Charity News

Together We Learn exists to help disadvantaged young people gain equal access to quality education in Ethiopia. They believe in the power of education to break the cycle of poverty by enabling children to learn, grow and access opportunities. The TUUT Charitable Trust were asked to support an expansion in their Early Years Literacy programme, training primary school teachers in the use of phonetics to teach English. English is the second or even third language for many children but it is the language of instruction for secondary schools. The TUUT Charitable Trust £4,000 Donation. Our donation will support 12 schools, training 24 teachers for 1,200 pupils over 2 years. For

Pupils spending time in the mobile prison cell The No Way Trust was set up in 1993 by three prison officers worried about the number of young people being sent to prison. Staffed by a mixture of retired Prison staff, and voluntary serving Prison Officers supported by a Youth Advisory Group and ex-prisoners all working together for a common goal – to stop young people from getting involved in crime. The TUUT Charitable Trust £20,000 Donation. The charity offers Crime and Safety Awareness Days, and Choice Workshops involving Ex-Offenders and Youth Justice Teams to schools around the country. For more information about the work of the No Way Trust go

The Trustees of The TUUT Charitable Trust approved a £50,000 donation for The Mental Health Foundation for their UOK? Project. The project trains Peer Educators (aged 19-22) to provide preventative mental health support to students, going from college or sixth form to university through informative mental health and wellbeing workshops. Student mental health and anxiety is a significant problem across the UK. Increased workload, living independently away from existing support networks, managing their own money, making new friends, figuring out who they are, lots of change at one time which can be overwhelming. For information about the Mental Health Foundation go to www.mentalhealth.org.uk.

The charity Education and Employers helps state school teachers develop approaches that raise student aspirations and attainment. Its Primary Futures programme has been developed in partnership with the National Association of Head Teachers who supported this application for funding. Research has shown that the patterns of jobs chosen by seven-year-olds mirror those selected by 17-year olds and that gender stereotyping starts at a young age. Primary Futures uses volunteer role models who children can identify with to share their work life with the students in real time and virtually. The TUUT Charitable Trust £25,000 Donation. For more information about the work of Education & Employers go to www.educationandemployers.org.

A home visit from Hospice staff Covid 19 meant the suspension of routine respite visits (though emergency admissions, symptom control/medical procedures and end-of-life care continued). Many families found it incredibly difficult to cope as their normal care packages fell away. For the first time it became necessary to take care out into the community. Families appreciated this move, which now necessitates a new co-ordinator to ensure this outreach work is safe, blends with in-hospice provision and runs smoothly for staff and families. The TUUT Charitable Trust £10,000 Donation has helped the Hospice reach their £75,000 target.

Business in the Community’s Place programme is about bringing everyone together to act collaboratively on long-term goals, based upon a common agreement of the challenges, opportunities and solutions, drawing on the strengths of everyone in that community – whether they are a business, a community organisation, a union or from the public sector. The Place Programme is supported by the Place Taskforce, which is conducting an enquiry into ‘what works’ in transforming the prospects of a community, creating a blueprint for future business engagement in place/community transformations. The TUUT Charitable Trust donated £35,000 funding for a researcher and writer for the final report to be published in 2022. For more

Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank face restrictions on healthcare and the threat of growing illegal settlements. Area C which covers 60% of the West Bank is under full Israeli control. The pandemic has worsened the health status of these marginalised Hebron communities. Locals are unable to establish any permanent health facilities in these areas, and the high cost of transport means that walking is often the only option. MAP provides a mobile health clinic for these communities. The TUUT Charitable Trust recently received a request for funding from MAP which was supported by the Clerkenwell & St Pancras Branch of Unite.  Our donation of £10,000 will cover the

Victims and survivors of contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking are facing increasing vulnerability as result of COVID-19, lockdowns and other measures that governments have imposed in their efforts to control the pandemic. The TUUT Charitable Trust supports the work of the Common Wealth Human Rights Initiative with a donation of £20,000. This donation was supported by the ITUC.    

84% of teachers and education staff described themselves as stressed out, what organisation can:- Help individuals within the education sector with emotional health and   welfare issues via a free helpline and crisis financial grants Support Schools, Colleges and Universities to listen to and understand staff Advocate for improvement, undertaking research on the health of the education workforce to develop policy recommendations The TUUT Charitable Trust was pleased to support the work of Education Support in March 2021 with a donation of £20,000 This donation was signposted to us by Paul Whiteman General Secretary NAHT.