2012

“I’m SpartacuS!”A new generation of Latin lovers

against all oddsTackling tricky kids – and winning

Every little helpsSHINE moves into personal tuition

chic & cheerfulSHINE freaks out at Billingsgate

Written by Bruce Robinson

Designed by Theo Hodges Design Tel: 020 7938 1396

SHINE would like to thank our project partners, without whom none of this work would be possible.

All relevant permissions have been obtained for the case studies, pictures and quotations used. The photographs may not always represent the projects beside which they appear.

Foreword Welcome to the sixth edition of SHINE’s annual supporters’ magazine, which features the latest from our core programmes as well as news of more recent projects and fundraising activities. I hope you find it interesting.

Extra help where it’s neededQuarter by quarter, month by month, with every new data release it becomes ever more apparent that a defining feature of this downturn is the heavy toll it is taking on young people. Currently almost one million 16-24 year olds cannot get into training, work or college – almost 1 in 5 of this age group overall, with those from low-income families almost certainly over-represented.

It’s a huge problem but it once again reinforces the central principle underpinning our work: that however long and dark the tunnel, education always makes that distant light bigger, brighter and closer. Quite probably the best option for teenagers today is to stay in education until the economy picks up. That’s not possible for those with bad grades or none at all. So we’ve invested in new projects giving teenagers approaching their GCSEs some extra help.

More money for proven projectsOverall, however, the best long term impact comes from tackling problems early on. For this reason, most of our grants target primary students. Last year I told you how we were investing even more money in our core Saturday programmes to give disadvantaged students high-quality, hands-on and thought-provoking lessons that will boost their interest, enthusiasm and attainment.

This is now happening and the way we’re doing it is typically SHINE. We are still funding new projects – for example, Serious Fun on Saturday is now in Norwich, Cambridge, Sheffield and Liverpool. But we’re also extending existing projects that, year after year, get great results. This is only sensible; it’s also far cheaper than setting up a brand new project, thereby enabling us to stretch your money much further.

New grants for great ideasMeanwhile, we’re still supporting potentially scalable projects that take a fresh approach to key challenges, especially literacy. We have invested in DigiSmart over many years for precisely this reason and its fast growth and superb results continue to impress us. This year two new projects in our portfolio take a similarly innovative approach to get kids enthused about reading and writing.

Using Latin songs and noisy stories is certainly unusual. At a time of government contraction, however, it is more important than ever that organisations like SHINE do what we can to give bold thinking a fair chance of success.

Many paths but one goalMuch more importantly, both projects have a good track record and, to us, the method used matters less than the results achieved. It’s the same with our most valuable resource – SHINE’s donors. Nothing in this magazine would have happened without your loyal and generous support. And this takes many forms, from monthly payments and speaking fees through to corporate partnerships and our Windsor runners (yes, that was a plug). And it certainly includes everybody who bought a table at our Benefit Dinner last November or pledged a donation.

Therefore, on behalf of SHINE I thank you all, particularly in these difficult times. Thanks to your generosity, thousands of children have now been given fresh opportunity to aim higher, greater encouragement to work harder and the key skills required to turn these efforts and aspirations into tangible success at school and beyond.

Jim O’Neill Chairman

What we do Children from poorer families generally get the short end of the stick at school. It’s not fair, but it is true: report after report shows the strong, stubborn relationship between family income and educational outcome. Last year, 42% of disadvantaged children left primary school with inadequate maths and English, compared with 26% of children nationwide. And as teenagers they will also underperform at GCSEs, severely limiting their options in adult life.

Not only is this a personal tragedy, it’s also economically disastrous and, increasingly, a strain on our society. So SHINE works to level the playing field a little by funding and developing programmes that help disadvantaged children and teenagers acquire the skills and confidence they need to fulfil their academic potential.

Our Saturday programmes provide students with creative, practical and stimulating learning that takes a fresh approach to core skills and subjects. Other projects, such as Catching Words or DigiSmart, use innovative methods to give struggling children the boost they need to catch up completely and stay there. We also fund initiatives such as Climbing Higher and Action Tutoring, which help teenagers approaching GCSEs, while projects such as START and That Reading Thing give a second chance to those in real need. All of them help these students help themselves – to raise their grades and broaden their horizons so that they can leave school ready and able to shine.

Contents

3 ForeWord From SHINe’s Chairman

4 StorIeS, aNCIeNt & moderN Using stories (and Latin) to get kids reading

6 agaINSt aLL oddS How creative teaching can transform tough kids

8 WordS, WordS, WordS Literacy by stealth (and some ghost stories)

11 FULLy booked teaching tricky teenagers with that reading thing

13 CHIC aNd CHeerFUL SHINe freaks out at billingsgate

14 do rUN, rUN, rUN getting fresh with SHINe on Windsor

15 SHINe SUpporterS 2011

ForeWord

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CoNteNtS WHat We do

11 of 14 inner London boroughs have seen double-digit increases in the number of children receiving free school meals since 2010. In Lewisham, the number has increased by a whopping 31%.

As a result, almost 50% of primary children in Islington and Tower Hamlets now receive free school meals.

Last year, 42% of children receiving free school meals left primary school having fallen short in maths and English – compared with 22% of children who don’t get them.

StorIES, ancIEnt & modErn

aaron gets a fresh start

“We’re in a highly deprived area, with gang and knife crime all around us. When I tell people we do Latin here they look at me as if I’m crazy. but why shouldn’t my students have this opportunity? We’ve had the Latin programme for almost four years now and the children love it – every week they’re raring to go.

“each child is given their own roman name and every lesson starts with some Latin conversation. there’s singing and drama too and the lessons are really well planned – there’s no time wasting and the expectations on my children are really high. I’ll walk into a lesson and see them talking about the first participle – that’s not taught anywhere else in

the curriculum and it complements our other literacy initiatives beautifully.

“the lessons finish with the children doing some short skits together, so the tutor can see how much they’ve absorbed. It’s normally a conversation but to keep the boys interested it might also require one of them to die dramatically at the end! the children even get homework – and they do it, too.

“We’ve seen our results skyrocket – it’s absolutely amazing. the year we started Latin, 74% achieved the expected standard in english at key Stage 2. Last summer almost every child in that year spoke english as a second

language, almost two-thirds had special needs, and still we went up to 97%. at least half of that improvement is due to Latin – it’s made a huge impact.

“yes, it costs money and in the current economic climate you’ve got to be really picky but my governors are quite happy to find the funding for Latin because it’s just a total no-brainer.”

Susan Lawrence is Headteacher at St Mary’s CE Primary School in Willesden.

* “people think I’m crazy”

Full information on these and other SHINE-funded projects can be found at www.shinetrust.org.uk.

School dInnErSanother scheme taking a fresh approach to thorny problems is the Start programme at Hammersmith’s Lyric theatre. Start works with teenagers who have given up on school or dropped out completely – teenagers like aaron, 16, who began the programme just one week after finishing a lengthy sentence in youth custody.

aaron not only had no qualifications, he had hardly any education at all. but he immediately took to Start’s alternative approach.

Combining arts workshops and individual tuition, it’s designed to build confidence and help students gain qualifications essential for further education or training.

aaron particularly enjoyed drama and soon became an unofficial leader in his group. His confidence soared and, with his sights fixed on becoming a mechanic, was even taking his studies seriously. despite failing his literacy Level 1 exams, he stayed focused and passed second time around. aaron is now on a course at the

National youth theatre while applying for mechanics courses at several local colleges. We wish him luck.

Children do lots of written Latin and

English so this really ticks the boxes

for the national curriculum. Homines mihi dementi credent *

Literacy: it’s the keystone to education, on which everything else depends. We already fund several projects giving struggling primary children extra support in reading and writing. Now, two new initiatives are taking a completely fresh approach…

Catching Words hooks into children’s love of stories to get them reading and writing – and loving both. eight weeks every term, a ‘Storybuilder’ visits the school, accompanied by a specialist writer, actor or poet, to help groups of 30 struggling children discover the aesops within.

the programme uses tactile materials, sounds, games and challenges to tease story ideas from the children. Starting off with wordplay, speaking and listening, children then start planning stories themselves. “eventually they write a book together – making up the story before adding more interesting words and some pictures,” says kate Sayer, the project manager. “then we publish it and the book goes into their school library.”

the sessions are lively. “Children might be scribbling notes around drawings and everybody’s working at once,” kate says. “It’s noisy, playful and fast paced – there’s no time to get bored.”

and it works. Last year, average improvement in reading was around twice the usual rate. “Seeing so many stories and poems improves their vocabulary and builds on their other literacy lessons,” says kate. “and they can’t wait to start writing.”

but why stick to english? the Latin programme – Via Facilis (tLp) gives children at five inner London primary schools weekly classes in, well, Latin. and it’s changed since we were at school. Lessons now involve classical mythology and roman poems, role play and Latin conversation, as well as songs and drama.

It also uses more familiar teaching techniques. “We don’t shy away from grammar,” says Zanna Wing-davey, executive director. “We want the kids to get stuck into it so that they can see that it’s this puzzle which fits together.”

Like Catching Words, this project complements other literacy lessons. “We do everything in english first. So we’ll cover nouns, verbs and how sentences work in detail,” says Zanna. “and the children do lots of written Latin and english so this really ticks the boxes for the national curriculum.” With SHINe funding, tLp can reduce the cost to schools and expand its activities. “Schools are prepared to find money for this because they can see the benefits,” says Zanna. “there will always be improvement with our programme because it works.”

StorIeS, aNCIeNt & moderN aaroN getS a FreSH Start HomINeS mIHI demeNtI CredeNt SCHooL dINNerS

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these days, dylan has lots of friends at SHINe but a year ago, things were very different. He had just arrived, fresh from a pupil referral Unit after being excluded for disruptive behaviour. He had fallen behind in his literacy and couldn’t make friends. “dylan has autistic tendencies which make socialising hard for him,” says Jenny Smith, the project manager. “We thought SHINe would help him integrate better.”

It took time but eventually SHINe’s dressed-down staff and creative curriculum helped him to view both teachers and learning in a whole new light. this change in attitude, together with personalised support from SHINe’s staff, saw dylan make huge improvements at school, both inside and outside the classroom. His literacy skills soared during the year and he learned how to manage his emotions.

gipsy Hill’s extensive use of It also played to dylan’s strengths. “He’s incredibly computer literate and this year he’s really been able to take a lead and show off his skills,” says Jenny. “other children – and teachers too – look at his work and just go: wow! I think he has massive potential.”

ten years of SHINe on Saturday Stars

on Saturday SHINE students @ St Aloysius – last year, they improved at twice the normal rate in maths and almost three times the expected speed in English.

And students @ Sebright steamed ahead in their writing, improving twice as quickly as predicted, thanks to a series of extended writing tasks and personalised feedback.

Meanwhile, almost every student @ Axis made superb progress in their English, maths and science – amazing given only one of them speaks English as their first language.

And finally, SHINE students @ Hillyfield did brilliantly – again – with final year pupils outperforming their non-SHINE classmates in both literacy and maths. So much for being underachievers!

dylan’S got I.t.

SomE Extra

SaturdaypolISh for

ShInE on

They suggested that we improve how we share

best practice, compare different projects

and ensure consistently top quality teaching.One of our star Saturday projects last year was SHINE @ Gipsy Hill, whose students posted stellar gains in reading, writing and maths. Not bad, given that it targeted particularly challenging children…

the gipsy Hill Federation of schools has a high number of disadvantaged students but last year decided to tackle the most difficult. “Lots of them had challenging behaviour and, in some cases, social services were involved,” says Jenny Smith, the project manager.

the Federation has a formal teaching style, she says, arguing that SHINe’s atmosphere provided a useful contrast. “We can be more relaxed and creative. that’s helped the children become more engaged with their learning and this translates back into the school week. the two complement each other very well.”

No wonder they’re engaged: last year students made musical instruments out of recycled materials and had a three week challenge to make their own, working robots. “they built their robot and programmed it to move in a square,” says Jenny. “then they had to programme it to dance and finally they had a race – redesigning their robots and adding extra gears to be competitive.”

another term was based around reading. “Some students aren’t native english speakers and others have very low reading levels,” says Jenny. Working with the schools’ reading recovery teacher, she created a competition to design phonics resources for younger children. “It gave us a reason to cover old ground without making the children feel stupid.”

It certainly had an impact. When they began SHINe, more than half were behind in their reading and writing; less than a quarter had adequate maths skills. Just one year later and almost all had completely caught up in all three subjects. “I certainly noticed a drastic change” says Jenny, pointing not only to higher grades but also greater confidence and better behaviour from this challenging group. “How nice is it that these children actually say that they look forward to coming to school?”

agaINSt aLL oddS

We can be more relaxed and creative. That’s helped the children become

more engaged with their learning.

Full information on these

and other SHINE-funded

projects can be found at

www.shinetrust.org.uk.

Last year we mentioned the study we commissioned into SHINE on Saturday. Educationalists from the National Foundation for Educational Research gave our flagship programme two thumbs up, noting how it is ‘improving educational outcomes’ for its students.

Naturally we’re delighted. But we always want to improve, so we also asked NFER for some learning points. They suggested that we improve how we share best practice, compare different projects and ensure consistently top quality teaching.

NFER also recommended that we let in younger students, aged 7-8. It’s a tricky call – the kids might be overly tired by Saturday – so we’re testing the concept. This year, a new project in Waltham Forest has opened its doors to younger children. As ever, we’re monitoring progress and will know how they get on by the summer.

We’re addressing the other recommendations, too. We now run a best practice day twice a year for SHINE on Saturday project managers. It gives us all a great opportunity to share top tips – such as great teaching resources – and discuss how best to develop this programme.

Our project managers have also signed up to a common evaluation standard for key areas such as student confidence, engagement and commitment. And finally, we’ve recruited three heads from SHINE schools to act as external evaluators of both the teaching quality and the creative curriculum. Together, this procedural polish should ensure that SHINE on Saturday is better able to help kids realise their full potential and shine – brighter than ever.

Archaeology

Islington

Debating

Great inventions

museum trips

architecture

CSI: SHINE

£1,000 per child per year

Making musical instruments (from recycled stuff)

£804,150 in 2011

£6.67 hourly cost per student

endorsed by Ofsted

ages 7-11

60 students per project

25 projects launched

144,000 child hours of tuition this year

Merton Animations

Maths around the world

Southwark

Hammersmith & Fulham

the mathematics of cake-making

Waltham Forest

balloon rockets

Stories from other cultures

Hot air balloons

Script writing

Dragon’s Den

1,030 students this year

Revolting rhymes

endorsed by New Philanthropy Capital

£5,041,340total spend

Lambeth

Lego robotics

the science of ice-lollies

Heroes & Villains

Haringey

Healthy cookingbuilding the solar system

112 SHINe on Saturday staff this year

84% average attendance last year

Brent 150 hours tuition per child per year

Designing comics

83 schools this year

designing computer games

endorsed by National Foundation for Educational Research

Hackney

5 extra weeks teaching per year

agaINSt aLL oddS dyLaN’S got I.t. Some extra poLISH… teN yearS oF SHINe oN SatUrday StarS oN SatUrday

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One of our newer projects, last year Serious Fun @ Farnborough Hill in Hampshire helped its students post impressive improvements in their literacy skills. How? With Good Words…

The idea was to build confidence and increase engagement in class, because the project targeted children at risk of slipping through the net – “those kids who aren’t quite bad enough to get special help, but are not safe academically,” says Alasdair Richardson, the project manager.

Good Words permeated everything the children did, from using digital photography to explore the school’s impressive history, to calculating bearings and angles. “We ran sessions across different subjects,” says Alasdair. “In every one we pinpointed key vocabulary that they wouldn’t normally use, or hadn’t heard before.” Each time, teachers and

sixth form mentors pushed the students to describe what they saw, “just to get them to put everything into proper, adult language.” The children also learned about the ghost said to haunt the school buildings and experimented with acids and alkalis in the science labs.

According to Jo Riglar, head of St Bernadette’s, whose students attended the project, the experience had a huge impact. “Every Monday the children were full of stories – the excitement was tangible” says Jo. “These were children who needed a boost and Serious Fun meant they felt special. Some of the children now are far more engaged and they do better in class if they have more confidence. It’s hard to quantify but it’s definitely true.”

“I always thought I’d go to Uni but I’d never sat down to think it through,” says Stephanie opara. two years ago she needed some help studying for aS Levels. Her school suggested IntoUniversity, which targets 7-18 year olds from families with no history of higher education. Its academic and personal support improves their grades and gives them the inspiration, information and encouragement they need to get a place at university.

“every week I went after school for help with my coursework,” says Stephanie. a few months later, she was off to york on a university visit. “We were there three or four days. It was really cool. We saw some lectures and accommodation and had a taster course to see what being there would really be like.”

the trip had a big impact. “It really got me thinking about different places – york made me realise I wanted a campus-based university.” Shortly afterwards, a visit to UbS as part of IntoUniversity’s ‘Futures Fast track’ mentoring scheme helped polish her CV and interview skills.

In her final year, “IntoUniversity helped with my personal statement – and my maths,” says Stephanie. “that was really bad but they paired me up with a great tutor.” She was also matched with a mentor, who quickly became invaluable, not least when choosing universities: “It was really difficult to pick one so Christina made me do a big list of pros and cons.”

decisions made and exams over, Stephanie starts at Lancaster this autumn to study medicine. She’s one of many IntoUniversity successes – 70% of its students end up at university, compared with just 24% of disadvantaged students nationally. thanks to IntoUniversity, she is currently volunteering at the Centre of the Cell, a science education centre, where she conducts tours and gives academic support and university advice to sixth formers. “Next I want to go abroad for a month, probably to Spain or France, so Christina’s helping me apply for internships, either teaching or something medical.”

Stephanie knows she’s been lucky: “IntoUniversity has been brilliant. Without it I wouldn’t have Christina and she’s helped me so much. It’s motivated me, given me so many opportunities. It’s really opened doors.”

ashley loves Serious Fun @ Farnborough Hill

– he hasn’t missed a week. but it so nearly

went horribly wrong. perhaps it was the grand

building – once home to the empress eugenie,

Napoleon III’s widow – or the amazing facilities,

or the equipment.

Whatever it was, his mum didn’t like it. When it

was time to start the first session, she grabbed

ashley’s hand and stayed in the room, clearly

unhappy and refusing to let her son take part.

eventually she told the headmistress that she

felt “her sort of people” shouldn’t be at that

sort of school, which was far “too posh”.

Challenged by the headmistress, she finally

agreed to let ashley stay while she observed the

sessions herself to see exactly what went on.

they all learned happily ever after. Not only

did ashley achieve 100% attendance, but his

confidence and motivation rocketed. Now his

mother won’t hear a word against Serious Fun: at his graduation ceremony she was clicking away with her camera and telling the world how marvellous it was. more importantly, she is now much more involved with her son’s education and is helping him improve his reading at home. She insists that he work hard because she’s discovered that no opportunity is ‘too posh’ for her son. When we set up Serious Fun, we always wanted it to broaden horizons and raise aspirations. true, we were thinking of the students but then again, whatever works…

Serious Fun students @ Eltham School, because almost all of them achieved their year-end targets in English, maths and science and significantly outperformed their teachers’ expectations.

@ Highgate School – not one student speaks English as their first language so hardly any of them could write adequately when they started. When they graduated, every single one had caught up completely.

@ Winchester, where students made much faster improvements in their English and maths than would normally be expected.

And @ Eton College: 90% of last year’s students achieved 5 good GCSEs including English and maths – many more than predicted. On average, each one achieved 9 good GCSEs and three-quarters of them are now doing A levels.

IntoUniversity has been brilliant.

It’s motivated me, given me so

many opportunities. It’s

really opened doors.

mEEt StEphanIE

IntounIVErSIty StudEntS go to unIVErSIty

dISadVantagEd StudEntS natIonally go to unIVErSIty

70%24%

Mother knows best?

Words, words, words

We pinpointed key vocabulary that the children wouldn’t normally

use, or hadn’t heard before.

Full information on these

and other SHINE-funded

projects can be found at

www.shinetrust.org.uk.

SErIouSlygood

WordS, WordS, WordS motHer kNoWS beSt? meet StepHaNIe SerIoUSLy good

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despite teachers’ best efforts, some children leave primary school still functionally illiterate. at secondary school, life becomes ten times harder. many become disaffected and disruptive; some are kicked out; a few will leave school without a single qualification.

but in tower Hamlets, that reading thing (trt) gives secondary students a chance to catch up with one-to-one literacy lessons. Just as well: its students have an average reading age of just seven. “We want to get them to a reading age of 10-plus,” says Sarah Warburton, the project manager. “that’s where they’ll have the skills they need to get and keep the sort of job they’re most likely to do.”

the coaching is done mainly by volunteers and isn’t easy: almost by definition, these are difficult students. “Lots have difficult family backgrounds, many have dyslexia, some have adHd, while others might only speak english as a second language,” says Sarah. referrals come from schools, pupil referral units (for

excluded students) and youth offending teams. once on board, they meet up with their mentor every week for up to a year – if they turn up. “Sometimes they just refuse,” says Sarah. “one lad walked away but returned three years later: he’d left school and realised he had a problem. Now I see him twice a week.”

trt spurs students on through a series of achievements. “It has 50 levels and certificates for every 10 levels you complete. these students never got prizes at school so some of them really hook onto this – they want to complete every level so they can say they’ve achieved something.”

tricks like these bring solid results. Last year, its students’ reading age increased on average by three months for every month of support – around three times the normal rate of progress. that’s pretty good and, with SHINe’s continued help, trt plans to expand its work slightly this year, giving more teenagers that second chance to learn this most essential life skill.

For SHINE students, academic success or failure ultimately boils down to one question – did you get five good GCSEs (including English and maths)? It’s that simple – and that stark. And disadvantaged students invariably come off worse. So we’re funding two new projects to help them out…

It’s that pesky English-maths double that causes the problem. Only a third of disadvantaged students get the gold standard of 5 A*-C grade GCSEs including both subjects – far less than the national average but also just half as many as those getting 5 good GCSEs in any subject.

For those who can afford it, private tuition can work wonders. But at £30 per hour, it’s far too expensive for SHINE students. So

we’ve stepped in with two new projects that use trained volunteers to keep costs down. In Manchester, Reach Out! recruits undergraduates to give weekly lessons to teenagers unlikely to get C grades in maths or English. It also helps struggling 10-12 year olds to give them a better chance of a happier time at secondary school.

In London, Action Tutoring focuses on students who are on the C/D borderline for English or maths, where just a little extra help could make a huge difference. Their volunteers help out for just six weeks, making it much easier to find willing recruits. Using social media and word of mouth, it has signed up London University undergraduates and a clutch of young professionals. Some private tutoring

companies have encouraged their own staff to volunteer and Teach First is also a supporter.

Following a successful pilot, we’ve helped Action Tutoring expand this year to support 200 students, maybe more. Recruitment is very successful and the tutors will begin work this spring. Assuming all goes well, Action Tutoring plans a rapid roll out, helping hundreds more teenagers to do themselves proud.

Before the tutors, there was Climbing Higher. Run by Watford Grammar School for Boys, it helps local teenagers who risk seriously messing up their GCSEs. Every Saturday, they’re taught in small groups by Watford’s teachers, helped by its sixth formers. This ensures they receive highly personal support. Short, intensive sessions cover core subjects, as well as study skills.

For the students themselves, however, Watford’s main attraction is a 10 metre high climbing wall. This provides them not just with fresh air and exercise, but also a real challenge. “It’s quite daunting to look up that wall, but that’s the point,” says Martin Post, Watford’s Head. “It’s meant to be difficult. If you can master that wall, something like GCSE maths will seem relatively easy by comparison.”

So it seems. Last summer, every one of Watford’s first group of 30 students achieved a grade C or better in maths. Better yet, they all cleared the GCSE hurdle, achieving at least five with good grades. Now all but one is continuing their education.

Given their academic history, Martin is delighted. “Their schools were really worried about their progress,” he says. “But a large number achieved two grades higher than their target grades … across eight or ten subjects. That is an outstanding achievement.”

But that’s so last year. Climbing Higher now covers more subjects, including history, geography and some modern languages. It has also doubled its intake but even that may not be enough – “we could fill the places here three times over,” says Martin. Now there’s a thought…

Wonder what happened to projects in last year’s mag? Look no further…

clImbEd hIghEr, rEachEd thE top

If you can master that wall,

GCSE maths will seem

easy by comparison.

What happened next?

Every little helps

Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy (EYLA) – this tough after-school programme for difficult boys had a great year. Its 42 students made such rapid progress in literacy and maths that almost all had completely caught up by year end. their behaviour also improved – truancy fell to zero and exclusions were halved.

Civitas – once again its primary students made huge strides at summer school, particularly in literacy. reading ages jumped by seven months or more – not bad for two weeks’ work. afternoons involved Spanish, art history and engineering (including towers made from spaghetti, marshmallows and toothpicks). plus trips to kentish town Farm and Hampton Court palace. No wonder the feedback was so good.

Making Moves – this great new pilot teaches chess to primary children in Lewisham. on average, around 2/3 of the 80 students involved last year made faster progress in literacy and maths than their teachers expected. attendance could have been better but we’re on it and expect improvements.

DigiSmart – uses fun, challenging computer projects to help struggling children boost their confidence and literacy skills. Now in Sheffield, Leeds and bradford, digiSmart is heading for Wales. and it still posts superb results: last year, almost 2/3 of a sample group started digiSmart behind in their reading; two terms later, 92% of them had caught up completely and more than half had zoomed ahead.

fully bookEd

Lots have difficult family

backgrounds, many have dyslexia,

some have ADHD, while others

might only speak English as a

second language.

EYLA

CIVITAS

MAkIng MoVES

DIgISMART

eVery LIttLe HeLpS CLImbed HIgHer, reaCHed tHe top FULLy booked WHat HappeNed Next?

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The size of the pie – what we spend

* In 2011, SHINE committed £1,737,562 in grants.

* Since August 2000, we have awarded 160

grants, worth £14.5 million.

* These have directly helped more than 49,000

children from nearly 2,000 schools in London

and Manchester.

* SHINE’s trustees cover all operating costs, so

every penny we receive goes to fund current

and future projects.

The slice of the pie – how we spend it

* SHINE on Saturday Programmes – giving

underachievers 20% extra tuition every year.

* Serious Fun on Saturday Programmes – opening

top private schools to local children.

* Other Saturday Programmes – study support,

structured learning and extra-curricular

activities for students preparing for GCSEs.

* Innovation & Other – projects that take a

genuinely new approach to old problems, plus

those taking place in the holidays and after

school that address literacy, speaking and

thinking skills.

* £100 will provide a teenager approaching GCSEs with one-on-one Action Tutoring in English or maths.

* £1,000 will see 6 previously struggling primary children make huge strides thanks to DigiSmart.

* £5,000 will give 8 functionally illiterate secondary students months of individual tuition with

That Reading Thing.

* £10,000 will provide 35 children with some Serious Fun on Saturday for a year.

%46.3%18.0%6.4%

29.3%100.0%

££804,150£312,209

£111,817£509,386

£1,737,562

PROGRAMME STRANDSHINE on SaturdaysSerious Fun on Saturdays

Other Saturday Programmes

Innovation & Other2011 TOTALS

If you’ve ever held a bash providing dinner and dancing for 450 people, you’ll already know that the list of good venues in London is short. Recently we’ve been west, north and south, to Battersea. So this year we went central and local – to Old Billingsgate, right in the heart of the city.

Billingsgate is a great venue (for starters, it’s not a tent). But its size demands a band with enough energy and personality to fill the space. Our last event there, in 2004, saw Kool and the Gang deliver a barnstorming performance. Big shoes… so when ‘70s dance legends Chic expressed interest, it was a no-brainer. One job done, 956 to go.

A few months and many decisions later, SHINE’s supporters arrived to find Old Billingsgate utterly transformed into a stylish, intimate venue. After canapés and cocktails, guests made their way to a superb dinner in a room magically dripping with candles and bulbs. Then Nick Robinson, our host for the evening (and also the BBC’s Political Editor) worked his own spells on the crowd.

A combination of warm, witty browbeating – and the prospect of seeing Chic perform as soon as we reached our target – paid off superbly. In just half an hour, SHINE’s supporters and friends raised well over £500,000 – money which will help many more children fulfil their potential at school.

Then it was time to dance. True to form, Nile Rodgers and Chic played a concert to remember, raising the roof with hits including ‘Freak Out’ and ‘Good Times’, as well as tracks written by Rodgers for stars such as David Bowie, Diana Ross and Sister Sledge. The dance floor was packed, with guests having so much fun that we extended the night by another half-hour to ensure that every booty was truly shaken before it was time to go. Good times, indeed.

taking a table again at this year’s benefit dinner was the kpmg Foundation, a charity funding educational and social projects that can unlock the potential of disadvantaged children and young people.

Clearly this provides considerable overlap with SHINe’s work and we have collaborated regularly over the past decade – most notably with every Child a reader, the hugely successful literacy programme. Launched by the kpmg Foundation, it was adopted by the government and rolled out nationwide to help

30,000 struggling primary children. a second

programme, every Child Counts, had the same

success with numeracy.

SHINe was a natural partner, says Jo Clunie,

the Foundation’s director. “Culturally we’re

very similar and clearly our works overlap,” she

says. “SHINe are sensible, knowledgeable and

grounded – they completely understand this

sector and what needs to be done.”

right now, however, the Foundation is funding

an extensive programme to support children in

foster care in six locations around the country.

“Lots of our activities don’t involve SHINe, and

vice-versa,” says Jo. “that’s one reason why we

take a table at the benefit dinner. It’s the only

table we buy each year and it’s borne out of

our strong relationship and the recognition that

there’s a lot of very good work that SHINe does

that we can’t co-fund because it doesn’t quite

fit with us.” then she adds: “of course, the

benefit dinner is also great fun and we never

leave before having a bit of a dance – Chic

were brilliant! It’s always a fantastic evening.”

Chic & Cheerful

The dance floor was packed…

every booty was truly shaken.

kool pEoplE, magIc grooVES

MONEy, MONEy, MONEy…

IT’S A juNGLE OuT THERE…

Right now, more than 1 million 16-24 year olds are unemployed – the

highest number in 25 years. And almost a quarter of 16-24 year olds in

London have no job – the highest rate in the uK.

A 21 year old who left school at 16 with some GCSEs is 60% more likely to

be unemployed than somebody the same age who has some A levels.

moNey, moNey, moNey... CHIC aNd CHeerFUL kooL peopLe, magIC grooVeS

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We want runners! the Windsor Half-marathon has been inked into our diary for almost a decade now. For a start, the 13 miles around Windsor great park is known as a gorgeous, interesting course. and it also gives us a great chance to set out our stall (literally), cheer on our supporters and, obviously, raise some money.

this year’s race is on Sunday 7th october and we’re hoping to field our largest team ever, with all proceeds going towards a new SHINe on Saturday project. by way of encouragement, SHINe on Windsor is getting a facelift. the event has always been a great family day out so this year we’re offering face-painting and other family activities to our younger supporters. We’ll also provide free massages and tip-top pit-stop facilities

of energy drinks and snacks for our brave runners and their cheerleaders. and, if that’s not enough, we’re redesigning the SHINe t shirt (because why have white when you could have orange?).

you don’t have to be particularly quick or even remotely experienced. all we ask for is some commitment, enthusiasm and, of course, sponsorship – hopefully £250 or more. In return, we’re providing our runners with post sign-up support, including a running plan and top tips from our more experienced team members. So if you’re interested, please get in touch. Not only will you experience a beautiful course and enjoy guilt-free smugness for weeks afterwards, you’ll also help SHINe kids stay the course and improve their own personal bests at school.

one of SHINe’s more experienced runners is michael de Lathauwer. “I’ve done Windsor twice now,” he says. “It’s a fantastic course in a great setting. running around Windsor great park in autumn, and having the castle in the distance, is really nice.”

michael also bought a table at this year’s benefit dinner, inviting some colleagues from goldman Sachs. “Lots of people here want to give something back, so I had no problem finding people to come along and pledge donations,” he said. “my wife and I both like the directness of the pledge process because I know straightaway where my money is going.”

So why SHINe? “I like the fact that SHINe’s trying to help children who haven’t had the same level of opportunities to get educated as our own children have.” Last summer’s riots have only reinforced this view: “Sometimes it seems we live in a tinderbox and it can cause havoc. Hopefully, having more educational programmes for people from poorer backgrounds will make society overall a bit more just.”

Our team is pretty small and we’ve plenty on to keep us out of trouble. Over the past year, however, we’ve been helped enormously by the hard work and good humour of our two interns – Will Robertson and then Malachy O’Keeffe.

The two have taken on a huge range of work: from research and project management to drafting website content and even visiting projects. Have they complained? Not once – not even about the low pay (sorry). And later this year we’ll have another space available for some fresh talent. So if you know anyone who doesn’t mind working hard for plenty of biscuits but not much money, please get in touch.

do run, run, runSHINe on Windsor gets a fresh look (but it still involves running).

IntErn(atIonal) rEScuE

keep on running…

Michael de lathauwer

Who we are

TrusteesJim O’Neill David Blood Gavin BoyleMark FergusonMark Heffernan Cameron Ogden Dr Krutika PauRichard RothwellDr Caroline Whalley

StaffPaul CarburyGordon Chapman Caroline DaviesRuth Dwyer Sara PortwayFiona Spellman

Patrons David BeckhamSarah BrownGavyn Davies Sir Alex FergusonBaroness Sarah Hogg Sir Peter OgdenHon Angad PaulProfessor Dame Alison RichardJune SarpongDr Sushil Wadhwani

Three teenagers are taking a break from their studies to watch the FA Cup Final this year, thanks to ITV Sport and a generous SHINE Supporter…

Decisions, decisions. A SHINE supporter buys four tickets to the big match in our Benefit Dinner auction and gifts them to a SHINE project. But which one? We chose Stepladder, which supports 14-16 year olds at risk of falling short just when it matters most. Regular Saturday workshops improve key learning skills and help these teens decide on their future plans. Between workshops, every student receives tailored support (such as extra tuition) depending on their own, personal needs.

Choosing the students proved no problem, says Alison Jones, Stepladder’s founder. She and her colleagues drew up a shortlist of those with 100% attendance “who we felt would get something really special out of it.” They then turned the final decision over to the students themselves. “It worked really well. Some students told us how much they wanted to go – and then voted for someone else. That was fantastic to see.”

Three worthy students will be going, together with a mentor. As guests of ITV Sport, they not only get to watch the match, but also go

backstage to see how ITV’s coverage is put together. “When they come back, they’ll do a presentation to tell everyone all about it. I now have three very excited students!” Sounds like a perfect day, so many thanks to ITV Sport and one very generous SHINE supporter.

to go – then voted for someone else.Some students told us how much they wanted

For more information about SHINe please call paul Carbury, Chief executive, on 020 8393 1880 or email him at paulcarbury@shinetrust.org.uk.

Contact us

SwEEt f.a.

Watch this space

The next SHINE Benefit Dinner will be held in 2013 – we’ll be in touch as details are confirmed.

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do rUN, rUN, rUN keep oN rUNNINg… INterN(atIoNaL) reSCUe

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PLATINUM SUPPORTERS

David Blood

Gavin & Yaena Boyle

Manjit Dale

Mark Heffernan & Lisa Endlich

Generation Investment Management

LLP

Goldman Sachs Gives

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Man Group plc Charitable Trust

Marathon of Marathons Trust

Jim & Caroline O’Neill

Stephen Robertson

Michael & Melanie Sherwood

Sofronie Foundation

The Nomura Charitable Trust

The Tudor Foundation

The Walcot Foundation

US Friends of SHINE

PERSONAL SUPPORTERS

Capital MSL

Freda Deere

Sir Alex Ferguson

Simon Hamer

ITV Sport

Magdalene Karyda

Chloe Ogden

Nick Robinson

Niall Sloane

Rachel Wedderspoon

Kevin Wulwik

GOLD SUPPORTERS

Henry & Sara Bedford

Bloomberg

Citigroup Global Markets Ltd

Gavyn Davies & Sue Nye

Fiona & Mark Ferguson

The John Armitage Charitable Trust

The Taylor Family Foundation

SILVER SUPPORTERS

Astir Capital

Barclays Wealth

David Barnes

Bridges Ventures Ltd

Christina & Richard Costaridi-Crosby

Michael De Lathauwer

Chris French

GLG Partners / Man Group

Phillip Hylander

KPMG Foundation

Marble Bar Asset Management LLP

Becky & Jimmy Mayer

Nomura International

Cameron Ogden

Barrie & Emmanuel Roman

Royal Bank of Canada

Samos Investments Limited

Sutton Trust

TDR Capital LLP

The Ambika Paul Foundation

The Ogden Trust

The Queen Anne’s Gate Foundation

Thomson Reuters

Sushil Wadhwani

Andy & Geeta Waugh

BRONZE SUPPORTERS

Ishaan Acharya

Rose Ades

Sassan Ahsani

Masha Almazova

Marie Cristine Amiot

Lisa Anderson

Barry Anten

Jeremy Armitage

Duncan Austin

Toby Baines

Dawn Baker

Lyndsey Baker

Camilla Baldwin

Derek & Bonnie Bandeen

Bridget Barton

Kim Berknov

Marie-Claire Bleasdale

David Bowen

Gerry Boyle

Jim Brown

Louise Brown

Tim Bunting

Alastair Burt

Richard Campbell

Capital MSL

Tiffany & Will Chawner

Michael Chojnacki

Campbell Clarke

Jo Clunie

Daryl Cook

Rebecca Cooney

Gerry Copeland

Neil Cosgrove

Fintan Coyle

Bryan Crawford

Julian Curtis

Paul Daniel

Samantha Dart

Rhodri Davies

Des Denning

M Dhawan

Brian Dineen

John Duggan

Stefan Dunatov

Rick Dykstra

Touria El Glaoui

Michael Elliott

Ali Farrell

Sir Alex Ferguson

Amanda Forest

Rufus Frazier

Knut Gezelius

Ivan Gilmore

Millie Glennon

thank you to our supporters in 2011Gemma Grant

Lewis Grant

Paul Gredley

Matthew Greenburgh

Colin Greene

Simon Hamer

Peter & Sarah Harris

Phillip Harris

John Harrison

Anthony Harte

Mark & Philippa Hennessy

Garret & Susan Hinebauch

Theo Hodges

Lucy Hodgson

Victoria Hoe

Diana Holtham

Angela Homsi

Radhika & Simon Hookway

Bhobinder Hundal

Elizabeth Jackson

Karim Jallad

Howell James

Suhail Jan

Phillip Jenkins

Ross Jennings

Nick Judge

Helen & James Kelly

Jonathan Kestenbaum

Nicole Kim

Shaun King

Henry Knapman

Nina Kriklewicz

Jeffrey Kushner

Colin & Lisa Le Duc

Mike Leighton

Brian Levine

Lisa Lok

Charles Long

Hamish Low

Hampus Lundh

Ling Luong

Brian Magnus

Makinson Cowell Ltd

Claire Maloney

Peter Mann

James Markham

Alex Marshall

Lesley Martinez

Inigo Matas

Stephanie Mathern

Michael McBrinn

Carmen & Neil McTernan

Raj Mehta

John Meir

David Melvin

Brian & Leigh Message

Marc & Kelli Montanaro

Carl Morris

Sue Moseley

Philip Newborough

Jody Newman

Nikkei The Nihon Keizai Shimbun

Bob Noyen

Gus O’Donnell

Nigel O’Sullivan

Mike Parish

Sheila Patel

Helen Payne

Ben Pearn

Penguin Books Ltd

Jennifer Phillips

Jonathan Pierce

Nick Pope

Mike Ramsay

Damian & Page Reece

John & Estella ap Rhys Pryce

Joel Rickett

Simon Ringer

Nick & Pippa Robinson

Colin Rogers

Richard & Anna Rothwell

Ilse Ryder

Gilbert Saiz

Becky Salmon

Sevenoaks School

Doug & Helen Shaw

M G Shaw

Clive Shepherd

Emily Smith

Quentin Smith

Richard Sterry

Andrew & Katrina Taee

Lucy Tappin

Hasan Tevfik

The Brownsword Group

The Centre for the Study of

Financial Innovation

The Generation Foundation

Giles Thorley

Mike & Karenza Townend

David Townshend

Emma & Hugh Turner

TW Group

Mark Warburton

Gregory Wasserman

David Watts

James Wedderburn

Rachel Wedderspoon

Caroline Whalley

David White

Stewart Whitehead

Guy Whittle

Elske Willenborg

Steffan Williams

Winton Capital Management Ltd

Debra Wood

Cynthia Wu

Kevin Wulwik

Lesley Yeo

Lucy Young

James Zang

SHINe SUpporterS SHINe SUpporterS

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“giving kids from poor communities some decent opportunities to really succeed at school has always been an incredibly worthwhile cause. Now we have such high levels of youth unemployment, it’s essential that these children leave school with the best possible grades and that makes SHINe’s work more important than ever.”Nick Robinson