Groundbreaking art project for vulnerable young people in Gosport and Havant to continue thanks to £131,000 in funding
Horizon 20:20, which is led by charity Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT), supports young people who have been excluded from school or are unable to cope in a traditional classroom.
The scheme teaches young people a range of creative skills – including sculpture and photography – as a way to tackle their challenging behaviour and to support their mental health.
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Hide AdSince 2016, more than 600 young people have been helped across seven centres, including The Woodland Education Centre, in Havant, and The Key Education Centre, in Gosport.
The Havant and Fareham centres have already supported more than 150 young people, and will continue to host the scheme as it is extended for another year.
The project was funded for its first four years by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and was due to finish at the end of the summer 2020 school term – but it will now continue until July 2021.
Its extension comes thanks to the Pual Hamyln Foundation awarding a further £111,000 to the scheme, alongside an additional £20,000 from Garfield Weston Foundation.
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Hide AdThe chief executive of HCT, Paul Sapwell, said: ‘In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and as society rebuilds, it will help us to ensure that our most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are not left behind.’
Horizon 20:20 is first scheme in the UK that sees a cultural organisation work with learning centres across a county to help vulnerable young people at risk of falling out of education permanently.