Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021

68 | Midlands Enterprise Awards 2021 often going above and beyond to ensure that the student are engaged whether within the educational setting or offering bespoke tailored one-to-one support to coach and engage students back into the routine of education.” Want 2 Achieve has received several positive comments from students too, including “I like coming to this school”, “I want to do my maths and English education here”, “I enjoy coming here, I’ve learnt to push myself to do thing I thought I couldn’t do”, “It’s like a second home”, and “I want to learn a trade one day, maybe to become a barber”. Company: Want 2 Achieve Email: want2achieve@outlook.com Website: www.want2achieve.co.uk Want 2 Achieve specialises in providing highly engaging and interactive programmes with built-in flexibility to meet the individual needs of each young person it supports. Want 2 Achieve’s practitioners have years of experience and expertise in areas such as gangs and youth violence, family intervention, sexual health, CSE, criminal justice, identity and culture, masculinity, drugs and alcohol. Through effective partnership work and an empowering delivery method all centred around building positive and healthy relationships, Want 2 Achieve aims to support young people to re-engage with services. It strives to improve community cohesion, help reduce youth violence and prepare young people with the necessary knowledge and skills required to succeed in life. Want 2 Achieve’s programmes of informal education focus on supporting and developing young people emotionally, socially and academically, all with the aim of assisting them to re-engage with the educational process. It also supports their transitioning process through the key states, which can sometimes be a difficult challenge for many. Want 2 Achieve provides a safe space where young people who may be experiencing some challenges with their education can receive person-centred and holistic support through its effective mentoring programmes, which runs alongside their academic programme. This helps them to overcome any barriers which may exist not only in their academic learning process, but in the education of life itself. Each of Want 2 Achieve’s modules is delivered by highly trained and experienced staff, using a range of creative skills and techniques such as creative arts, drama, music, media, physical movement, sport, and more. The modules include, but aren’t limited to identity, numeracy and literacy skills, communication, health, relationships, and aspirations and goal setting. This all contributes effectively towards helping facilitate the learner’s development. With a five-star rating via the feedback provided on its website, it is clear to see that Want 2 Most Engaging Educational Programme Provider 2021 Achieve is having a positive impact on the lives of many young people. One client said, “Want 2 Achieve have worked with a variety of our young people within school. All the staff that have worked with us have been professional and engaged with our students really well. The students love the Want 2 Achieve team and always want to participate. They have run one- to-one sessions, group workshops and football sessions after school which have been well- received. Want 2 Achieve really are an amazing group of compassionate workers who have a unique way of connecting with disadvantaged and disengaged young people.” Another client said, “I have placed several students at Want 2 Achieve and each time find them to be extremely accommodating, Aug21096