Tom's Trust Supports
Courtesy of Southside
Southside Young Leaders Academy is a registered charity based in
Camberwell. It works with boys of African and Afro-Caribbean origin who have the
ability and aptitude to be leaders, but who are currently at risk of exclusion
from school. In many cases, children who have the power and energy to disrupt
classes and pose a danger to themselves and others possess leadership potential.
If channelled in the right way, this can work to their benefit rather than
against it. As a society, we can ill afford to lose these skills and
talents.
Courtesy of Southside
The objectives of SYLA are as follows:
To nurture each boy
to achieve his own leadership potential;
To broaden each boy's horizons, so
he understands the opportunities available to him;
To support each boy in
achieving, and exceeding, his projected attainment at school;
To build each
boy's life skills, particularly his communication and teamworking skills;
and
To enable each boy to make a positive contribution to
society.
The Saturday Academy combines games and drill with activities to
foster leadership skills and will soon be open three evenings a week offering
tuition to students in basic academic skills, tailored to suit their individual
needs. The programme is not a short term measure. Children are enrolled at the
age of 8 and will remain with the Academy until they are 18. Students have to
attend regularly, do everything possible to avoid being excluded from school,
work to improve their academic skills and follow
Courtesy of Southside
the Leadership principles of the
Academy. Southside YLA is closely based of the first such Academy established in
the UK, Eastside in the borough of Newham.
Tom's Trust is helping to pay
for the tutors and mentors needed to run the Academy. -
www.syla.org.uk
