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Lunch clubs

Lunch clubs in schools are usually our first point of contact with young women. They’re a great place to get to know the girls, and invite them to more Canaan Project activities outside of school time. These drop-in clubs provide a safe space for young women to enjoy their lunch, meet new people, try new things and build new relationships. We provide a variety of activities including craft, games, nail varnish and food.

“I would describe Canaan Project as an area where you can meet new people and try new things. Staff are really friendly and open for a chat”
— Young Woman 2023
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After School Clubs

In our After School Clubs we offer a range of activities, including crafts, sports, discussions, cooking, and games. We regularly have inspirational visitors from the community and further afield and love giving young women opportunities to learn new things and broaden their horizons. These sessions are great places to get to know young women better and we’re able to offer a deeper level of support to those that want it.

 
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Projects

We run a variety of time bound projects throughout the year. Historically we’ve run arts projects alongside London Youth, a choir project, and a creative project looking at positive mental health. For the past few years we’ve regularly run a 10 week empowerment course in schools. We work with other organisations, professionals and facilitators and often show off what we’ve learnt in our annual Summer Show case.

 
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Mentoring

We offer mentoring to young women that may benefit from extra support. Mentoring is usually weekly and will be tailored to the specific needs and interests of the young woman. We take referrals for mentoring from schools, social workers, and young women themselves. To make a referral for mentoring please drop us a message here.

 

Forum

Our girls club forum is a team of young women, elected by their peers, that meet on a regular basis to help plan and shape what happens at our after school clubs. We think it’s really important to encourage leadership and ownership of these clubs.

 
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Trips

We run a variety of day trips through out the year and an annual residential with our after school club. These trips are a great opportunity for the young women to try new things, make new friends and build confidence as well as being really good fun. Recent trips have included visits to a trampoline park, laser tag, the theatre and the Cinema.

 
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Young volunteers

Whilst our forum members do a great job of leading in different ways, older girls or young women who have been involved in Canaan project for a few years are invited to become an official ‘Young Volunteer’. In return these volunteers gain valuable experience and Canaan Project offers them basic training in youth work, child protection and first aid. It’s a great opportunity to see things on the other side and to give something back and we love seeing young women growing in confidence as they take on these responsibilities.