Recent Achievements

 

THPC is an energetic Organisation delivering a large number of Services related to its Aims and Objectives. These make a real difference to the lives of Users in all areas of their Lives; primarily, we support young people Educationally but there are spin-off benefits in improving Housing, Family Relationships, Employability, Health, Cohesion and in Wellbeing. We review our activities each year. For 2021/22, the Parents Centre carried out the following Services with over 1476 Clients (Parents and Children):

 

  1. Covid-19 Advice and Information Service: We supported elderly, vulnerable people and families with children by providing weekly Telephone Calls. Our designated Staff member and Volunteers delivered this Service, supporting beneficiaries with Advice and Information to stay safe and encouraging and arranging Appointments for them to take Vaccinations and Booster Jabs. We also supported beneficiaries who were suffering from long term Covid, Pneumonia and Mental Health Issues (461 beneficiaries supported).

  2. Covid-19 Befriending Service: We supported vulnerable and isolated elderly people, especially women, by providing weekly Telephone Calls. Two Wellbeing Workers delivered this Service by providing Covid related Information to the beneficiaries, supporting them in maintaining their Wellbeing and ensuring that they were as happy as they could be, through having a Chat with someone they knew (67 beneficiaries served).

  3. Covid-19 Wellbeing and Mental Health Support: The Project helped to improve the Mental Health and reduce the isolation of vulnerable and isolated women and women with underlying Health Conditions. This Service was provided for 16 weeks and included weekly Telephone Befriending to 50 people, one to one Advice and Signposting Sessions via Telephone and Zoom for 30 elderly women, on-line Yoga and Mindfulness Sessions for 24 Women, on-line Cookery and Healthy Eating Sessions for 20 Women and on-line Singing and Music Sessions for 16 women. We also delivered cooked Healthy Meals and dried Food to 30 elderly and vulnerable beneficiaries and Medicine for 5 beneficiaries (180 beneficiaries supported).

  4. ICT Classes for Women: We delivered ICT Classes and Career Support to women from BAME Communities in order to enable them to enter the Community after the Covid-19 Pandemic and develop their Skills. Each Cohort of participants received seven and a half hours of Tuition per week, beginning from the last week of February 2022, which was completed in the next financial year. A further hourly ICT Session was organised to improve Computer Skills and Digital Inclusion for isolated women (36 women supported).

  5. ESOL Tuition for Women (Entry level 1-3): Two Sessions of ESOL, each of which were two and a half hours long, were provided per week, beginning from the last week of February 2022, which continued until the end of the Financial Year 2022 and then, completed in the next Financial Year for a Cohort of unemployed Women, at the Parents Centre (16 women supported).

  6. ICT Sessions for Women: An hourly ICT Session was provided for a Cohort of 16 Women (16 women served).

  7. Career Support for Women: A two hourly Session per week was delivered for unemployed women. This included Careers Advice, Job Search, Writing CVs and Application Forms and Interview Practice (16 people supported).

  8. Supporting People in accessing Housing, Welfare Rights and Social Services: We provided Advice and Information and Advocacy Service supporting beneficiaries to access Services like Housing, Welfare Rights and Social Services and assisting beneficiaries around Debt, negotiating with Utility Companies and helping them to access Food Banks (41 beneficiaries served).

  9. Reducing Isolation and Loneliness: We provided Outreach and Home-visits to "hard to reach" families, elderly and disabled people to improve the quality of their life. The Outreach Worker provided support to these people by linking them with THPC or other Agencies' Social Activities and Services (51 beneficiaries supported).

  10. National Curriculum Maths and English Catch Up Classes: Led by a qualified and experienced Tutor, we delivered three Classes per week for children aged between 7-12 years old, during the Summer Vacation (14 children supported).

  11. Summer Holiday Activities: We delivered a Programme of Activities and Events for local children and families, providing Learning Sessions on Poetry, Reading and Writing, Arts and Crafts, Film Shows and Games (50 children participated).

  12. Educational Advice and Information Session: We delivered a Drop-in Session, providing Advice and Information on Admissions, Secondary Transfers and other Educational Issues. We also represented children and families in Appeal Hearings regarding these Issues (77 parents/families supported).

  13. Case Work on Admissions and Secondary Transfers: We undertook Casework on Admissions and Secondary Transfers, representing children and families in Appeal Hearings (6 parents/families).

  14. Summer Day Trip and Local Trips: We organised a Day Trip to Broadstairs Sea Beach, hiring three Coaches, on the 16th of August 2021, participated by 150 children/parents, two Members of Staff and four Volunteers. We also organised three Local Trips for another 45 children in the local Parks, Idea Store and Whitechapel Art Gallery (201 beneficiaries served).

  15. Assisting Women/Families affected by Domestic Violence: We delivered this Service, engaging our Volunteers, providing Advice, Information and emotional support, ensuring the safety of the victims and, if necessary, referring them to Emergency Service (11 families served).

  16. Volunteering Opportunities: We supported five women to work as Volunteers on the Covid related Projects, supporting vulnerable and elderly people in maintaining their Wellbeing and ensuring their safety, whilst the threat from the Pandemic existed and the associated Lockdown remained enforced. We also offered Volunteering Opportunities to four young women, supporting them to familiarise with the World of Work and develop their confidence, experience and discipline to progress onto Employment (9 Volunteers participated).

  17. Multi-Cultural Event: We organised a day long Multi-Cultural Event, on the 13th March 2022, at the Spitalfields Brady Centre, in order to encourage beneficiaries to return to normal life, coming out of their homes and socialising with people in the Community (209 people attended).

  18. Consultation with Beneficiaries: When the threat from the Covid Pandemic was reduced and the associated Lockdown was withdrawn, we organised a Consultation Meeting with our beneficiaries in order to ascertain their needs in the post Covid and to address those needs appropriately and effectively (37 beneficiaries attended).