About Us
Project Moving Forward is a Pioneering and Unique charitable endeavour that seeks to address some of the most pressing concerns facing the Somali Community in England.
Quite apart from many organisations, projects and enterprises that envision the same ideals, it is being spearheaded by a registered charity that seeks to deliver support where it is needed and forge long-lasting co-operative partnerships with key Local Authority departmental services and schools.
From January to July 2010, Project Moving Forward (PMF) delivered Successful Pilot Support Programmes to a network of 10 schools and educational centres in the city of Birmingham, which has expanded gradually to encompass nearly 16 Schools and providing support services in conjunction with the social services.
Our mission is to support the academic, social and cultural needs of students from deprived backgrounds and families.
- Our Immediate Goals are: ·
- To Create an opportunity for students to be connected to a caring youth worker who can offer support and guidance as the student pursues academic success
- To Increase motivation and academic achievement
- To Educate newly arrived students about embracing and respecting their own culture whilst connecting them to the wider society and community at large
- To Assist in developing a collaborative model and support system where schools, parents and the community work together
- Our Long-Term Goals are:
- To Help raise the achievement of Somali children, by promoting and supporting schools to collect data on pupils performance which could be used to track their progress and to plan actions to meet their needs.
- To Assist in developing a range of strategies to improve the English language skills of pupils at different levels.
- To Promote and facilitate for the recruitment and training of Somali bilingual consultants/staff to support schools across the Authority with high numbers of Somali pupils who can effectively be used to build links between schools and Somali families as well as support pupils in need.
- To Undertake case study research into good practice for raising achievement of Somali children in schools.
- To Provide Somali contextual data to schools to raise awareness of teaching and school management staff of the issues of Somali underachievement.
- To Support schools in the target setting process.
- To Promote additional EAL and induction support programmes to improve English language skills in all schools with a high population of Somali pupils.
- To Improve the awareness and understanding of the British Education systems for Somali parents and pupils.
