Philanthropic Hornsey girls promote local charities

31st May, 2010

By Rebecca Lowe

THIRTY girls from Hornsey School have been tackling social problems to help their community.

The Year 10 pupils, aged 14 and 15, joined forces with local charities to take part in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) over the past few weeks.

YPI asks teams to identify one charity they believe is best placed to challenge a social issue in their area.

They then build relationships with representatives from their charity and, with the help of their teachers and YPI staff, learn how to analyse the charity’s structure and impact.

Finally, based on their research and visits, pupils create a presentation on the reasons why their charity is most deserving of a £3,000 prize grant.

Hosting last night's presentation evening, Lynne Featherstone, MP for Hornsey and Wood Green and minister for equality, said: “I’m always impressed when I visit this truly remarkable school and today has not been an exception.

“The students have found issues they care about deeply and have all made exceptionally powerful and persuasive cases for why their local charity should win.

“What a great way to raise awareness of local charities and show the students how they can do their bit to help make Haringey better.”

After a long deliberation process, the judges decided TreeHouse, an autism education charity with a school in the area, most deserved the grant.

YPI encourages community involvement from a young age. It will expand its reach to 60 schools across greater London from September 2010.

Haringey Independent

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