Power of Parenting (POP)

So, this month our Astrophysics student starts at Royal Holloway College, University of London, focussed on a Astrophysics path with high ambitions. He would like to go on to do a PhD once he's completed his first degree and ultimately his ideal job would be working in research at CERN involved in projects like the Hadron Collider, maybe.

Clearly a few years to go before he's applying for jobs there, but here at POP, we are delighted to have been able to help in just a small way and ensure he gets the opportunity to work towards those lofty ambitions.

Just a quick re-cap for those who didn't read the original story:

After a rocky start to adult life, this young man has worked hard to go back to college and achieve access to university through a foundation course quite independently. He’d managed to secure accommodation, a place on the course, but couldn’t quite make ends meet. So, POP stepped in and has been buying his groceries for him every week for the last academic year. We are thrilled to see him set off on the next leg of his journey towards his ultimate ambition.

We are keeping in close contact, initially funding all his commuting to university and being there in the background, just like a parent, should unexpected expenses crop up that he just can't cover. Hopefully it's the beginning of great things and we are following his progress with great excitement.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to all POP supporters out there, this is what your donations are achieving. Without you, we would not be able to help this young man. Without you, we would not be able to continue changing young lives, one-by-one.

Foster children have been especially disadvantaged during the pandemic, often havinga less than ideal environment in which to home learn.  To address that, POP has been running a specialisedMaths and Englishtuition programme for foster children since July 2020.  Very sadly we have seen differences of up to 4 years between some children's chronologicalage and their academic age.    We now have 15 children registered and agreement from the local council that they will take over the funding  assuming engagement and progress after POP's initial 6 months sponsorship for each child. 

The first students are coming to the end of their 6 months and we are delighted to say we are seeing rave reviews from their foster parents:

"School meeting recently was brilliant - school has seen a big change in his confidence."

"…seen a difference in attitude to learning - much more willing to learn and spends time revising for tests!"

In some cases even six months of a personalised tuition plan has seen an improvement of up to 3 years catch up.  Even serial school refusers are engaging.   Amazing. We are thrilled.

Please donate to help us continue to make such an important difference to these children's lives.   THANK YOU.