Through Community partnerships students work after school directly with people from the broader London community. Programs take place in youth centers, schools, playgrounds, shelters, and senior citizen centers, giving students the chance to work with people in a wide range of circumstances.
Partnerships take place once a week after school. Students travel to the partnership as a team along with their coach (an ASL faculty/staff member). Students commit to one season at a time.
See sign up details and schedules at www.asl.org/cp
Questions? Reach out to Brandon Block.
Adventure Play Hub
This partnership runs popular after-school programs for local primary-age children. It has an indoor area for arts, crafts, music and table tennis, and outdoor space for basketball and gardening.
Volunteers develop arts and crafts, sports and play projects, as well as serve snacks, and act as buddies to the younger children.
PACE for ALL
PACE runs great after-school programs for students from the Fortune Green area and Camden. Their centers feature two indoor huts, where there is always a great arts and craft taking place, a garden, a really nice football pitch, and a fun playground. The young people attending are warm and welcoming and love having ASL buddies visit.
Doorstep Homeless Families Project
Doorstep improves the lives of families who are living in temporary accommodation after losing their homes.
ASL students work in Doorstep’s after-school program, providing homework help, playing games and managing arts and crafts activities. It’s a busy, energetic, warm and welcoming environment.
Robotics Outreach
Help bring the excitement of robotics to students in local primary schools! Every week you will work with 4th and 5th graders helping them to build a robot, strengthening their group work and problem solving skills, while having a lot of fun! No previous robotics skills are necessary; we will teach you everything you need to know to be a great coach.
Robotics Outreach
Help bring the excitement of robotics to students in local primary schools! Every week you will work with 4th and 5th graders helping them to build a robot, strengthening their group work and problem solving skills, while having a lot of fun! No previous robotics skills are necessary; we will teach you everything you need to know to be a great coach.
The Winchester Project
The Winch is a youth organization in Swiss Cottage whose mission is to help children, regardless of their circumstances, by offering activities and support. The Winch runs an after-school program for primary school students in the local community.
The Winch encourages ASL students who are interested in running small-group projects, such as drama, to deliver sessions as part of their playgroups.
Homework buddy program
Through the program, high school students provide after-school academic support to Middle Schoolers, once a week in the library. High School students are selected in September of each year and are paired with Middle Schoolers with whom they work over several months.
Dance Squad at Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill Junior School is located nearby in St. John's Wood. In the past, ASL students have run an after-school dance club called "Dance Squad" for a group of 20 very excited students aged 7-10.
Coding Club
A group of ASL 11th graders launched Xcelero Coding Club to help address the low numbers of young people learning computer programming skills in the UK. The group works with a group of young people at Harris Academy St Johns Wood every Thursday.
Rugby Portobello Trust
Rugby Portobello is a youth organization in Kilburn Park that helps primary-age students. It takes academic development seriously and requires all attending students to spend an hour improving their skills before taking part in recreational activities.Rugby Portobello is a structured environment that relies heavily on volunteers, who must attend consistently. A bus is provided by ASL for volunteers for the 15-minute journey.
Community Volunteers Days
Two weekends a year ASL families volunteer to help improve local sites. High Schoolers can apply to serve as Site Leaders, planning the day, and ensuring volunteers have all they need to make a great impact.