This category captures all the work that is being done to improve the health and wellbeing for children and young people.
Colin is an advocate for change within Newham. He feels particularly strongly about the education system and how it can be changed – especially for ethnic minorities and the LGBTQ+ community. He has devoted time to helping the youth zone…
Brandon lives in Newham and has gone to school here all his life. In the future, he wants to be a paramedic and contribute to the health of the public, and to promote healthcare careers to others.
Gia attends Stratford Youth Zone and has been part of the Children in Care Council (CICC). She is part of the Today Not Tomorrow Youth Citizens Assembly planning team. She hopes one day to get a job. Gia says: ‘I…
Tiffany attends Stratford Youth Zone and participates in activities there such as Girls Group. She is part of the Today Not Tomorrow Youth Citizens Assembly planning team. She hopes one day to be an artist and footballer. Tiffany says: ‘I…
Dollie has had an enormously transformative year, overcoming several personal trials in remarkable displays of resilience. She has gone from never eating at school since nursery to now regularly having lunch. Additionally, she has broken a generational cycle of being…
What started as a two-week secondment in 2007, ended with Ana being asked to run the Deanery Road Children’s Centre. Ana has been a fixture in Newham’s family support offer ever since. As Senior Family Support worker, she is also…
Ben’s focus is around the potential for education and health to work more collaboratively and strategically to improve outcomes for children: as Headteacher of Kensington Primary School, he has worked closely with Healthy Schools, with the result that Kensington became…
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) should enable children and young people to learn about themselves and the world they live in, giving them the skills, understanding and information they need for life. It aims to help them to…
This year is the 10th anniversary of National Child Exploitation Awareness Day, that took place on the 18 March. Newham Council hosted a series of events across the week to highlight the issues surrounding child exploitation and the support that…
