High Trees are currently looking for volunteers to help us reach and support even more people in the local area. If you are interested in volunteering for High Trees, please check out our page on Do-It and register your interest. Our next volunteer group induction date is on Wednesday the 18th of July, so please […]
The London Community Organisers Network is supporting people to use Community Organising in whichever context they would like, to re-address power imbalances within our society. The topics covered in the meet-ups are informed by the needs of the network, in line with the Community Organisers code of conduct. On Saturday 16th of June we will offer […]
Vera registered on High Trees Step Up programme in March 2018 and by June she had secured a job! Vera is a qualified social worker, who shortly after qualifying had to move temporarily abroad to care for an unwell family member. When she moved back to London she lacked the confidence to apply for new […]
High Trees had a brilliant half term with our young people, including clay modeling and crafts, a trip out of London and enjoying the fantastic new all purpose pitch at the Adventure Playground. We are currently seeking funding to ensure we can offer a full range of summer activities for our young people this summer. […]
Several new courses at starting at High Trees in June, including The Award in Education and Training, Level 2 Food and Hygiene and Excel courses – for more details please click here. If you or someone you know are interested in joining one of our upcoming courses, please get in touch by calling 0208 671 […]
High Trees has held its first Job Club on Wednesday 23rd of May and it was a huge success. Thank you to all those who participated and a special thank you to the Halifax (Lloyds) Tooting branch staff who run these employment sessions. Our Job Club is a FREE monthly peer group drop-in session where […]
Last Wednesday, High Trees’ ESOL learners visited The Migration Museum in Lambeth. They learnt about people’s migration stories and discussed how they related to their own. This visit is a part of the new Community ESOL classes delivered under the City Bridge Trust funded project. If you or someone you know are interested in joining […]
Our young people had an amazing time with Barclays Digital Eagles at High Trees this week. During a coding workshop, they created a compass and an online rock, paper scissors game using a micro bit website and a micro soft block editor, many of them building on the skills they have learned at previous coding sessions. High […]
Last week during the Community ESOL class learners prepared for their upcoming trip to the Migration Museum Learners discussed the reasons people may migrate and how this might impact on their new lives, preparing for the group trip later this week!
New Community ESOL Classes started at High Trees last Wednesday. These classes, funded by City Bridge Trust, are part of a three year project to increase ESOL provision for the local community. Learners develop their English alongside learning about the local community as well as visit places of interest in the area and London. Classes […]