African Community School works with the most vulnerable families in Hackney for the past 22years to support academic achievement, enable employability skills and provide holistic family support that incorporates the community, the family, and the school to improve children’s and families aspirations and their capacity to learn and work together.
We offer core curriculum tuition, mentoring and cultural activities, education and training to beneficiaries from low-income Black, Global Majority and European migrant families, including children of refugees. Vision: A city in which everyone is fulfilling their potential; free from poverty and social exclusion. Mission: We provide a safe and welcoming space in which we conduct flexible and affordable accredited educational and training sessions. To help those in need build their confidence, learn new skills and empower them to gain employment.
We deliver a Saturday learning hub for young people aged 5-16 years that boosts learning, personal skills, and cultural knowledge, supporting Black and Global Majority children at risk of exclusion, excluded from school, or in home education, struggling with their mental wellbeing, compounded by: trauma, social exclusion, family poverty, insecure housing, long term conditions, long term unemployment and digital exclusion. We also provide wrap-around cultural activities, summer holiday clubs, mentoring for 5 to 16 years old, family learning, accredited adult learning,creative family projects, and parenting skills courses for parents.
As part of the Wellbeing Network ACS will be offering social groups for women who are part of any of the following groups parents, migrant, refugee and people from Black and Global Majority backgrounds women to provide holistic 1-1 wellbeing support , Zumba fitness class, Creative arts and craft activities, Massage session, Mindfulness, drop in session with the health coach.