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April Newsletter 05

24/04/2015

Shoebox Living Needs a Home!

Those of you who have visited us at our head office will most probably have seen the Shoebox Living display. We are now offering a unique opportunity to exhibit this astounding work from the children of Kids Company at your premises for a limited time.

The Shoebox Living exhibition was created by 125 children from Kids Company between the ages of 8 - 10 who were asked to recreate a room from their home in a shoebox and give a short description. Much of the work is infused with a childlike joy and sense of love for their carers. However, it is striking to notice that 1 in 6 of the children involved in this project recreated households which raised serious concerns.

The work shared with you today presents the honest perceptions of children living in one of the most deprived areas of London.

We are looking to re-house this as soon as possible (deadline 24th April) ideally for three months whilst we move head offices. This will give you a unique opportunity to showcase our relationship and provide a wonderful talking point for visitors to your office.

Transporting the display - Essential information

Kids Company will organise delivery and collection and would be delighted if you felt able to support the costs of this but understand that this might not be possible.

Weight: 300kg

Length: 308cm

Width: 40cm

Height: 185cm

If you are interested in housings Shoebox Living please get in touch with charlotte.porter@kidsco.org.uk

Tablets needed

We are currently in the process of rolling out a clinical care evaluation package, called Psychlops. Developed by doctors and experts in the field, Psychlops is at the cutting edge of evaluation and therapy improvement. It is free to use, and helps track our childrens' progress through psychotherapy (such as cognitive based therapy or trauma counselling) which, in turn, will ensure that our therapy services continue to meet the high level of need appropriately.

Psyclops requires tablets so that clinicians and clients can input data together, such as identifying the key issues they are hoping to address through therapy and allowing them to return to these issues and assess their progression. It enables clinicians and clients to work together to define what their needs are and track their progress, leaving them feeling positive about their progress while the staff at Kids Company can continue to ensure their needs are successfully met.

How can you help?

We need at least 20 tablets to ensure clinicians in each centre have access to Psychlops at all times. A donation of 20 tablets would let us roll Psychlops out across eleven centres, to start collecting and analysing their experiences. This will help improve our clinical practice with immediate effect.

Our therapy sessions can be intense and unpredictable, given the incredibly high need and adversity of our kids. Having the tablets readily available in the therapy sessions would allow us to immediately act upon moments of breakthrough and/or turning points.

If you feel that you could help us, please get in touch with - charlotte.porter@kidsco.org.uk

Kids Company Designers' Raffle 2015

Win a beautiful Bally bag or bespoke Liberty chair for only £1!!

The Kids Company Designers Raffle has some fantastic prizes from 11 leading designers in fashion, interiors and architecture.

Tickets are only £1 so grab a few before they go for your chance to win a luxury prize, with all proceeds going towards helping vulnerable children and young people.

Hurry! Closing date is 20th April 2015 click here to buy your tickets

Get involved! Kids Company's Paint a School project.

Price: £1,500 (includes equipment and paints, and Kids Company artist)

Do you have a team of 6-15 volunteers, eager for a rewarding and hands on experience?

Why not sign up for our Paint a School project?!

Kids Company works with over 30 schools in London. Many of these inner city schools cannot afford upkeep and maintenance of communal areas that should be regularly enjoyed by the kids. The Paint a School project transforms these dull and baron spaces into bright colourful environments, reflecting the values of the school and the morale of the pupils. By improving their environment, the volunteers enhance the children's experience of school life, which in turn, improves their educational attainment and experience. You do not need any particular creative flare- a Kids Company artist will draw the outline of the mural, all the volunteers need to do is paint in-between the lines- like a giant paint by numbers!

If you are interested in Paint a School please contact maya.alexander@kidsco.org.uk or call 020 7202 2700 ext 226.

No Nurture, No Chance?

Adolescent resilience in the aftermath of childhood adversities

This multidisciplinary conference brings together senior scientists in childhood trauma and resilience, epidemiology, and brain development. They will explore recent advances in systemic thinking, informed by exciting new research that is helping us to understand not just the consequences of early life adversity, but also the facilitation of recovery in adolescence from such experiences. With talks from Kids Company Founder and Chief Executive Camila Batmanghelidjh,academics Prof. Ruth Gilbert, Dr Andrea Danese, Prof. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore and more.

T-shirts with a difference!

This month we celebrate the launch of our partnership with Connected Generation, an innovative new social enterprise selling top-quality ethical t-shirts with brilliant designs. For each t-shirt bought, £5 is gifted to a specific charity project - including 5 Kids Company initiatives that the buyer selects and is then connected to, subsequently receiving updates on the project's progress. We are thrilled to see the projects beginning to raise funds. Please support us by treating yourself or a friend to a fa
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