children, young people and families living in our inner cities with incredible potential, but that potential is often overwhelmed by a pervasive sense of fear, a lack of hope for anything different, and an ‘I’ve got nothing to lose’ mentality. That is the culture where gangs, criminality and violence can spread like a disease.

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The cure for this disease? A culture of strong and positive relationships that encourage confidence and security, where hope and aspiration run wild, and where young people can use their imaginations to set goals and know how to work hard to achieve them. That’s what XLP is about; seeing that culture become reality - creating positive futures for young people. For nearly 20 years, working with them in their schools and pupil referral units, on their estates, and with their families, we’ve seen children and young people growing up in some of the ‘most challenging’ and broken inner-city communities make courageous and exciting decisions to change and, in doing so, also change those around them. I am so proud of Shayleigh, who has emerged from being bullied to find self-esteem and confidence, and an apprenticeship with Snow Camp! Of Tex, for dealing with the anger from being stabbed and the violent death of his cousin, and choosing a different path. Of Glitch, for so courageously finding peace with her past, and discovering a new sense of hope and purpose. These young people are ‘culture changers’; together with them we can see this new culture becoming a reality for the next generation. Thank you so much to you all for continuing to support us and enabling us to make this long-term commitment to thousands of children and young people; your help is truly changing lives.

Patrick Regan OBE Founder and Chief Executive Officer of XLP 5

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Educational support Helping young people to have the opportunity to learn well regardless of life’s challenges: staying in school, working hard, gaining qualifications and feeling proud of their achievements.


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The Department for Education reported that 4,950 children and young people were permanently excluded from state-funded schools in 2013/2014 in the UK (on average around 26 per day) and that there were 269,480 fixed-period exclusions during this time (around 1,420 per day). Boys are around 3 times more likely to receive an exclusion than girls, and students with special educational needs (SEN) statements are around 9 times more likely than those without SEN. Students on free schools meals (FSM) are around 4 times more likely. Over 60% of permanent exclusions are given to those aged between 12 to14 years of age. Source: Department of Education Statistical First Release - Permanent and Fixed Term Exclusions in England 2013 to 2014

The children who are often most affected are those growing up in the midst of broken/absent parental relationships, low income/unemployment, and with low selfconfidence and zero aspiration. As a result they underachieve and struggle at school, develop adverse behaviours and make poor choices. Not getting a good education has a devastating and often life-long negative impact on a young person and their family. Statistics clearly demonstrate that a young person who either fails in, or is excluded from, their education, and is living in an area where gangs are prevalent and drugs commonplace, is far more likely to become involved in anti-social behaviour, criminality and gangs. For this reason, XLP works with local families and schools to support and encourage young people to stay in education, to work hard, and to gain qualifications. During the last year, XLP has worked in over 40 schools and pupil referral units across inner London, delivering: • Literacy and numeracy in-class support • Lunch clubs as safe, fun places to be that explore ethics and behaviours • Assemblies addressing a wide variety of relevant topics • Individual and group mentoring • Specialist lessons/group sessions exploring a range of subjects such as Image & Identity, Poverty, Anger Management and Online Safety.

students 913 Special Lessons and Academic Support Sessions 332 Lunch & After-School Club Sessions 305 Schools/prus 20

“Educational failure can have a catastrophic impact on a child’s life chances and opportunities. Not only is it an injustice harming the outcomes of those children affected, it represents an economic and social strain on the whole of society that creates and perpetuates cycles of disadvantage. Children leaving school with few or no meaningful qualifications are less likely to enter into and progress in work and less likely to be able to support the learning of their own children.” Source: Requires Improvement - The causes of educational failure by the Centre for Social Justice

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xl-r8 community bus project Helping young people to find a trusted relationship: a rolemodel who listens, supports and encourages them.


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The XL-R8 Community Bus Project has been at the heart of XLP’s community work on inner-city estates for over 12 years. Two (soon to be three) specially modified double decker buses travel to 17 of the 24 inner-London estates where XLP work every week, targeting areas where there is too little or no youth work provision available. Complementing our work in schools and with families, the bus project is where children and young people growing up on an inner-city estate come to find help and advice, a safe place to be and a sympathetic ear, alongside access to computers, games consoles, a music studio, chill out space, cooking facilities and lessons, and arts & crafts areas. Each session is staffed by teams of experienced youth workers and volunteers who, through the various mentoring and small group activities, encourage the young people to develop positive behaviours and life skills, raise their self-confidence, remain in education and set goals. Local volunteers help with the project and some of the young people lead supervised activities and, in doing so, offer themselves as positive role models to their peers. In addition to the after-school clubs hosted on the bus, sports activities and detached youthwork takes place around the bus and young people are regularly invited to XLP summer-camps and excursions (bushcraft weekends and mountain treks) providing what is often the only ‘holiday’ they have ever experienced and broadening their horizons. Over 70% of regular attendees to XLP Community and Mentoring projects show improvements in their behaviours.

“The reason I to go to the XLP bus is because everyone is friendly; the staff make you feel welcome. They help me with my social skills and they made me choose the right path to stay out of trouble and be a role model to others who are younger to set a good example.” Kevin, Newham

Significant Positive Change 70%* young people (attendance) 1854 young people (regular) 392 estates 18 sessions 542 vounteers 75 *children and young people who show a significant improvement in attitudes and behaviours.

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arts project Helping young people to develop self-esteem, learn to express themselves well, set goals and work hard to achieve them.

XLP has been working with young people using the performing arts and staging Arts Showcase events in London for over 16 years. The 1-2-1 and small group mentoring throughout the creative rehearsal and performance process helps to instil a sense of discipline, provide a positive activity focus and build self-confidence - ultimately contributing to improved educational achievement, behaviours and social attitudes. Rather than simply copying celebrities, the young people are encouraged to express the challenges they face and to tell their stories through their chosen art form. The project works with hundreds of young people referred from schools and PRUs across the London boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Islington and Camden. XLP Annual Review 2015

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“XLP Arts has been the best! I have met some incredible people who have inspired me. Now I know I can achieve all of my future goals - all I need to do is stay focussed and try!” Lilly-Jo, Camden

The individual borough showcase events bring families, teachers and young people from local schools, and inner-city communities together to celebrate the achievements and talent of their young people. The best acts from each borough then perform in the annual Grand Showcase Final, helping communities to overcome postcode tensions and celebrating different cultural traditions.

forms - such as singing and dancing - delivered by specialist coaches. This offers additional performance opportunities for some of the more accomplished artists. The Life and Opportunity Skills Stream provides a series of sessions and workshops that help to equip the beneficiaries with a rounded set of life-skills. Sessions will focus on topics such as communication, time management, organisation, problem solving, conflict and stress, confidence, applying for jobs and training, interviews and CV development. This will help the young people access training, internships, apprenticeships and employment.

At this year’s Showcase Final in the Mermaid Theatre, eighteen acts including rock bands, solo singers, musical theatre artists, pianists, drama groups, dancers and a poet, ranging in age from eleven to nineteen, took to the stage. The applause was tremendous for every act and the encouragement phenomenal.

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Our thanks go to ‘Fire Exit’ (rock/blues), ‘Mr. Mad’s’ (hilarious drama), Abigail (singer), Kassie (Singer), Nathan (dancer), Tschissola (poet), Melissa (singer), ‘Triple Diamond’ (group), Olivia (musical theatre), Gabs (singer), Gemma & Bayleigh (drama), Holly (dancer), Daniel (piano), Leah (singer), Trey (singer/musician) and Lois (musical theatre). And thank you to the hundreds of others who auditioned, rehearsed and performed at local showcases, and the faithful volunteers.

young people (attendance) 480 young people (regular) 145 volunteers 79

The XLP Arts Project also encourages those participating in the Arts Showcase Stream to engage with two other streams of activity beyond the showcases.

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The Performance Development Stream provides courses and workshops associated with particular art

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glitch’s story I grew up as part of a large family on an estate in Peckham with my mum and 14 siblings. My memories of growing up are mainly being in and out of hospital as I suffered from epilepsy. I didn’t meet my dad until I was 7 years old and I’ve never felt like he was my dad; he has a gambling addiction and alcohol problems so we didn’t see him during the day but he’d sometimes stumble in at night. I rarely saw my mum as she worked full-time and wasn’t able to visit me in hospital. One day, after a big argument, she packed my stuff and told me she didn’t want me at home anymore, so I took my suitcase and left. Leaving home and becoming homeless is a lot to take in when you’re 15. It doesn’t get better or easier; you just learn to cope. I spent my sixteenth and seventeenth birthday in a hostel. I felt very alone. I would often try to stay close to where my family lived so that I felt like I was still at home. I was so scared that I’d get stabbed, shot, or go missing. I didn’t think anyone would care or remember me. I hated who I was. Things got worse. I got kicked out of school and started doing drugs when I went to college. My self-worth was at rock bottom; ammunition to bullies who threw things in my face and tripped me in the corridors. I had to leave the hostel when I turned 18 as I was considered an ‘adult’. I had no experience of work and struggled to find employment. I couldn’t rent anywhere on an unstable income and so I was forced back into being homeless. The first time I heard about XLP was when their Arts Director told me about the Arts Showcase project and I decided to enter. I decided to try spoken word and when I performed my first poem the judges loved it! For the first time I felt like I was part of something again and I felt valued. It didn’t seem to matter about my background, the position I was in, or what I’d been through in the past. I decided to talk to him about how bad things had become and he immediately started to look for places for me to stay. One of the XLP staff and his wife said that they had a room available for a short time and that I could stay with them for a while. I knew it was temporary, so I didn’t go out; I saved up money and worked as hard as I could so I was ready for when they asked me to leave. The day that I was supposed to go, they told me that I could stay on a permanent basis. That was the turning point that changed my life. I realised that I didn’t have to worry about where I was going to stay anymore, I didn’t have to worry about food and I didn’t have to walk everywhere anymore. It was that level of stability that made me feel like I was human again. I’m at peace with my past now. I’m proud of things I’ve achieved. I would never sweep my difficult experiences under the carpet because those experiences made me who I am today. If I’d never gone through them I’d still be that girl with no self-esteem or voice and I would never have found poetry. Before XLP, I felt like my life was going nowhere and it didn’t matter to me whether it went anywhere or not. What makes XLP different is that they don’t forget you. If you share your passions and where you need to go and where you want to go, they’ll help you get there. XLP restored my sense of hope and faith and I feel like a more complete person now. I’m not rich and I don’t have loads of friends or money but I have myself back and I wouldn’t ask for anything else. It’s the best gift anyone can give you.


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“I have myself back and I wouldn’t ask for anything else. Thank you for not forgetting me.”

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mentoring

Helping vulnerable young people to find a trained mentor who will encourage them to make positive choices: to stay in education and succeed, not to become involved in gang culture, and to set goals and work hard to achieve them.


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XLM National (National Mentoring Training) XLP has trained over 100 other organisations across the UK to set up and operate mentoring projects focussed on helping at-risk vulnerable young people who are struggling with life’s challenges.

“The change in my son over the past year has been amazing! It’s like having a new person around who is positive, helpful and determined.” Melissa, mother of mentee XLP has been operating its XL-Mentoring Project since 2008. Focussed specifically on at-risk young people aged 11-18 who are on the verge of exclusion or have been excluded from school, and/or are at risk of involvement or already involved in gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour, the project has proven highly effective in supporting young people who are facing emotional, behavioural and relational challenges. Deployed across the boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets, the young people are referred to the project by their schools, pupil referral units, youth services and the police.

Young People (Mentees) 277 mentors 321 referring agencies 28 Significant Positive Change 92%* Since XLM started in 2009

XLP recruits, trains, monitors and supervises mentors who live in the local community. They are then matched with a referred young person and commit to providing two hours of face-to-face time each week for a minimum of 12 months. A full-time and highly experienced co-ordinator is employed in each borough to manage up to 25 active mentoring relationships and support the mentors, mentees and families throughout the process. This is particularly valuable in the early months of the relationship and when any challenges arise. The stories of lives changed through this project are truly amazing and show what a significant and lasting difference a mentor can make to a young person’s life. Over 90%* of beneficiaries have either remained in school, or returned to school, and are doing well after 12 months with a mentor. *children and young people who remained in or returned to education/training 15

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Camden

Islington

CITY

Hackney

Tower Hamlets

Newham

Greenwich Lambeth

Southwark Lewisham

Current boroughs potential future boroughs


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XLp’s outcomes XLP is working to create positive futures for young people living in the inner city and make a serious and sustainable impact on poverty and educational failure. We want to see young people with:

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A raised sense of self-worth, self-esteem and increased educational achievement that helps them confidently and positively contribute to society.

Fresh goals and the desire to work hard to achieve them, with the ability to make wise lifestyle choices.

Positive attitudes and behaviour towards their communities: their families, peers, local residents, teachers and the police.

BOROUGHS PROJECTS

SOUTHWARK

TOWER HAMLETS

LEWISHAM

NEWHAM

GREENWICH

ISLINGTON

CAMDEN

SCHOOL LESSONS SCHOOL CLUBS LITERACY AND NUMERACY SUPPORT ARTS SHOWCASE

XL-R8 COMMUNITY BUS X-MOBILE COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS SPORTS SUMMER CAMPS

XL - MENTORING

TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

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x-mobile Helping some of the hardest to reach ‘older’ young people engage with the support they need to make wise choices and work towards a positive future.


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In 2008 XLP, EMI, MTV and the Met Police collaborated to create the X-Mobile studio. Converted from an old police riot van as part of MTV’s ‘Pimp My Ride’ TV show this superbly equipped mobile recording studio works in schools, pupil referral units and on estates. Its upkeep is now generously supported by Universal Music Group. The project operates with small groups during the van sessions. Young people are encouraged to express the struggles that they face through their music and learn how to use recording, editing and production equipment. These sessional activities allow our specialist youth workers to develop trusted relationships with the young people so that they can begin to address the behavioural, educational and emotional challenges many of them face on a daily basis.

Young people 142 sessions 107

Over two-thirds of those who are engaged with the project are involved with gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour. Many of the young people have used the project as a reference to help them get back into education, training or employment this year and have refrained from anti-social behaviour since becoming involved with the project.

estates/PRUs 15 Positive Change 73 young people* *Not involved in ASB and accessing training/employment 19

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XLP Sports In 2010 we established the XLP Sports Project. Using football as a means of engaging young people living on inner city estates, the project offers them mentoring alongside structured football training and coaching. Each week a team of football coaches host a number of training sessions on seven estates, and organise matches, tournaments and discussion groups that explore the challenges the young people face. Discussions include topics such as attitude and behaviour, learning how to work positively with each other, crime and anti-social behaviour and how to set achievable goals. Repeat attendance levels at the training sessions are very high and behavioural changes are quickly evident when a young person joins the project. The goal of the project is to see young people achieve a raised sense of respect for themselves and others, and a determination to work hard to achieve their goals through participation in sports training activities. The young people are encouraged to become qualified FA Level 1 coaches and then to volunteer to coach their peers on other estates. Local volunteers also work alongside XLP staff helping with the training sessions. In addition to the football activities, survival weekends and climbing expeditions to Snowdon are organised to broaden the horizons of the young people. These activities encourage trust and are the only time many of the young people will leave their estates during the year.


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“I’ve learnt loads about myself - what I’m good at and what I can achieve if I stay focussed. Thank you XLP!’ - Sam, Lewisham

Young people 164 sessions 180 tournaments 6 estates 13 21

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Tex’s story

Patrick Regan OBE, Tex and some other XLP young people chat with The Duchess of Cambridge on the X-Mobile Van


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“Because of XLP I want to connect more with young people in my community. It’s helped me with my music and school, and has encouraged me to make better life choices.”

I first heard about XLP in 2013. I was on my way home and I bumped into Ethan, the youth worker on the X-Mobile van project. At the time I wasn’t really sure about music so I kept saying that I’d come the next week. One day I actually came and recorded something. That’s when everything started happening and me and Ethan have built up a positive relationship since then. Before the van, I never really did anything. I was constantly in trouble at school and got into fights a lot because I had anger issues, but XLP has helped change that. The first time that I went to the van I recorded a song I’d written about my cousin who was murdered. Ethan heard the lyrics and we started talking about it. I’ve realised that music can help me to release things that used to make me angry because once I write a song, the feelings I had go into it. If anyone is feeling the way I was when I wrote the song, they can listen to it and relate to it. They know there’s someone out there who understands how they feel. I’ve also started making more friends because of the van. When I first started going there was only me and four other people but the next time there were fifteen of us, and even more people have started coming now. It’s created a social network; we’re gaining new friends. Now I speak to people who I would not have spoken to before and when we see each other the first thing that will come up is “are you going to the van?”. I see Ethan as a big brother and everyone who comes as one big family. I’ve been given some amazing opportunities through XLP. I went to Abbey Road recording studios with some other young people which was an amazing experience. I was also part of the royal visit when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came to XLP – that was probably the best thing I’ve ever done! Around that time I was stabbed and I was experiencing a lot of changes and challenges in my life. I was sitting my mock exams but I was thinking of just quitting everything and then Ethan called me and said, “Tex, I’ve got an opportunity… to meet the Royal Family!”. After that, I forgot about all the negative things and told Ethan that I wanted to be a part of the day. I met William and Kate when they came onto the van and William even wanted to record something! If Ethan hadn’t called me that day I don’t think I’d be here; he literally called me at the right time. It shows that XLP really does care and want to give young people opportunities. I feel like the youth workers understand young people; that they know how we feel and know how to make our lives better. I’ve seen it change me and I know it can change other young people as well. I’m very thankful to XLP for turning my life around and for always being there.

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Olu Oyerinde, Sarah Brennan, Dr Charlie Howard, Samantha Callan, Sephton, Cassandra, Coco, and Patrick Regan OBE at the ‘Tackling Youth Mental Health’ Conference Patrick speaks with ITV News

Steven Ita from XLP interviewed for ITV News XLP Annual Review 2015

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ADVOCACY Over the past five years, XLP has become increasingly involved in an advocacy role on behalf of our beneficiaries. We have engaged with senior politicians, policy makers and both local and national media. XLP’s ‘Tackling’ series of conferences has attracted significant political and media interest:

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Tackling Gang Culture Tackling Educational Failure Tackling Girls and Gangs Tackling Knife Crime Tackling Youth Mental Health

In the past year, we have met with key MPs, think-tanks and others who influence policy, and Patrick Regan has continued to field interviews for BBC and ITV News, alongside numerous national and local radio stations. We have also started work on a new report that examines the relationship between trust and fear in our society in an attempt to better understand the root causes behind young people carrying weapons and being prepared, so tragically, to use them. In December 2014, our ‘Tackling Youth Mental Health’ conference was chaired by Nina Hossain (ITN) and brought together Rt. Hon. Norman Lamb MP (Care Minister), Sarah Brennan (CEO of Young Minds), Olu Oyerinde (CAMHS, Tower Hamlets) and other practitioners, families and young people. The conference explored the challenges of growing up with mental health issues in the inner city and the far-reaching and devastating consequences of not receiving necessary help.

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fundraising

Cushman

Special thanks to: Dave and Kate ran the Berlin Marathon for XLP


Big Lottery Fund, Compassion UK, Four Acre Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Merchant Taylors’ Company, MariaMarina Foundation, The Henry Smith Charity, Man Charitable Trust, Audio Networks, Cushman and Wakefield, Universal Music Group & EMI Music Sound Foundation, Soul Action, Spring Harvest, Terra Firma, Soul Survivor, Transform Newham, Moonpig & Photobox, Jack Petchey Foundation, Workspace, The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Charitable Foundation, L&Q Foundation, Leathersellers’ Company, London Over the Border Council, Saddlers’ Company, Kilfinan Trust, London Youth, Creation Trust, Hymns Ancient & Modern, Coopers’ Company and Faircloth. 26

n and Wakefield’s ‘7 Towers’ Event

Dinner and Jazz with XLP

We are hugely grateful to our continuing and new funders for all your support and encouragement this year. Without those who give to XLP so generously, we would be unable to reach so many young people and see so many lives changed. Some of the trusts and companies who support us are mentioned opposite, but we are also immensely thankful to all of our individual and church donors for your generosity and partnership. Two of our biggest goals for the year were to raise funds towards starting work in Lambeth and to buy a third community bus, and we are delighted that both goals have been achieved. We started work in Lambeth officially on the 1st September 2015 and the third bus has now been bought and will go into operation in 2016 - thanks to a major grant from The Story of Christmas, and Cushman & Wakefield completing the ‘7 Towers in 7 Hours’ sponsored event and holding a sponsored bike ride. Other major fundraising achievements included: Patrick Regan OBE hosting XLP’s second Annual Fundraising Dinner, with a ‘Swing’ theme, in May 2015 where over 160 guests helped us raise over £50,000 on the night with the help of generously donated auction gifts; Moonpig and Photobox collaborating with some of our young people to design and sell XLP charity Christmas cards (which did very well); and sponsored Workspace employees joining an XLP team climbing the highest mountain in North Africa! And, of course, there were numerous amazing people who ran, cycled, climbed and did all kinds of other crazy things to raise money for us, including an inspiring London vicar who raised over £12,000 by running the London Marathon. On behalf of all the young people with whom we work, we would like to say an enormous thank you to our supporters for your commitment and generosity – your giving helps change the lives and impact the futures of thousands of young people every year.

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Income 6% 6%

9% Corporate Churches Charitable activities Fundraising events & investment income Individuals Trusts

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17%

Expenditure 3% 10%

Governance Marketing and fundraising Projects

87%

XLP’s budget is approximately £1.4m per annum and the vast majority of that is spent directly on our projects.


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get involved On behalf of all the young people with whom we work, we would like to say an enormous thank you to our supporters for your commitment and generosity – you are helping us to change lives and impact the futures of thousands of young people.

make a donation

Please consider supporting XLP by giving financially for the first time, or by increasing your current level of giving. You can do so through our website (www.xlp.org.uk), by emailing Richard at [email protected], or calling the office on 020 7256 6240.

Leave a legacy

If you would like to leave a lasting legacy by remembering XLP’s work in your will, please contact Richard at [email protected] for a pledge form or to discuss this further.

become an advocate

Please tell others about XLP and the work that we do. If you know anyone with resources and influence who can help support us then please introduce them to the charity.

corporate partnership

Please consider if you can help us form a corporate partnership by introducing us to your employer, encouraging them to match any funds you can raise for us, or by give-as-you-earn schemes. For further details please email Michael at [email protected] or call the office on 020 7256 6240.

become a part of the movement

Can you organise a fundraising event where you are? Schools have raised money, and individuals have run marathons, skydived, climbed mountains and cycled across Europe for us. Email us with your ideas at [email protected].

sign up

Please register your name and email address with us so that we can send you monthly e-updates and we’d love it if you could encourage your friends, relatives and colleagues to do the same. Visit www.xlp.org.uk to sign up.

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what others say

XLP is “incredible and revolutionary” Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

“Young people need to have boundaries, they need to have discipline, and they need to have hope. That’s what XLP gives them... We need to expand this project and we need to support it.” Boris Johnson MP Mayor of London and journalist

“There were moments visiting XLP you felt you were being tugged on your heart strings. You were very close to tears, looking at these young people who could have been going down a cul-de-sac but then they realised what incredible potential they have when given the chance to blossom.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, Nobel Peace Laureate

“As a Member of Parliament for an inner London constituency, I am acutely aware of the need for organisations to run accessible yet inspiring projects that will realise change in our community and offer hope and support to our young people. XLP does exactly that.” Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health

“XLP offers young people a way away from those influences that would destroy their lives and destroy the lives of others around them. XLP is effective for that reason; they give them a way out that so few organisations do.” Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP Founder of the Centre for Social Justice, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

“XLP tackle the difficult, tough, real world of assisting young people on their journey from crime and disengagement to community and fulfilment. Seeing young people who have enjoyed their support come into a new era of confidence, participation, hope and employment is a wonderful experience.” Sir Stuart Lipton Partner at Lipton Rogers Developments LLP

“XLP inspires me. You don’t have to look very far to find bad news stories about young people in London - but those aren’t the only stories to be told. XLP bring compassion and hope to some of the capital’s most challenging neighbourhoods - and have a vitally important part to play in keeping young people safe.” Chief Superintendent John Sutherland Former Borough Commander of Camden and Southwark

xlp’s values outcome focussed

Clearly understanding what we are trying to achieve and ensuring all projects combine to work towards the same overall outcomes.

inclusive

Embracing the diverse multicultural nature of, and creativity within, communities in the inner city.

Faith based, not faith biased

relevant


XLP is a Christian charity, working equally with young people and families of all faiths and none.

Listening to young people and their communities. We do not look to ‘do it to them’ or ‘do it for them’ but to ‘do it with them’. 30

Innovative AND EFFECTIVE

Always seeking new and creative approaches whilst remaining committed to high quality and effectiveness.

Collaborative

Grounded in local relationships and partnerships and delivered in collaboration with local councils, schools, police, churches, community groups, volunteers and other agencies.

Sustainable

Recognising that tackling these issues is not a knee-jerk exercise; work needs to be sustainable and long-term.

Holistic

Working with a young person in multiple contexts to meet a complex combination of needs; in their school, in their local area and with their family.

September 2014 - August 2015

28 estates

8 boroughs

over 70% Significant positive change*

41 schools and PRUs

XLP worked with

1500 young people

(1-2-1/small groups each week) *children and young people who consistently engage with XLP’s community and mentoring projects showing a significant improvement in attitudes and behaviours.

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Founder

Patrick Regan OBE

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Trustees

Liz Biddulph (Chair) Eddie Donaldson (Treasurer) Tony Eastaugh Mike Pilavachi Denis Wade Sam Millar Simon Thomas Rosemary Nuamah Williams Andi Russell

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