ANNUAL REVIEW 2012
WORKING TO CREATE POSITIVE FUTURES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
© XLP 2012. All Rights Reserved
FOUNDER’S MESSAGE .....................3 THE CHALLENGE..............................4 XL-MENTORING ............................. 5 ARTS............................................... 6 EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT................ 7 COMMUNITY PROJECTS .......... 8 & 9 RICO’S STORY................................ 10 X-MOBILE PROJECT.......................11 XLP INTERNATIONAL.................... 12 CHELSEA’S STORY..........................13 WHERE IS XLP?............................. 14 WHAT MAKES XLP EFFECTIVE?..... 15 GAP YEAR......................................16 ADVOCACY.....................................17 FINANCE ...................................... 18 WHAT OTHERS SAY?..................... 19
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founder’s message Throughout the summer Olympics this year London celebrated like never before. We got to feel really good about ourselves and our capital city again; the sense of celebration and excitement was palpable. But the truth is, for many young people that we work with, life is very different from what we saw on our big screen TVs over the summer. Growing up with family breakdown, poverty, poor housing, educational failure, and living in a place where drugs, crime and gangs are commonplace can change you - you end up excluded, abandoned, scared, angry and without hope. Recently, one of XLP’s student youth workers was asked, “why do you bother with these young people?” She replied, “I’ll tell you why, behind the pain and brokenness I see young people with potential to change not only their lives but the lives of many around them. Behind the disrespect and anger I see talent beyond any that I have ever seen. Behind the knife I see strong, independent individuals that have dealt with pain so crushing no person should ever experience. Behind the excessive drug use and dealings I see a tiny glimpse of who they really are”. XLP is about hope, and with hope comes the possibility of change. To bring hope into someone’s life you must learn to walk with them, to understand their world without necessarily condoning it, and to journey together to a place where alternatives are possible. We need to ask why certain types of behaviour happen. When you find out that the disruptive, violent girl who drinks is growing up with a mum who is an alcoholic prostitute and dad in prison for man-slaughter, and she hates being in foster care and just wants to be drunk all the time because it takes away the pain, you cannot turn away. And time after time, when you get to know them, and a relationship develops with them, hope shines through. These young people can surprise and amaze with the sheer courage they can muster when someone believes in them: the NEET young man who never thought he’d be working at Barclays; the girl on the verge of exclusion nominated by her teachers to be head-girl as a role model to the other students. There are countless stories of hope breaking through even in the darkest of lives. Restoring hope is a long haul project. XLP is committed to creating positive futures for young people living in our inner cities and making a serious and sustainable impact upon poverty and educational failure. This year has been amazing as we’ve been able to deliver more projects, to more young people, in more places than ever before. We are incredibly grateful to all of you who are supporting our work financially, partnering with us and volunteering on our projects. Thank you for capturing the vision of XLP and for continuing to work hard to transform the lives of London’s young people.
Patrick Regan OBE Founder and CEO of XLP
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The challenge
“People often ask why, why bother working with these people? I’ll tell you why, behind the pain and brokenness I see young people with potential to change not only their lives but the lives of many around them. Behind the disrespect and anger I see talent beyond any that I have ever seen. Behind the knife I see strong, independent individuals that have dealt with pain so crushing no person should ever experience.” - Chelsea, XLP Youth Worker London remains one of the most vibrant and successful cities in the world; our reputation and standing in areas such as the arts, fashion, business and sport is outstanding. But as with so many major cities, there is another side to living in London. Thousands of children and young people are growing up on deprived inner-London estates, struggling daily with issues such as family breakdown, poverty and unemployment, educational failure and living in areas that experience high levels of anti-social behaviour, criminality and gang activity. As a result, poor attitudes and behaviours develop that alienate them from their own families, schools and communities, undermine their sense of self-worth, and have a severe negative impact on their education. Many become at risk of exclusion from school, or are excluded, and consequently turn to anti-social behaviour, criminality and gangs for a sense of belonging, recreation and ‘employment’. The combination of these issues and a frustrating inability to cope, communicate or escape are key drivers to making poor life choices. This leads to feelings of hopelessness, anger and a sense of ‘nothing to lose’. They feel as though the door towards having a normal life has been slammed in their faces. They change from children into angry young men and women. We need to remember that these young people are not born angry and disenfranchised; they are children who have become trapped in a cycle of hopelessness. We need to restore hope to our current generation of children and young people. The key to change comes when a young person believes they have a place in the world, that there is a purpose and a meaning to their lives, and that someone cares. We refuse to believe that this is a lost generation. 4
xl-mentoring
178 mentors 151 young people Started in 2008, XLP’s XL-Mentoring project has proven highly effective in supporting young people and their families who are facing emotional, behavioural and relational challenges. The project is helping them to improve their life-skills, relate more positively to their peers and community, avoid educational failure, and choose not to become involved with gangs. The project is targeted at 11-18 year olds who are on the verge of exclusion, excluded, and/or at risk of involvement or already involved in gangs, crime and anti-social behaviour. The project began in Southwark and has now been extended into Lewisham and Tower Hamlets. The stories of lives changed through this project are truly amazing. A young woman permanently excluded from school for fighting and carrying a knife is back in mainstream education with significantly improved attendance and grades. A young man from a single-parent family, with three siblings who all have mental-health issues, who was getting into fights and failing in school, has significantly improved his behaviour at school and at home, is focussing on his school work and relating far better to his peers. A young woman who has been in care for several years was permanently excluded from school and had extreme trust issues with adults, has now established a trusting relationship with her mentor and is working hard to improve her literacy. And there are many more.
“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.” - Mother of Mentee 5
arts XLP Arts works with over 600 young people aged 11-18 across the London boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, and Newham. Providing a platform for young people who rap, sing, dance, act, play instruments and even comedians and illusionists; the Arts Showcase allows us to help and support some amazing young people while unearthing some inspirational talent along the way. Our borough teams hold auditions in schools and PRUs, which are then followed up by a creative process of mentoring, rehearsals and performance. The process helps instil a sense of discipline, build confidence, and provide a focus on positive activities, all of which contribute to improved educational achievement, behaviour and social attitudes. Additional development activities offered to the young people have included the opportunity to attend courses at the Royal College of Music, attend song writing, dance and vocal workshops, and seeing Cirque Du Soliel at the Albert Hall. At the Showcase, families, teachers and young people from numerous schools and innercity communities come together to celebrate the achievements of their young people. Each Showcase brings together different cultural and ethnic traditions and the opportunity for these differences to be shared and celebrated. The 2012 Arts Showcase Final was held in the Mermaid Theatre, Blackfriars. 16 acts from over 30 local schools came together to celebrate each others’ achievements. This year’s showcase prize was presented to Sebastian Tuma, an illusionist from Blackheath Bluecoats School who amazed, teased and baffled the audience. The audience was moved to tears as they shared in the grief of another young performer who had recently lost a close friend to knife crime. For having the courage to speak out about this tragedy, he was awarded with the David Idowu Youth Voice Award by Grace Idowu, who lost her 14-year-old son David after he was stabbed in 2008. The evening was a wonderful success and an inspiration to all.
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Educational support All of XLP’s work has grown out of our initial schools project in 1996. We now run regular assemblies, lunch clubs, reading support, in-class support and specialist PSHE/RE lessons in over 60 schools in inner London, helping young people engage with a range of important issues as well as encouraging them to remain in school and succeed in their education. It is a well known fact that a young person who fails in their education or is excluded from school is far more likely to become involved in crime, antisocial behaviour, and gangs than those who remain in education. This is why XLP’s youth workers continue tirelessly to help young people stay engaged in the education system and are continually introducing innovative ways to encourage educational success.
CASE STUDY
Melissa (name changed) has been excluded and attends a pupil referral unit instead of school. She refused to participate in class, was incredibly disruptive and was violent towards her teachers. We began by listening to her, to try and understand what was causing all the anger and frustration. As we got to know her she shared more and more: anger about family breakdown and illness in the family combined with a sense of isolation led to poor behaviour and educational failure. We began by setting some goals with her - the first one being to stop walking out of class! She still got angry sometimes, but we continued to listen to her and work with her. Over time, trust built up, and her behaviour began to change. She now stays in class, engages with the lessons, doesn’t abuse the teachers, and is doing much better in her education and life in general. Melissa says that what made the biggest impact on her was that we didn’t walk away even when she was abusive to us - we kept on coming back, listening and supporting her.
There is a strong correlation between exclusion, poverty and disadvantage. Centre for Social Justice, No Excuses, A Review of Educational Exclusion, September 2010, p14
Almost 90% of young men and women aged 15-18 years old held in custody have been excluded from school.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Youth Justice Board, Children and Young People in Custody 2009-10; An analysis of the experiences of 15-18-year-olds in prison, London: HM Stationery Office, 2010, p22 and p73
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community
Working in and amongst the community is an important part of XLP’s work and includes after-school clubs, buses, detached youthwork, sports coaching and tournaments, trips and summer camps. The XL-R8 Community Bus Project has been at the heart of XLP’s community work for the past nine years. Children and young people find a safe place to be, teaching and advice, educational support and a sympathetic ear, alongside access to computers, games consoles, a music studio, chill out space, and arts and crafts areas. The buses provide valuable drop-in sessions with 1-2-1 mentoring, girls’ groups, cooking lessons, small group and team activities, and double up as a base for supporting sports tournaments and detached youth work. With our two buses, the project travels to 15 inner-London estates, targeting areas where there are little or no youth work facilities available. Each session is staffed by teams of experienced workers and volunteers who through the activities, educational support, games and discussion, look to encourage the young people to develop positive behaviours and life-skills, raise self-confidence, stay in education, find good 8
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XL-R8 COMMUNITY BUS PROJECT
3143 young people attended 393 sessions on the bus and 137 sports sessions outside of the bus with 67 local community volunteers on 15 housing estates... and Desmond Tutu came for a visit! alternatives, set goals and work hard to achieve them. The bus is a place where long-lasting and trusted relationships are established between the team and the young people who attend.
XLP’s youth workers understand the importance of consistency in the lives of young people and so make long-term investments in their communities, with a strong emphasis on building relationships with young people and families. Two other key community projects we operate are our Summer Camps (we take large groups of young people camping) and our Excursion Trips (including bushcraft weekends and mountain treks up Snowdon). In many cases these are the only ‘holidays’ a young person may experience and is often the first time they have left London! Groups of young people from a variety of backgrounds, who otherwise would never really socialise together, get to know and appreciate each other and forge new friendships.
“You always feel that you fit in. You are accepted by everyone.” - Jomar O’Meally
“I learned that hard activities feel good when you complete them.” - Joel, 13, Lewisham 9
rico’s story
“... if it wasn’t for the support of their youth workers, I would have a different story to tell.” “I got involved with XLP almost 4 years ago when a teacher recommended that I audition for the XLP Arts Showcase and since then I’ve never looked back. I performed at the 2011 Arts Showcase Final and won the Youth Voice Award because my act had such a positive message. My mum was so proud of me when I won that she ran on stage and gave everyone a huge hug. It was an incredible feeling to achieve something like that. It felt good to know that the music I was making was making people smile. Although I wasn’t the overall winner of the Arts Showcase Final, XLP still created opportunities for me. That’s what is so great about this charity - they are able to create opportunities for young people, opportunities that they wouldn’t come across by themselves and I have certainly benefitted from that. One example was I got to meet the great man himself - Archbishop Desmond Tutu! Being from South Africa myself it was an absolute inspiration to meet him. XLP are still supporting me - there is always someone I can talk to about the things that are going in my life. Before XLP I would say that I lacked confidence, but being involved with XLP has helped me to develop self-belief; the belief that I can be the best that I can be. This doesn’t just apply to my music and performing, I can see lots of other areas of my life that have been affected too. My mind has been opened to the possibilities. I am now meeting and talking to people from all different backgrounds. I can see that there is so much more to life than what I see in my area and around my postcode. XLP has helped me to understand that if you work hard, your dreams can come true. I may have given up on things easily before but I now feel so motivated to never give up on my dreams. I really believe in the work that XLP does and believe that if it wasn’t for the support of their youth workers, I would have a different story to tell.” Rico is now studying a BTEC at Epping Forest College. 10
x-mobile project
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 has been working in schools, pupil referral units and on estates, and has proven to be an excellent way of engaging with some of the most hard to reach young people. The project works with over 300 young people each year who live in some of the most disadvantaged inner-city estate communities. In small group van sessions lasting 2-3 hours, young people are encouraged to express the struggles that they face through their music and learn how to operate 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. Case study: Anthony (name changed) has been a volunteer on the X-Mobile Project for 9 months. Last year he was stabbed during a street robbery and has since struggled to cope with feelings of anger and the desire to get revenge. Through engaging with the X-Mobile project and working with the X-Mobile team, Anthony has been able to deal with his issues of anger and channel his energy into positive activities to help other young people. He has completed various training workshops and work experience opportunities with XLP, and is hoping to set up his own business in media production. 11
xlp INTERNATIONAL
XLP has always been involved overseas with social action projects. The international projects we partner with have taken up the challenge of wiping out illiteracy, hunger, poverty, crime and violence in their communities. XLP is proud to stand with these projects, to support and work alongside them, and to share in their hope for a better future. GHANA: For over 10 years staff and gap year students have been visiting the people of Ashanti Akim in the interior of Ghana, West Africa,
to work with the children and families in some of the poorest communities. There are over 95,000 people living in the area, but only three senior secondary schools catering for those over 14 years of age. XLP and AACO (Ashanti Akim Community Organisation) now have places for 65 students at their new secondary school offering vision and hope for the future.
TRENCHTOWN: In Trenchtown, Jamaica we work with a project called Operation Restoration that runs a school in the heart of a
community torn apart by gang culture, drugs and killings. This remedial school focuses on pre-teens and young adults between 12 and 18 who lack basis literacy and numeracy skills and enable them to re-enter public high schools and avoid a life of gangs, drugs and crime.
BANGALADESH: We have also visited Bangladesh to establish relationships with those working with over 30,000 men, women and children
living in less than a third of a square mile who were dispossessed by the Pakistan/Bangladesh war many years ago. They now live in incredibly poor conditions without national identity, passports, or any chance of being able to leave. We are continuing to explore how XLP can help. 12
chelsea’s story “I first heard about XLP in year 7 (8 years ago) when they came to Abbey Wood School to do a lunch club, and I have been involved with them ever since. They have been around for some of the most important years of my life. What I like about XLP is that they make everyone feel welcome and it’s like being part of one big family. I really feel that I have a connection with the youth workers. I remember feeling so supported when I was going to college; I was able to ask them for advice about what I should do. I can talk to them about anything. In school I was known for being a real trouble maker, but the people I met through XLP’s lunch club and Community Bus encouraged me to stay out of trouble and stay focused. I know that I can really trust and confide in the XLP youth workers and I know that if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be where I am now. I have lived in Abbey Wood for over 15 years and I think that the XLP Community Bus has helped to change the area for the better. It has created a safe place for people to come and hang out with their friends. There also seems to be less problems on the estate. If the XLP bus wasn’t coming to Abbey Wood Estate there would be a lot more antisocial behaviour in this area; XLP gives people something to do so that they don’t keep getting into trouble. All the young people leave the bus with a smile on their face; when it isn’t around, everyone misses it. It’s not just the bus though, it’s the people too.” Chelsea Ellery is 18 years old and is currently volunteering with XLP.
“I have lived in Abbey Wood for over 15 years and I think that the XLP Community Bus has helped to change the area for the better.” 13
where is XLP? Below is a list of the schools and PRUs that XLP has built relationships with:
Camden
Islington
Hackney Newham Tower Hamlets
Schools Work Community Work
Greenwich
Southwark Lambeth
SCHOOLS
115 Pupil Referral Unit Acland Burghley School Addey and Stanhope School Agincourt House PRU Bacon’s College Bethnal Green Technology College Bexley Grammar School Bishop Challoner Secondary School Blackheath Bluecoats C of E School Bonus Pastor RC School Bow School for Boys Brampton Manor School Conisborough College Crown Woods School Deptford Green School Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Eltham Green Foundation College Erith School Forest Gate Community School Forest Hill School George Green’s School Globe Academy Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy Haberdashers’ Aske’s Hatcham College Harpley Inclusion and Support Centre Harris Academy @ Peckham Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich Highbury Grove School Highshore School 14
Lewisham
Islington Arts & Media School John Roan School Kingsdale Foundation School Kingsford Community School Langdon School Lilian Baylis Technology School Little Ilford School New River College Notre Dame C of E School Plashet School Plumstead Manor School Prendergast College Ladywell Fields Prendergast School Quintin Kynaston Raine’s Foundation School Regents High Rokeby School Sacred Heart High School Sedgehill School Sir John Cass School St Matthew’s Academy St Michael & All Angels C of E Academy St Michael and All Angels Catholic Academy St Paul’s Way Trust School St Paul’s Academy St Thomas the Apostle School Stepney Green Secondary School Swanlea School Sydenham Girls School The Royal Docks Community School
Trinity School Walworth Academy Woolwich Polytechnic School
COMMUNITY WORK
Abbey Road Estate - Camden Abbey Wood Estate - Greenwich* Andover Estate - Islington* Aylesbury Estate - Southwark* Baizdon Road Estate - Lewisham Bemerton Estate - Islington* Briset Park - Greenwich* Canning Town - Newham Cherry Orchard - Greenwich* Consort Estate - Southwark Hazel Grove Estate - Lewisham* Heathside and Lethbridge - Lewisham Home Park Estate - Lewisham Isle of Dogs - Tower Hamlets* Lawn Terrace Estate - Lewisham Milford Towers Estate - Lewisham* Milton Court Estate - Lewisham Pepys Estate - Lewisham* Plassy Island - Lewisham Regents Park Estate - Camden* Shadwell Gardens Estate - Tower Hamlets* Silwood Estate - Southwark* Star Park - Newham* Winsor Park - Newham* *XL-R8 Community Bus Projects.
what makes xlp effective? PROJECTS
BOROUGHS SOUTHWARK
LEWISHAM
TOWER HAMLETS
NEWHAM
GREENWICH
ISLINGTON
CAMDEN
SCHOOL LESSONS SCHOOL CLUBS COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS XL-R8 COMMUNITY BUS ARTS SHOWCASE X-MOBILE FIGHTING CHANCE SCHOOLS TOUR XL - MENTORING YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SPORTS
XLP’S OUTCOMES
XLP is working to create positive futures for young people living in our inner cities and making a serious and sustainable impact upon poverty and educational failure. We want to see young people with: > A raised sense of self-worth, self-esteem and increased educational achievement, which helps them confidently and positively contribute to society. > Fresh goals and the desire to work hard to achieve them, who are able to make wise lifestyle choices. > Positive attitudes and behaviours towards their communities: their families, peers, local residents, teachers and the police. Central to the work of XLP are several principles and values which underpin all our work in schools and communities. Undoubtedly it is the combination of these factors that explains why the work of XLP is seen as so effective by so many. OUTCOME FOCUSED XLP knows what it is trying to achieve and all of XLP’s projects combine to work towards the same outcomes.
INNOVATIVE XLP is always seeking new and creative approaches whilst remaining committed to high-quality and effectiveness.
INCLUSIVE XLP’s work embraces the diverse multicultural nature of, and creativity within, communities in the inner-city.
COLLABORATIVE XLP’s work is grounded in local relationships and partnerships and delivered in collaboration with local councils, schools, police, churches, community groups, volunteers and other agencies.
FAITH BASED, NOT FAITH BIASED XLP is a Christian charity that is faith-based but not faith-biased: working equally with young people of all faiths and none. RELEVANT XLP listens 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.”
SUSTAINABLE XLP recognises that tackling these issues is not a knee-jerk exercise; work needs to be sustainable and long-term. HOLISTIC XLP knows that for maximum effectiveness it needs to work with a young person in multiple contexts: in their school, in their community, and with their family. 15
GAP YEAR
XLP’s ‘Experience’ Gap Year Programme takes young people from all over the UK and abroad who volunteer for a year to live and work across inner London as part of XLP’s project teams. For those who are over 18, it is a superb opportunity to make a difference to the lives of young people in London, experience life in the inner-city and embrace London’s cultural diversity. This year, over 25 students joined XLP’s highly experienced staff as they worked in schools and in local communities across inner London taking part in assemblies, in-class support, lunch-clubs, after-schools clubs, bus projects, arts projects, sports projects, mentoring and summer camps. All students also had the opportunity to work with our teams in one of the poorest communities in Ghana, West Africa.
“Experience was challenging, a huge step out of our comfort zone, all-consuming, exhausting and yet one of the most exhilarating, heart wrenching and maturing experiences of a lifetime. It breaks down the big picture of inner-city youth work.” - Mary, Experience Student “Experience is more than just a gap year. It changed my life. Living in and amongst the most inspiring people I have ever met gave me an invaluable insight into true community, and the passion and drive to see genuine change in inner city London.” - Jazz, Experience Student 16
Advocacy
Photo 1: Patrick Regan is honoured by the Queen with an OBE Photo 2: David Cameron visits the XLP Bus Project in Southwark Photo 3: Boris Johnson at the XLP office
ement c r o f n e k in h t o t “It is naive omplex c e h t e lv o s l il w alone atrick Regan OBE P ” . e c n le causes of vio Martin Luther King wrote: “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.” With over fifteen years experience of living in and working with inner-city communities, we are uniquely placed to understand the issues and argue the case for the poorest and most marginalised. We need policy that goes beyond short-term gains and quick fixes, and begins to address the root causes, drivers and underlying needs of our most disadvantaged communities. Increasingly XLP is providing a voice for the voiceless. When you are struggling in life but nobody seems to listen or care you feel incredibly isolated and a sense of exclusion and abandonment leads to frustration and anger. Through our work with government and the media we are raising the issues of educational failure, family breakdown and poverty with politicians and policy makers. This year Patrick Regan (Founder and CEO of XLP) has spoken out at party conferences on issues surrounding poverty and social justice. He has also appeared in the media often alongside Steven Ekpenyong (XLP’s Sports Youth Worker) on the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, and CNN, and on Radio 1, 2 and 4, as well as local BBC radio stations. He has also had articles published in the Times, Observer, Express, and Sun newspapers and other magazines. He has spoken personally with David Cameron, Ian Duncan Smith, Ed Miliband, Simon Hughes and Boris Johnson and he sits on the Advisory Board for the Centre for Social Justice. This year Patrick was awarded an OBE for services to young people.
“XLP & Patrick vocalise the questions that we must keep asking, their personal stories and thoughtful exploration of gang culture form a powerful call to action.”
David Lammy MP (Tottenham)
“XLP brings refreshing and unique insight to the public policy process. The CSJ relies on the authenticity of organisations like XLP to bring reality to Westminster and shake up the political status quo. It is very difficult to dispute the validity of their ideas because each one is steeped in ‘real world’ experience and front line intelligence. I have a huge amount of respect for the way they deliver both life-changing interventions and policy reform. It is of fundamental importance to do both, and XLP is fast becoming one of London’s most influential community organisations.”
Christian Guy, Managing Director, CSJ
“I refuse to believe that this is a lost generation.” - Patrick Regan OBE 17
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what do others say? “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 of Social Justice, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
“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 Journalist, former MP for Henley, Mayor of London
Archbishop Tutu came to visit XLP with Mary Robinson to meet XLP youth workers and young people on our community bus project. “I am incredibly thrilled by the things that XLP do. XLP makes God smile.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, Nobel Peace Laureate and Chair of The Elders
“I must say that it was a great opportunity to visit XLP. I say that because I met some extraordinary young people who were coping with a lot of difficulties and have decided on taking a path that will help them to develop their full potential and they were greatly helped by XLP.” Mary Robinson First woman President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and an Elder
“‘Every credit is due to the excellent work in inspiring and supporting young people in a variety of ways which build their self worth and self esteem. I am particularly impressed with the outreach work and the mobile facility which literally reach the parts that other work cannot reach.” Rt Hon David Blunkett MP Former Home Secretary, Secretary of State for Education and Employment, and Work and Pensions
“XLP has become the role model for good positive work with kids on estates and on the streets and has played a phenomenal part in transforming the lives of hundreds, probably thousands, of young people and thereby transforming the prospects for the future of our cities in this country.” Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP Former Liberal Democrat Party President, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats
“I have been very impressed by the work that I have seen XLP doing in my area in East London and I want to see that work continuing and I want to see it developing and being expanded... I think it has a great deal to contribute to young people in London I hope for many many years to come.” Rt Hon Stephen Timms MP Former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, former Minister of State for the Department of State and Pensions, Shadow Minister for Employment
“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 Superintendant John Sutherland Former Borough Commander of Camden, Borough Commander of Southwark
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FOUNDER
Patrick Regan OBE
TRUSTEES
Liz Biddulph (Chair) Richard Furze (Treasurer) Tony Eastaugh Mike Pilavachi Denis Wade Eddie Donaldson Sam Millar Simon Thomas Luke English
"US YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THIS WORLD" RACHEL
XLP IS WORKING TO CREATE POSITIVE FUTURES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR INNER CITIES AND MAKE A SERIOUS AND SUSTAINABLE IMPACT UPON POVERTY AND EDUCATIONAL FAILURE.