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Charities and Community Centres

Charities, Community Centres and Food Banks up and down the country provide for the wellbeing of some of the most disadvantaged young people. They do an incredible job with limited resources taking care of the immediate needs of families, providing food, clothing and critical advice.

Peppo is working with Charities, Community Centres and Food Banks to provide free online 1-to-1 tutoring to children in Years 9-11. Many of these young people are disengaged with school and so providing them with educational support has the potential to improve their prospects and change their lives. We have already seen young people pass GCSE’s that they previously failed, giving them a chance to go to college or start an apprenticeship and take a step closer to their dream job.

By working in partnership with Charities, Community Centres and Food Banks, we can give young people the chance of a brighter future.

How it works:

It's really very simple! Click through to find out how we could work together to give children at your organisation extra academic support.

Step 1: Referral

The Charity or Community Centre refers students attending state schools in Years 9-11 to Peppo who fall within the following criteria: currently in receipt of, or has previously received, free school meals and/or Pupil Premium; in local authority care (for a period of three months or longer); a full-time or part-time carer; or came to the UK as a refugee or an asylum seeker.

Step 2: Contact

Peppo contacts the parents/guardians to find out what tutoring would most help their child.

Step 3: Tutor Allocation

Peppo carefully select one of its handpicked, enhanced DBS checked tutors who will be both a great tutor and mentor for the student.

Step 4: Tutoring

The tutor will contact the student to arrange a day and time for the personalised 1-to-1 online tutoring. Peppo will provide 10 lessons to each child.

Step 5: Reporting

Peppo will provide the Community Centre with a regular update on the tutoring.

That's it!

Peppo is a not-for-profit and provides its services free of charge. However, it welcomes the chance to work with Community Centres to access grants or other funding. If you work for a Community Centre or Food Bank and are interested in becoming part of the Peppo community so that you can refer young people for tutoring, please register here.

Here is just some of the feedback received from students and the Community Centres on our current programmes:

"His tutor is an absolutely fantastic teacher, and my little brother has learnt so much this summer. His Maths and English skills have drastically improved as well as his confidence. Peppo is such a fantastic scheme."

I feel like I learned so much! At times it did not feel as just a French language session, but I was learning more about French society as a whole. I also loved the fact that the lessons were catered to my needs at the time.

"The help and support from Peppo has been fantastic. I was very worried that due to missing so much learning my child would fall behind and struggle in his subjects. However, the tutoring has given him a huge boost and helped to improve his progress."

"Peppo Tutors has worked in collaboration with the Renewal Project for over a year. The impact of their support has been incredible, with high levels of engagement and improved academic attainment. Working with Peppo has been a wonderful experience."

My son has been having Peppo tutoring in maths for several weeks now. The help from his tutor has been excellent and he has made a lot of progress. Without a Peppo tutor I don't know how I would afford the extra help. I am so grateful to Peppo for providing the free extra lessons. We need more organisations like this. Thank you, Peppo!