SHINE Supporters' Magazine 2011 by Bruce Robinson

2011

SHINE-Y HAPPY PEOPLE

How SHINE and City Year are helping one Hackney school

In the summertime Saturday schools break out the sandals and sunglasses

North by northwest Big plans and new cities for DigiSmart

Power trip SHINEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters get electric in Battersea

CONTENTS

What we do

FOREWORD

Contents

Foreword

Foreword from SHINE’s Chairman

Oh behave! How one project is giving disruptive kids some tough love

Welcome to the 2011 Edition of SHINE’s supporters’ magazine, which combines news on our core programmes, recent projects and fundraising activities over the past 12 months.

Step right up: Stepladder gets up close and personal – to great effect

North by northwest: DigiSmart’s quest for global domination

This is a particularly dangerous time for the children and young people that SHINE supports. Although education has escaped the worst of the cuts, school budgets are still severely squeezed. Consequently, much of the extra teaching support they provide – often to disadvantaged kids facing huge educational hurdles – has now become unaffordable. This threatens an entire cohort of children who, without this helping hand, will fall even further behind. Becoming frustrated, disenchanted and disengaged, ultimately they risk leaving school without the skills and qualifications essential for a productive, fulfilling adult life. For each of them, this represents a personal tragedy; for all of us, it is a senseless waste of talent and potential that will burden our society and economy for many years to come.

the cool into school: 10 Putting still serious, still fun, still spreading the wind blows: breezy 12 When Battersea and our Benefit Dinner lightning: SHINE’s new 14 Greece’d trustee goes all out in Athens

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Written by Bruce Robinson Designed by Theo Hodges Design Consultants Tel: 020 7938 1396 SHINE would like to thank our project partners, without whom none of this work would be possible. All relevant permissions have been obtained for the case studies, pictures and quotations used. The photographs may not always represent the projects beside which they appear.

What we do

Stepping up One organisation cannot (should not) replace a shrinking state. However, given the situation these children face, we have no choice but to double our efforts – quite literally and starting now, because SHINE’s board has decided to

increase our annual grant-making activities from some £1.5 million at present to around £3 million as soon as possible. Naturally we will continue to seek out exciting new projects to support. However, most of this extra money will go on expanding three core programmes. Year after year, these have demonstrated their ability to increase academic attainment and boost the confidence and aspirations required to sustain this newfound success into the future. Moving fast The first is DigiSmart, which has already begun a three year, eightfold expansion into 1,000 schools across London and the north. By 2014, it will be transforming 20,000 struggling children into successful, confident learners with superb computer, communication and literacy skills. We will also accelerate our expansion of Serious Fun on Saturdays, where leading independent schools give local children exciting, hands-on learning that enriches not only their education, but also their lives. We intend to double the number of projects over the next few years. Our third priority is SHINE on Saturdays, our flagship programme. This gives underachievers creative and practical teaching in their

core subjects and was recently endorsed enthusiastically by the National Foundation for Educational Research. I know that rapid expansion of this project will boost the attainment and life chances of thousands of children. Seeking help That we can double up like this is largely thanks to SHINE’s fantastic staff; in particular, Stephen Shields, who is stepping down after 11 years as Chief Executive. Stephen has been instrumental in making SHINE the organisation it is today and we shall all greatly miss his wise advice, unstinting support and dry Scottish humour. I wish him the very best. Taking his place is Paul Carbury, who I am delighted to welcome to SHINE just as we launch this new phase of our work. But we need your help too. There has never been a more important time to support SHINE. Together, we can make a huge difference, simply by giving these kids the help they need to succeed at school, because education is life’s great opportunity, and one that every child deserves.

Jim O’Neill Chairman

The relationship between economic disadvantage and educational underperformance starts early and sticks around. Children from poor families start primary school 11 months behind in their vocabulary. Last year, 44% of them then left with substandard maths and English – almost twice the national average; just 31% went on to achieve five good GCSEs including English and maths, compared with 55% nationwide. To address this imbalance, SHINE funds and develops educational programmes that give disadvantaged children and teenagers of all abilities additional attention and support. Our Saturday programmes provide children who could do better with fun, thought-provoking extra tuition that reinforces the core curriculum. Other projects, such as DigiSmart, give struggling children the confidence and key learning skills they need to catch up and then stay on track. At secondary school, some SHINE-funded projects, such as Stepladder, work with students approaching GCSEs who need an extra push. Others, like START, help teenagers re-engage with their learning and gain important qualifications. And a few, such as Brunel Urban Scholars, push very bright students to raise their sights and consider doing rigorous subjects at well-respected universities. All SHINE’s projects share a single objective: to give disadvantaged children the opportunity, encouragement and skills they need to fulfil their academic potential and have greater control, choice and opportunity in their lives.

SHINE-Y HAPPY PEOPLE

Your City Needs You

Ouch!

Oh behave!

SHINE-Y HAPPY PEOPLE One school, two worlds: outside Sebright Primary School in Hackney, the local community is plagued by gang violence. Inside, it’s a whole different story...

“Many of our children know somebody who’s been stabbed or have even witnessed this themselves,” says Jenni Hand, Sebright’s Pastoral Care Manager. However, the school itself is defiantly positive: “We really encourage the notion that you can become anybody you want to be. SHINE on Saturday is part of that – ensuring that our children fulfil their potential and can go and visit museums and other places outside Hackney.” The project gets superb results, for which Jenni credits its hands-on, creative learning. “We work very hard to make sure that SHINE is fun and educational – this term the children are making their own films; they’re writing the scripts and everything. I’m convinced that if we sat down to open a book every Saturday we wouldn’t get the results we’re getting,” she says. “The children literally blossom on

Saturdays: they want to be here, they’re eager to learn and investigating subjects over several weeks means they understand them much better. In class they feel more confident to answer questions and put themselves forward – you really see a difference.”

Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy (EYLA) in Newham specialises in bad boys. “We get referrals from schools, parents, the police and social services,” says Anne Collard at EYLA, adding that they are looking for something special: “All of them must show some leadership potential, even as the class clown; our aim is to help them use that potential in a positive way.” Once accepted, boys go through an uncompromisingly tough afterschool programme to modify their behaviour and improve their grades. It gets great results: the maths skills of boys starting last year has improved 50% faster than expected and their reading age has risen twice as fast as normal. Now SHINE is helping EYLA develop its activities for primary children, focusing on numeracy, literacy, classroom etiquette and special educational projects, such as black leaders and newspaper design.

Obviously we are thrilled (and relieved) that our flagship programme has earned such a positive review. As we accelerate the expansion of this programme, this report will prove invaluable in making our case for high quality Saturday schooling, enabling us to give thousands more children the same experiences that have clearly worked so well at Sebright.

“I’m with the 8-9 year olds,” says Zipporah Kissi, a volunteer at Sebright. “Their teacher and I discuss which kids need help and I focus on them. It’s making a difference, too – in the last month or two some kids have gone up a whole level.” “At lunch we eat with the kids. The food’s much healthier now and the custard’s not lumpy anymore, which is a real plus. Afterwards we play with them outside – we have a big sister / big brother role so the kids really open up.”

Your City Needs 4

Disproportionate numbers of black boys are excluded from school, causing them huge problems in later life. One project is tackling this problem head on...

Others agree. Last year, the National Foundation for Educational Research conducted an independent evaluation into the entire programme. Its report represents a strong endorsement of the project’s value, stating that SHINE on Saturdays is “improving educational outcomes” and boosting students’ confidence, aspirations and attitude to learning, all of which should sustain better grades in years ahead.

Sebright School is also benefiting from another new project that we’re supporting. City Year London places teams of 18-25 year old volunteers into selected primary schools, where they provide extra support in lessons and run after school sports and study activities.

“After school we run clubs so we’re all here until 4.30 or 5pm. It can seem like a long day, especially halfway through term, but I love it. City Year has taught me to be patient, to be slow to judge and quick to be helpful and to be there for the children. It’s a lot of commitment but I’d recommend it to anyone.”

Talking Head

The boys also receive tough leadership training on Saturdays. Anne explains: “We deliberately make things challenging for them because boys like competition, they like to be stimulated. They keep coming here because we have high expectations of them – they want to prove us right.”

Ouch!

lmost 50% of inner A London students – 10,548 teenagers – left school last year without five good GCSEs including English and maths...

Talking head

. ..and 51% of unqualified 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training – five times as many as those with five good GCSEs

“I must have referred around 30 boys to Eastside in total,” says Lorna Jackson, Headteacher at Maryland Primary School in Stratford. “Some are very able but they risk being excluded because their behaviour and attitude disrupts the other children. And, of course, they’re not fulfilling their own potential.”

Full information on these and other SHINE-funded projects can be found at www.shinetrust.org.uk.

However, Eastside has made a big difference, she says: “The boys modify their behaviour in class because they know that if they’re being disruptive or violent then Eastside will take them out of school immediately and educate them off-site.”

Over time, Lorna explains, Eastside’s individual support helps entrench good habits. “A programme is put in place for each child and we all end up working together.” Parental involvement is crucial. “Some parents ignore teachers but they do listen when Eastside tells them their boy is likely to end up in prison.” Better behaviour leads to higher grades: “They can actually go through a lesson now and come out the other side, which is bound to make a big difference. And Eastside is very aspirational – the boys go to places like Cambridge and Oxford, places they would never otherwise see. It’s brilliant, really.” 5

In the summertime

Mind your language

Step right up

Step

right up In the summertime We love Saturday schools. Done right, they can transform even the toughest kids into enthusiastic learners, while also giving them valuable extra time to improve key skills. That’s why we’re now planning to roll out our Saturday projects faster than ever before.

Schools. “The activities widened their horizons and broadened their day – they really enjoyed it. We don’t normally have time for these things in our Saturday school so it was nice to be able to do it when we had the children for longer.”

But then again, why stop at weekends? Last year we told you about our Serious Fun @ Westminster summer school for teenagers. This year, it’s primary children. Civitas runs 18 Saturday schools in disadvantaged communities across the country. For an extra academic leg-up, students can also attend its two week summer school.

The combination worked well: the youngest children increased their reading age by an average of 13 months and older children also made great strides. As Eleanor says, “There’s no magic wand here – these are just simple and effective teaching methods that fit together very well.”

Until now these have focussed on intensive reading, writing and maths classes. Last year, however, SHINE’s funding enabled Civitas to add educational trips, creative workshops and visits from artists and specialist teachers. “A French teacher came in one day, a music teacher on another; we took the children to Kew Gardens and we had a Shakespearean drama workshop,” says Eleanor Rogerson of Civitas

Full information on these and other SHINE-funded projects can be found at www.shinetrust.org.uk.

Mind your language

Moving up to secondary school is never easy – even good students can lose enthusiasm and then underperform just when it matters most. Just imagine our delight, then, to have found a project that’s got the magic touch when it comes to tricky teens. Stepladder is a two year programme for 1416 year olds who are statistically most likely to lose their learning mojo and underachieve at school. Regular Saturday workshops, facilitated by alumni co-ordinators, are designed to drive personal development and improve key skills. “The co-ordinators act as mentors and tutors, and some help open doors to companies and universities,” says Alison Jones, Stepladder’s founder. “Most importantly, they’re close in age to our students and live nearby so they talk a common language.”

“Once you sign up, you never leave”

to sixth form and, like previous graduates, should end up at good universities. The support continues well past Stepladder’s formal two year lifespan. “It is much, much more than just the programme,” says Goz Mottoh, a Stepladder graduate who is now a bond evaluator at Bloomberg. “You’ve got another parent in Alison. She really cares. She will ask your school where you’ve gone and what you’re doing and if you need help, she will call you. She even helped me fill out my UCAS form. Plus you’ve got people like me. Everyone knows what A levels I did so I often get called up for help.” Ultimately, he says, Stepladder has a drip-feed effect. “Only later on could I see that it was a massive turning point in my life. It takes time to sink in but Stepladder definitely works, no two ways about it.”

What really sets Stepladder apart, however, is its personal touch. “We have a very close relationship with these young people,” says Alison; “We get to know them very well indeed.” Between workshops, every student receives regular, bespoke academic support, such as mentoring or extra tuition. This, combined with close contact with teachers and parents, enables them to develop the skills required to succeed. The last Stepladder programme saw students exceed expectations by up to two GCSE grades; 95% went on

“ This has been the first time my children did their homework without a fuss.” Parent

“ We have noticed an incredible impr ovement in Jaydan’s readin g. Also, his concen tration level has improved .” Parent

y the age of five, the vocabulary of disadvantaged kids B has already fallen one year behind that of middle class children. nly 1 in 4 children starting primary school with poor O language skills will catch up by themselves... . ..and just 15% of students with similar problems achieve 5 good GCSEs.

, p u n g i s u “Once yo ever leave” you n “I was really enthusiastic until I reached secondary school, when I realised that I wasn’t actually learning anything new. I became very frustrated and started getting into all sorts of mayhem. But Stepladder brought about an instant change in me: I loved the activities and the people we met and that enthusiasm followed me into school. So did Alison – at the Saturday seminars you get targets, or set them yourself, and then she’ll come into your school and talk to you and your teacher to find out how you’re getting on.”

“At the end, you do end up getting the grades you want at GCSE but it’s during sixth form that the habits and skills you’ve learned really pay dividends. I used the essay writing skills that I learned at Stepladder all the way through to my third year at university. And once you sign up, you never leave. Take me, for instance: I decided not to go to university and instead I went to work in a housing admin office. After a couple of months, I knew I’d made a huge mistake and so I phoned Alison and begged her for help. And she did, bless her, and I got a place through clearing. Without her, I wouldn’t have gone to university and my life would have been completely different.” Oliver Dunn received a first class degree from Greenwich University. A teacher in north London, he continues to volunteer at Stepladder. 7

North by Northwest

Congratulations to:

Take us to your reader

Take us to your reader One of SHINE’s core programmes, DigiSmart is a small organisation with big plans. Having already expanded into 125 schools, it’s now stepping things up even further... Many schools have the same problem: how best to help those 15% of children who are falling behind but don’t qualify for special needs funding. That’s where DigiSmart comes in. Its high quality, computer-based learning gives underachieving, disengaged 9-10 year olds the challenge of fun projects and presentations that improve their literacy and computer skills and boost their confidence, attitude and motivation. DigiSmart’s impact is such that its growth to date has been driven largely by word of mouth. And, happily, its results today are just as impressive as ever before. In 2010, only 49% of students started DigiSmart with their reading on track; by graduation, 93% had caught up and almost half were actually a year ahead. Meanwhile, DigiSmart has built an online infrastructure that can handle 1,000 schools as easily as 100. Just as well, because that’s the plan: to be in 1,000 schools by 2014, helping 20,000 children – almost one in six disadvantaged primary children in England. Already well established in Manchester, DigiSmart is now in Sheffield and will soon be moving across the north and northwest into St Helens, Leeds and Bradford.

With greater size comes a more sustainable future. DigiSmart’s unit cost will plummet from £320 per child today to £70 in 2014, while a further 1,100 expert tutors will have new tools to spread the word to teaching colleagues. DigiSmart training modules are now part of teacher training courses at Roehampton University, with plans to copy these into colleges in Manchester and Sheffield. And although DigiSmart will stay free for schools in disadvantaged areas, its literacy and e-safety materials are being adapted for sale to other schools, opening up a whole new revenue stream. To date, DigiSmart has always met or exceeded even its most ambitious targets so naturally we are very optimistic about these latest plans. By copying this proven programme into hundreds more schools, DigiSmart has a great chance to fulfil its own potential and make a huge difference on a vast scale.

’s been like Every week it going to the funfair – always

exciting and different. Better fair really. than the fun DigiSmart student

Congratulations to:

S tudents at Springboard: all have learning difficulties but last year 73% improved their reading and spelling faster than predicted.

I ntoUniversity: 70% of its students went to university, almost three times the national average for disadvantaged students!

E very Child a Reader and Every Child Counts, which maintained their stellar results: in 2010, students improved their reading and maths by more than four times the normal rate of progress.

That Reading Thing, whose students made an average three months’ progress for every month of support they received.

“Before she started DigiSmart, Adrianna’s reading skills were diabolical,” says Hem Curant, mother of three. “She was eight, nine years old and could only read three or four letter words – that’s pretty bad. DigiSmart was the first time that everything started moving forward rather than standing still or worse.” “After DigiSmart, she would come home and show me how to get onto a website,

Hooked on

rooks

Hooked on rooks

how to look at her history homework and all the topics they were doing at school. And since she’s finished, she’s almost caught up completely in her reading and her confidence has gone sky high. Even her maths skills have rocketed because now she’s not afraid to put her hand up even if she gets the answer wrong. It’s the same with Stuart: he’s doing better in all his subjects now because he’s got the confidence to speak up since he’s been taught that he can make a mistake, it doesn’t matter.” “These days the kids come home and ask me to listen to them read; I’ll be standing in the kitchen doing the washing up and I’ll have one of them sitting there, just reading to me. They even read aloud to my baby at night-time for me – it’s lovely to see.”

And now for something completely different. ‘Making Moves’ is a pilot programme to teach chess to primary children in Lewisham. In New York, researchers found that playing competitive chess improved children’s reading scores, especially if they had previously been behind in class. This is backed up by similar experiments in Aberdeen and Bradford, where introducing chess in schools – even schools

for excluded children – had a major impact on students’ concentration, resulting in better behaviour and higher grades. Aberdeen, Bradford and New York: to borrow a line, if it can make it there, it’ll make it anywhere, so we have teamed up with an organisation specialising in this field. Each week, around 80 children receive an hour’s tuition where they learn and practice new moves and strategies, play each other and are taught how to analyse their games. They can also enter competitions, tournaments and the English Chess Federation’s Certificate of Excellence Award scheme. Naturally we’re assessing the project’s impact and, if all the pieces fall into place, we plan to roll it out... across the board.

Full information on these and other SHINE-funded projects can be found at www.shinetrust.org.uk.

Putting the cool into school

Serious Fun – at a glance

Number crunching SHINE

Putting The Cool Into School

Last year we profiled Serious Fun on Saturdays, in which top independent schools open their doors to disadvantaged local children, who get to use some amazing kit for exciting, practical learning that helps them think for themselves. Because the independent schools cover some of the costs we can expand this programme rapidly and have more than doubled the number of programmes over the past two years – our 18th project opens at Latymer Upper School later this year. New projects have also started up at Winchester College and Highgate School. The latter uses a combination of sport, activities and individual support to help non-native English speakers improve their literacy and communication skills. Every week, thirty 11-13 year olds write and perform their own scripts, make presentations and take part in a variety of games, quizzes, discussions and debates. Ultimately, we want them to be reading and writing as well as their classmates.

£300 will give a child a year’s exciting, practical learning at a Serious Fun project. £3,000 will secure five disruptive children a place at Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy. £10,000 will enable 25 children to go to a Civitas summer school. £60,000 will open a brand new SHINE on Saturday programme. PROGRAMME STRAND SHINE on Saturdays Serious Fun on Saturdays Literacy Programmes Mathematics & Science Gifted Students Special Focus Programmes Other Programmes TOTALS

Literacy

£920,000 Chemistry

Highgate School

Russian Revolution Aikido Debating

Electronics

Forensics Withington Girls’ School Art History Engineering

Eton College Rocket science

Music

The American Wave theory Critical Thinking Winchester College Eltham College School in London Biology Radio production Theory of knowledge Anatomy

St Paul’s School

78,000 child hours of tuition

Hampton School Composition

3,000 children Experimental Psychology Spanish Video production Bolton School

22 independent schools Westminster School Bridge building Design & Technology Robotics Extra-terrestrials Alleyn’s School Architecture Harmonics (the final frontier) Sword play Musical instruments Web design Latymer Space Vehicle construction Maths Upper School

Mad Science

Basic details – how we spend it SHINE on Saturday Programmes – giving underachievers 20% extra tuition every year. Serious Fun on Saturday Programmes – opening top private schools to local children.

Gifted Students – stretching and inspiring gifted and talented inner-city students. Special Focus Programmes – targeting children at risk of exclusion and teenagers who have problems learning. Other Programmes – helping students develop essential learning skills, providing additional study support and enabling schools to share best practice.

Physics of ice-cream

18 projects

The Lady Eleanor Holles School

James Allen’s Girls’ School

In 2010, SHINE committed £1,833,204 in grants. Since August 2000, we have awarded 160 grants, worth almost £13 million. These have directly helped more than 44,000 children from nearly 1,800 schools in London and Manchester. SHINE’s trustees cover all operating costs, so every penny we receive goes to fund current and future projects.

S bl ng harmony

Codebreaking

Drama

Prime numbers – what we spend

Mathematics & Science – providing intensive maths support and exciting science workshops.

Photos: © Richard Mildenhall, The Independent

£300 per child

£ £4,237,190 £919,974 £3,783,267 £898,574 £622,402 £1,211,340 £1,105,503 £12,778,250

Law

Paint pigments

Serious scores on Saturday

Literacy Programmes – offering extra help to children struggling to read, write, spell and speak.

In Hampshire, Winchester College has a long-standing reputation for superb extra-curricular teaching. It runs specific lessons, called Divs, in which pupils discuss and debate topics including ethics, philosophy and politics. Now some 11-12 year olds will get a taste of these mind-stretching classes, as well as practical learning in core curriculum subjects. With science lessons focusing on the Elements of Murder, the Physics of Ice Cream and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, plus other classes on composition, architecture and Aikido, we’re fairly sure that this project will not just broaden the mind but also stick in the memory for years to come.

Serious Fun – at a glance

% 33.1% 7.2% 29.6% 7.0% 4.9% 9.5% 8.7% 100.0%

Sibling harmony

Back in 2003 our first Serious Fun on Saturday programme opened at Latymer Upper School. A huge success, it later secured independent funding that allowed the project to not just continue, but also quadruple in size. Eight years later, it’s about to get a science-mad little brother. The idea arose from a separate Latymer scheme providing science masterclasses to local GCSE students. “They were just concentrated revision sessions and we thought it might be better to aim it at 13-14 year olds to get them excited before they choose their

GCSE subjects,” says Richard Niblett, Assistant Head. The students will be completing practical projects that last several weeks and involve the sciences, maths and technology. “We’ve got lots of ideas”, he continues. “We’ll investigate electronics and sound recording, and use harmonics and tension to examine wave formations. The kids will also design and build a musical instrument and an Enigma machine.” For his part, Richard knows exactly what he wants the project to achieve: “If it gets these kids excited and signing up for GCSEs in these subjects, then I’ll be happy.”

Serious scores on Saturday HINE students at Eltham College S – all achieved their science targets and two-thirds speeded ahead... . ..and at Lady Eleanor Holles, which halved the number of pupils with substandard literacy and numeracy... ...and, finally, at Park High, where 50% of students made great progress in science and massively outperformed their peers.

When the wind blows

A big hand to:

And not forgetting...

She had a good run

Capital appreciation

evening. ic t s a t n a f ly e Absolut lass event. c a is y ll a re It take a table ly e it n fi e d l I wil next year. When the doors of Battersea Power Station shut in 1983, they shut for good. Sure, it featured in Doctor Who and the latest Batman film but, Time Lords and Caped Crusaders apart, few people have had a chance to see this iconic building from the inside. So when we heard that a new venue had been built within Battersea’s four walls, it was an easy call.

When the wind blows

A big hand to: 12

Except for those winds. Yes, Battersea is huge and solid but it has few windows and no roof – and we were in a tent. A nice tent, to be sure, but a tent nonetheless, so gale-force winds on our big day prompted a few nervous giggles. On the night everything was fine, of course – apart from the lavatories threatening lift-off. However, even they could not compete with the BBC’s Justin

S HINE on Saturday @ Axis, which cut the number of students with substandard literacy and maths by two thirds. Year 6 students at SHINE @ Hillyfield, who all achieved or exceeded the national standard for literacy and maths, outperforming the rest of their year (again!). S HINE @ St Aloysius, where underachieving students improved their English and maths at almost twice the normal rate. SHINE @ Sebright students, particularly those with special educational needs, whose average improvement was almost three times the normal rate.

Webb who was directing proceedings as this year’s cajoler-in-chief. After lifting the lid on famous politicians, he put in a virtuoso performance as an auctioneer, conducting the mother of all bidding wars which only ended after one guest paid £145,000 for dinner with Sir Alex Ferguson. When dinner was done and pockets were empty, it was time for the finale – a private concert from Bryan Ferry. True to form, the sultan of suave brought with him on stage not only his band, but also his dancing girls to perform beneath Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s stunning architecture. All in all, the event raised more than £750,000, money which will this year help thousands more children power up at school.

And not forgetting... Many thanks to Sarah Brown for introducing SHINE via Twitter to her 1,128,908 followers!

n u r d oo g a d ha he S Once again SHINE found enough crazy people to field a team for the 2010 Windsor Half Marathon. Among them was Michael de Lathauwer, who raised an impressive £10,000, and two novice runners from Capital MSL: Anna Davies and Claire Aslett, who works on the SHINE account. “I’ve never been much of an athlete and I would never have done it if it wasn’t for SHINE,” says Claire. “It’s such a big number; you think ‘13 miles – no! That’s impossible!’ but we just sort of talked each other into it.”

ds ks on our iPo c a tr l ia c e p s e We had som r... to motivate us – think Tina Turne

Capital Founded just 10 years ago, what Capital MSL lacks in years it more than makes up for in energy, enthusiasm and PR expertise – and SHINE’s the lucky beneficiary. With clients including Credit Suisse, BP and Morgan Stanley you’d think the financial communications experts at Capital MSL would be far too busy to help out little old us. Not a bit of it, says Richard Campbell, the company’s

“On the day it was wet, windy and freezing cold but we had the SHINE tent there and all our friends and family supporting us. The course itself was really hilly but we ran the whole way – if we’d stopped I’m not sure we’d ever have got going again. We also had some special tracks on our iPods to motivate us – think Tina Turner – and we kept each other going, doing little high fives every mile.” “We almost burnt ourselves out in the last mile – the finish looks closer than it really is – but we crossed the line in about 2½ hours. The next day I felt particularly crippled but we raised almost £2,500 so we’re really proud and happy to have raised so much money for SHINE. It was definitely worth it.” Huge thanks to all our runners, especially Michael, Claire and Anna. Any takers for this year?

appreciation co-founder and Managing Director: “We took a table at the 2007 Benefit Dinner and all decided that SHINE was an organisation we’d be keen to be associated with. Everybody at Capital was very enthusiastic.” That’s putting it mildly. Since then, Capital has been a regular presence at our Benefit Dinners, while last year two employees – Claire Aslett and Anna Davies – joined our SHINE on Windsor team. “We said that if they

raised a certain amount we’d match it so they were pretty committed,” says Richard. SHINE has also benefited from some topquality, pro bono PR advice which has already secured a feature article in The Independent about Serious Fun on Saturday. “The best way we can make a big contribution is by lending the expertise that we have in the people here,” says Richard. “SHINE has got a good story to tell. I hope that, as we grow ourselves, the level of support we give SHINE can also increase.” 13

GREECE’D LIGHTNING

Hail to the chief (executive)

HIGH FIVES

SHINE SUPPORTERS

Thank you to our supporters in 2010

Greece’d lightning Introducing Cameron Ogden, SHINE’s latest trustee – one who’s very familiar with SHINE’s inner workings. Although he now runs Blink, Europe’s first air-taxi service, Cameron once spent a year volunteering at SHINE. During this time he created the very first SHINE on Saturday manual – a comprehensive ‘how to’ guide that has since allowed us to extend this programme many times over. A pretty smart appointment, then – until he goes off to run a marathon, making the rest of us look bad. Not just any marathon, either, but one taking the exact same route as that used by Philippides 2,500 years ago, which climbs 1,000 baking hot metres

High fives D aryl from Serious Fun @ Westminster was awarded a full scholarship to City of London Boys’ School – he credited his success to the support he received from last year’s summer school. P anchali at SHINE @ Sebright started the year speaking no English at all but caught up completely, making four years’ progress in one year! B olton Boys’ School was shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Community/ Public Benefit Initiative’ in the Independent School Awards 2010 for its Serious Fun on Saturday programme. S HINE’s Brunel Urban Scholars – almost all of them achieved A*-Cs in their English and maths GCSEs and, on average, outperformed equally gifted non-scholars by two whole grades. 14

SHINE SUPPORTERS

from Marathon to the Olympic Stadium in Athens. On the upside, Cameron successfully recommended SHINE to be one of the beneficiaries of this ‘Marathon of Marathons’ which, to date, has raised around 2 million euros.

Still, no regrets. “I always intended this to be my first and last marathon, and it was. However, when they’ve raised all the money, there will at least be another decent cheque coming to SHINE.” Which is nice.

“I was strong-armed into running,” says Cameron. “The co-ordinator was a very good friend of mine. I couldn’t really refuse.” The race was less of a pushover. “I hit a massive brick wall towards the end where my body told me to start walking,” he says. “I arrived over the line and saw this doctor coming towards me, looking concerned because I was very, very pale.”

Hail to the chief (executive)

There’s change afoot at SHINE HQ. On 31st March Stephen Shields takes his final bow after 11 years as SHINE’s Chief Executive. His successor is Paul Carbury, who used to run the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, the UK’s largest brain cancer charity. Paul also has considerable grant making experience, having previously worked at UnLtd and the National Lottery Charities Board. “I am delighted to be joining SHINE at this crucial moment,” says Paul. “SHINE’s work gives a helping hand to those who most need the benefits and opportunities that education can bring. It’s incredibly important, especially at times like this, and we’re now planning how best to accelerate this work over the next couple of years. Obviously we can’t do it alone, but SHINE is incredibly fortunate to have so many loyal and generous donors. I look forward to meeting many more of you, not least at (forgive the plug!) our Benefit Dinner later this year.”

PLATINUM SUPPORTERS David Blood Gavin & Yaena Boyle Kevin Connors Manjit Dale Goldman Sachs Gives Mark Heffernan & Lisa Endlich JPMorgan Chase Foundation Jim & Caroline O’Neill Sofronie Foundation The Nomura Charitable Trust The Tudor Foundation US Friends of SHINE PERSONAL SUPPORTERS Sarah Brown Capital MSL Freda Deere Sir Alex Ferguson Simon Hamer Magdalene Karyda Justin Webb Rachel Wedderspoon Kevin Wulwik GOLD SUPPORTERS BGC Partners Bloomberg Citi Generation Investment Management LLC Phillip Hylander Michael & Melanie Sherwood The John Armitage Charitable Trust The Taylor Family Foundation SILVER SUPPORTERS AAJ Trust Astir Capital Bank of America Merrill Lynch Barclays Wealth Bridges Ventures Ltd Tim Bunting

Capital MSL Daryl Cook Credit Suisse Gavyn Davies & Baroness Sue Nye Mark & Fiona Evans James & Leanda Fauset Mark & Fiona Ferguson Chris French GLG Partners KPMG Foundation Marble Bar Asset Management LLP Becky & Jimmy Mayer Merrill Lynch International New Philanthropy Capital Nomura International plc David Ryan Samos Investments Limited Julie & Dag Skattum TDR Capital LLP Thames River The Ambika Paul Foundation The Ogden Trust The Sutton Trust Thomson Reuters Hugo van Vredenburch Dr Sushil & Renu Wadhwani Andy & Geeta Waugh 100 Women in Hedge Funds BRONZE SUPPORTERS Curtis Adams Julien Albertini Gordon Alexander Masha Almazova Lisa Anderson Barry Anten Asian Development Bank Institute Claire Aslett Duncan Austin Toby Baines David Ball David Barnes 15

Olga Basirov-Adams Jonathan & Kate Berryman Nicholas Bettany Mr & Mrs C Bott David Bowen Gerry & Rebecca Boyle Caroline Bradley Martin Bray Aaron Brown David Burnside Tom Burr Jill & Alastair Burt Richard & Christina Campbell Hayley Carson CFA Society of the UK Paul Charles Jonathan Cheesman Paul Christensen Sally Ciprini Jo Clunie Paul Coates Cobbetts LLP Charlotte Comper Richard & Christina Costaridi-Crosby Andrew Dausch Anna Davies Rhodri Davies Michael De Lathauwer M Dhawan Katherine Diamond Olaf Diaz-Pintado Ed Dolman Peter Drabwell Andrew Emuss Sir Alex Ferguson Terry Fisher Ashley Fox Jenni Franzmann Raoul Fraser Tom Fraser Rufus Frazier Jane Fuller

Michele Giddens Esther Gilmore Goldman Sachs International Claire Goodwin Susi Gorbey Charlie Green Sara Halbard Phillip Harris Sarah & Peter Harris Diana Hatchett Matthew Henderson Garret Hinebauch Lucy Hodgson Stuart Hodgson Simon Holden Radhika Hookway Christian Hore Geoff & Gina Houston Chris Huggins Frances Hutchinson Sam Isbister Tom Johnson Nick & Pip Johnston Carl Jreidini Nick Judge Shaun King Lesley King-Lewis Ken Kinsey-Quick Denise Kirby Nicholas Kukrika Massimo Labella Pierre Lagrange Sade Lam Colin le Duc Simon Lee Brian & Clare Linden Link Asset & Securities Co Ltd Wendy Lloyd Charles Long Annamaria Lovell Simone Lowe Nicholas Lyster

Magnitude Capital LLC Brian Magnus Nicola Manby James Markham Shane Matthews Beata Mehta Merrill Lynch Foundation Jerry Mills Mark Mills Gerald Monaghan Carl Morris Sue Moseley Dan Nadler Tricia Nanthabalan Nikkei The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Anthony & Sue Normand Jonny Oates Nicholas O’Donohoe Cameron Ogden Sir Peter Ogden Nigel O’Sullivan Vipul Patel Helen Payne Ben Pearn Rob Phillips Andy Porter Lila Preston Mark Rawlinson M Razzi Neil Roberts Colin Rogers Richard & Anna Rothwell Julie Ryan Ilse Ryder Jenny Ryder Mauricio Sada-Paz Sale Methodist Singers Michael Salt Anthony Salz Robert & Amelie Sargent Christopher Saul Paul Seaton

Denis Serebriakov Neil Sherlock Duncan Smith Jonathan Smith Quentin Smith Roper Strype Marton Szigeti Duncan Tennant TG Teoh The M&G Group The Sebastian Pearson Charitable Trust Thomas Cook Michiel Timmerman Mike & Karenza Townend Reto Tuffli Emma & Hugh Turner TWgroup Ltd James Wedderburn Rachel Wedderspoon Grant Wentzel Whitbread Group PLC David White Loretta White Elske Willenborg Natalie Winterfrost Debra Wood Rana Yared

WORTH REMEMBERING

WHO WE ARE

Save the date

Worth remembering Perhaps it’s a rite of passage; certainly it’s a reminder that we’re not getting any younger. SHINE recently received news of our first legacy donation – an act of enormous goodwill and generosity that was completely unexpected and not a little humbling. Malcolm Deere devoted most of his professional life to further and higher education: as a lecturer, a college principal and, finally, as deputy head of UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service). Here he was instrumental in promoting links between secondary and higher education, particularly for students with vocational qualifications. Shortly before his death in 2002 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Plymouth University for services to education. Malcolm was well known amongst his very many friends for his sense of fairness and justice, particularly concerning wider access to university education. This is why his widow, Freda, chose SHINE. “I feel that supporting SHINE would honour Malcolm’s memory in a particularly fitting way,” she says. “It feels really good to be able to help others who haven’t had our chances in this way. And to think that a piece about this in your magazine might perhaps lead others, too, to think of leaving legacies to SHINE, feels even better.” We’re very grateful.

Save the date Who we are Trustees Jim O’Neill David Blood Gavin Boyle Mark Ferguson Mark Heffernan Cameron Ogden Dr Krutika Pau John Phizackerley Richard Rothwell Dr Caroline Whalley

Patrons Staff David Beckham Paul Carbury Sarah Brown Gordon Chapman Gavyn Davies Caroline Davies Sir Alex Ferguson Ruth Dwyer Baroness Sarah Hogg Sara Portway Sir Peter Ogden Hon Angad Paul Professor Dame Alison Richard June Sarpong Dr Sushil Wadhwani

The 2011 SHINE Benefit Dinner will be held on Thursday 17 November at Old Billingsgate Market.

Please contact For more information about SHINE please call Paul Carbury, Chief Executive, on 020 8393 1880 or email him at paulcarbury@shinetrust.org.uk.

“A good education is more valuable today than ever before but our system still fails far too many children. SHINE’s work matters, particularly right now, because it gives the most disadvantaged in our society the practical help they need to make best use of their time at school. Thanks to SHINE, thousands of students can now explore their full potential and choose their own path in life.” Professor Dame Alison Richard, SHINE Patron and Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge 2003-2010