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Creating Opportunities for Children and Young People with SEND and from Low-Income Backgrounds Many children and young people face significant barriers to opportunity – particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and those from low-income backgrounds. Our latest insight explores the challenges they face and how targeted support can make a lasting difference. […]

Partnerships At Purley Bury Tennis Club in Croydon with delivery partners – MDL Coaching, Panathlon Challenge, Louise Hunt and host partners – Bensham Manor School and Addington Valley Academy The Tim Henman Foundation has a place-based approach where we form relationships with partners to deliver programmes which are embedded into communities of high deprivation. The

Community Tennis Programme in Camberley with DG Tennis Weekly tennis sessions for primary pupils across GLF Schools’ Camberley cluster schools – Pine Ridge and Lorraine Infant Schools, and Cordwalles Junior School Funded by the LTA Tennis Foundation What are the issues? Children and young people aged 5-18 should be aiming for at least 60 minutes of

The THF Opportunity Fund – helping to narrow the attainment gap What is the attainment gap? The attainment gap measures the educational outcomes of those eligible for free school meals (FSM) and compares them with the proportion of pupils who have never received free school meals.  During the early 2010s, the attainment gap across all

Meet Raffety Raffety is a 7-year-old student at Cambridge Primary School, who discovered a new passion through the Tim Henman Foundation community tennis programme, funded by the LTA Tennis Foundation. His mother, Kelley-Anne, shared how this unexpected interest in tennis has positively impacted his life. Link to full case study Back To All Case Studies

Community Tennis Programmeat Cambridge Primary Schoolwith Aldershot Tennis Centre 71% of students from underserved communities take part in under 1.5 hours of organised PE/sport at school per week.Last year, 360 students from Cambridge Primary School attended regular tennis sessions, 30 attended an after school tennis club and 20 have taken up the pathway to play

Grant to Oxford Children’s Hospital Funding sensory and distraction resources in Children’s A&E at Oxford Children’s Hospital What are the issues? The Children’s A&E Department at the Oxford Children’s Hospital sees more than 30,000 children every year.  As is well-documented in the national press, there are enormous demands on both Children’s and Adults’ A&E departments

Opportunity Fund with Ark Academy, Putney Funding extra-curricular educational opportunities for students who require additional support What Is The Issue? Following on from the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been widely documented that the cohorts of young people moving through their secondary and post-16 education are not yet at the level of their peers who sat

Inclusive Activity Programme atOak Green Primary SchoolWith BASE There are multiple barriers faced by those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in taking up sport and staying active. What are the issues? There are over 1.5 million pupils with SEND in England, an increase of 87,000 since 2022.  The most common types of difficulties

Career Path Programmewith DoTraining Nearly 3/4 of a million 16-24 year-olds are NEET in England (not in education, employment or training). This is 11.3% of all young people, and up 1% from the same time last year. What are the issues? Three different participants, three different barriers to long-term employment. One immigrant child seeking a