Tel: 020 8090 3455
Email: [email protected]
Website:www.israelguidedog.org.uk

Transforming lives, one dog at a time!

What we do

We provide trained guide and service dogs for people with blindness and vison impairment, IDF veterans suffering from PTSD and children with autism and other special needs.

We provide these dogs free of charge to all clients.

What we offer schools

We have a wonderful interactive programme for all ages as well as a number of sponsorship opportunities for tzedakah projects.

Once a year we bring one of our clients with their guide or service dog to the UK for fundraising activities and to visit schools.

School years we work with
All years

Min and max group size
Min 10, max 30

Cost to school
Nothing but we ask for a donation

Tel: 020 8457 4693
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.norwood.org.uk/pages/what-we-do/childrens-services/

Specialist SEND Support

What we do

A specialist, multi-disciplinary team of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Specialist Teachers, and an Educational Psychologist provides support for pupils and their families where they face barriers to learning including those related to SEND. We offer families:

• Parent / carer free advice line and drop-in surgeries.
• In Partnership with Parents training, using daily activities to support learning – free of charge.
• Early years language enrichment groups.

What we offer schools

• 1:1 and group SLT and OT – including ongoing therapy and assessments.
• EP interventions.
• 1:1 and group specialist teaching, including for dyslexia.
• TA / LSA training for schools.
• SEND – related training for schools’ staff, including INSET.
• Needs assessments.

School years we work with
Reception – 25 years old in line with the SEND CoP

Cost to school
Please refer to our fee list.

Schools say: 

On our LSA / TA support programme: We can certainly see more independence promoted in children, and more confidence in our LSAs. It has prompted us to ask questions about how staff work together in the school. It has raised the profile of LSAs in schools and their significant role in teaching and learning.” RIMON SLT 2019.

“Alma has been working with Norwood for the last four years. We have worked with both the Education team (including Specialist Teaching and Educational Psychology) and the Counselling and Psychotherapy service.  We also completed the MITA project with Norwood in 2019. At all times, our experience of working with Norwood has been positive.  They are professional, reliable, friendly and most importantly, very good at what they do.  During the lockdowns, they were flexible and accommodating to our changing needs and they are continuing to support us with our Covid Catch Up strategy. We highly recommend the Norwood Educational and Therapeutic services to other schools – they are well worth it.” Alma SENDCo

Tel: 020 8445 8060
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jwa.org.uk

Jewish Women’s Aid is the only specialist organisation in the UK supporting Jewish women and children affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence.

What we do
Jewish Women’s Aid supports over 700 Jewish women and girls throughout the UK every year. We help women and girls 16+ nationally and 14+ in London who have experienced domestic abuse or sexual violence. We offer a range of services including: a domestic abuse helpline and webchat service, the Dina sexual violence support service, counselling, children’s therapy and specialist support workers. Our education team reach out to thousands of students each year in schools, youth movements and on university campuses. We also carry out awareness raising events and professionals’ training within the community.

What we offer schools
We offer a bespoke Healthy Relationships Curriculum for pupils in secondary schools, youth movements and university campuses. We are also beginning to grow our programme to reach out to Year 6 pupils in primary schools. Our interactive and engaging workshops complement the new RSE curriculum in schools and sensitively address challenging topics as well as understanding the religious ethos of every school we work with.

Examples of our secondary school workshops include:
Identifying healthy friendships and peer pressure
Healthy relationships and characteristics of unhealthy relationships
Introduction to relationship abuse, coercive control and domestic abuse
Impact of pornography in relationships
Exploitative relationships and grooming
Healthy relationships and consent

In depth workshops for sixth formers:
Power dynamics, the portrayal of women in the media and its impact
Everyday sexism, toxic masculinity and sexual assault
Healthy relationships and relationship abuse
Sexual violence and consent
Consent culture and prep for campus life

Staff and governor training could include:
Greater understanding of domestic abuse, sexual assault and its impact on children
Supporting families and pupils experiencing domestic abuse in the home
Creating a ‘consent culture’ in a school community
Addressing sexism and toxic masculinity as a whole school approach
Designing a healthy relationships curriculum

Our enthusiastic and experienced facilitators ensure that our assemblies, workshops and specialised training for staff are of high quality and meet the needs of all involved. To book a workshop, assembly, staff inset or to find out more about our programmes please email our Education Manager [email protected] to find out more.

School years we work with
Ages 10-18

Minimum and maximum group size
Re run assemblies and interactive classroom based workshops (30 pupils max).
We are also happy to be part of a school’s informal education programme, running lunch time clubs or speaking as part of a school’s society.
We are currently developing our programmes to enable some of them to be delivered virtually during the current circumstances

Cost to school
Free

This is what schools say about us
‘Very enthusiastic speaker, kept students engaged and challenged their point of view - opened a really interesting discussion (got them thinking and using examples). Very educational and important issues addressed. Thank you.’

‘Excellent session. Pupils were very engaged. Thank you.’

Tel: 07946 214 798
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ukjewishfilm.org/

We aim to develop a culture where Jewish and Israeli film is recognised and enjoyed by the widest possible audience

What we do
UK Jewish Film showcases a wide range of feature films, documentaries and shorts, which tell varied stories of Jewish and Israeli culture and life. Since inception our UK and international film Festivals have reached over 150,000 visitors. We aim to develop a culture where Jewish and Israeli film is recognised and enjoyed by the widest possible audience, and to position Jewish related film at the heart of British culture. Our work encourages pride of, and knowledge in, our Jewish culture amongst our younger generations and promotes understanding and awareness towards Jewish and Israeli people and culture.

We have a small education team offering workshops, film screenings, educational resources and advice on using Jewish film in the classroom.

What we offer schools

• Hackney Roots  - an online educational resource featuring film clips, interactive tasks and filmmaking guidance. Through film screenings, online resources and face to face workshops, we aim to educate a generation of young people, Jewish and non-Jewish, about the significance of the East End and Hackney in Anglo-Jewish culture as a starting point for discussion about wider concepts of cultural identity and cultural heritage.  The intergenerational, film based programme is targeted primarily at year 8 students in secondary schools. Click here to see a trailer about the pilot project

• Holocaust education  - film screenings with Q&As; advice on pedagogical approaches to using Holocaust films in the classroom; suggestions for suitable films from our extensive archive.

• Interfaith education – film screenings with Q&As; development of interfaith, film-based projects engaging schools and youth groups.

• Yom Ha’atzmaut – recommending, sourcing and curating films for schools to celebrate Israeli culture and independence.

Cost to school
Most programmes are fully funded although there can be costs incurred to clear rights to screen some films in schools (between £150-£200 depending on the licence held by the school).

This is what schools say about us

Tel: 020 8989 8990
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jlgb.org

Positive Activities for Jewish Youth

What we do
The JLGB trains and develops young people of the Jewish faith to reach their potential through active citizenship, within both the Jewish and wider community, empowering them to become future leaders of tomorrow.

Through a diverse range of experiences and activities the JLGB seeks to enrich the lives of young Jewish people through its local, regional and national framework. The JLGB removes barriers to participation by providing positive activities within a fun, friendly, safe and structured environment, that meet the religious and cultural needs of the Jewish community.

The JLGB encourages friendship through achievement, recognition and personal development programmes, which prepare and enable young Jewish people to develop the essential life skills needed to help their transition from young person to adult life.

Central to the ethos of the JLGB is active citizenship and giving back to society. The JLGB encourages Jewish young people’s involvement in volunteering, inter-faith and intergenerational projects that have a positive impact in both the Jewish and wider communities.

What we offer schools
Through JLGB’s eVOLve young volunteering initiative, we run the following programmes engaging those in different school years in volunteering and social action:

Yrs 3 - 6 Junior Citizen Programme (Bright Spark Award)
Yrs 7 - 8 Yoni Jesner Award
Yrs 7 - 9 Citizenship & Community Involvement (Enterprise Award)
Yrs 9 - 11 Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
Yrs 12 - 13 OCN Accredited Young Leadership and Social Action
Yrs 12 - 13 vInspired Award
Yrs 12 - 13 Specialist NCS Provision (Summer 2015)

Minimum and maximum group size
None

Cost to school
None

This is what schools say about us
“Over the years, hundreds of our students managed to complete their Bronze, Silver or Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. This was made possible through the incredible efforts of the JLGB.” Jonathan Miller, Headteacher, JFS

Tel: 020 7319 9169
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.wizo.org

WIZO is the leading social welfare organisation in Israel supporting Israel's most vulnerable

What we do
WIZO (the Women's International Zionist Organisation) was established in 1918 in the UK by Rebecca Sieff and Vera Weizmann and today is the leading social welfare charity working with the Israeli government.

For over 95 years, WIZO has been a lifeline for thousands of vulnerable people where one in three children live below the poverty line.

WIZO supports over 800 dynamic projects in Israel covering all life stages from babies to the elderly.

WIZO provides vital services and programmes to all citizens regardless of race or religion.

Projects include day care centres where babies and children receive an education, therapy and hot meals; vocational schools and youth villages that care for at risk teenagers; community centres that support single parent families and the elderly; and protected shelters for women and children who have suffered abuse.

WIZO’s ethos is to equip individuals with the skills to enable them to improve their lives and in turn build a better Israel.

WIZO has fundraising groups in 50 countries across the globe comprising 250,000 active members; WIZOUK has 85 fundraising groups and thousands of supporters.

What we offer schools

• an insight into our work with Israel's most vulnerable
• a film with interactive session

Cost to school
No cost

This is what schools say about us
"I just spoke to one of the J-Soc Chairs from Highgate who said they really enjoyed the session and how interactive it was, plus they thought the video was very interesting. Sounds like it was a great assembly!" Debra Green, IJAMS

Tel: 020 3803 8120
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tzedek.org.uk

Jewish action for a just world; Tzedek works in schools and synagogues across the British Jewish community

What we do
Tzedek is the Jewish community’s response to global poverty. We work both in the UK and overseas working with individuals living below the poverty line. In the UK we run a twinning programme with primary schools, educate the community on issues of extreme poverty and send volunteers to intern in Ghana and India. Overseas we finance local projects that use sustainable methods to lift people out of poverty, network with local leaders to share best practice and assist the schooling of 10, 000’s of children in Ghana.

What we offer schools
Primary School Twinning. This is Tzedek’s flagship education programme, which builds relationships between Jewish primary schools in the UK and Ghanaian children. This programme aims to breakdown stereotypes and turn students into global citizens. We are currently working with 26 primary schools in London and Tamale, Ghana and run eight lessons throughout the academic year. We train teachers, provide lesson plans and activity sheets, and also run teacher networking sessions.

School years we work with
• Our Twinning Programme is aimed at School Year 4 although some schools will run it in SY3 or 5.
• Tzedek can run other sessions upon request, linking with Jewish Studies, Citizenship, Art and Geography

Minimum and maximum group size
15-300

Cost to school
• Twinning programme is £250 p/a. This includes twinning pack, communication assistance, teacher training, and administrative costs to and from Ghana. Plus use of Ghanaian Resource Box, use of Tzedek Cultural Library.
• Teacher Training: Free of Charge
• Additional Individual Sessions: £35 per session

This is what schools say about us
“Tzedek were the absolute backbone for all of this [the twinning programme] – without Tzedek none of this could have happened” Teacher, Clore Tikvah

“[The twinning programme] fits in with geography in the new curriculum. I’ll start by using it in PHSE too.” Teacher, Sacks Morasha

Tel: 020 7400 1331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sueharristrust.org

Growing the number of Jewish bone marrow donors

What we do
This charity was set up in memory of Sue Harris who sadly passed in 1997 because a suitable bone marrow match could not be found for her.

We are active in helping to grow the register of possible donors from the Jewish community, as well as supporting medical research in this area.

Our focus now is on recruiting donors aged between 16 and 24 years of age. The process involves completing a medical questionnaire and taking a mouth swab.

What we offer schools
We would like to engage Jewish secondary schools in our mission to recruit more donors amongst pupils in years 12 and 13. We provide all the necessary elements, at no cost to the school.
School years we work with
Y12 and Y13

Cost to school
No cost

Tel: 020 8457 2331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.streetwisegb.org

Inspiring confidence inside and out

What we do
“Streetwise works nationally with Jewish schools and Community organisations, enhancing the personal safety and personal development of young Jewish people to support their safe, physical, and emotional wellbeing”

Streetwise was initially established in 2005, as a partnership project between CST and Maccabi GB. It currently employs four full time members of staff in London and one in Manchester, covering the north of the United Kingdom.

In 2014 Streetwise engaged over 20,000 young people, through 865 individual sessions in primary and secondary schools as well as community organisations and summer schemes.

Streetwise engages young people through Personal Development sessions based on the National Curriculum subjects of PSHE (Personal Social Health and Economic Education) and SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) as well as Personal Safety practical and theory sessions.

Streetwise empowers and advises young people in a safe and informal environment, giving them the skills, knowledge and confidence to make educated positive decisions. All of our sessions are interactive and creative and run in line with National campaigns such as ‘National Safer Internet Day’, the ‘Change for Life’ NHS campaign and ‘National Anti-Bullying week’.

In the nine years since its creation Streetwise has seen huge developments, and is now a recognised brand, and the main provider of informal education in Jewish schools and the wider Jewish Community, for young people aged 6 to 18.

What we offer schools

Primary schools
Streetwise delivers five main national projects in 36 Jewish primary schools. Our programmes give children the skills to overcome issues that affect them as they are growing up. Our programmes support the National Curriculum and run in line with national campaigns in order to provide current and relevant informal education.

Year 4 – Internet Safety in association with CEOP, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Year 5 – Healthy Living in association with the Change for Life Campaign
Year 6 – Anti-Bullying in association with the Anti-Bullying Alliance
Year 6 – Transition to Secondary School personal development, personal safety
Year 6 – SRE in association with the Sex Education Forum

Secondary Schools
Streetwise works with 26 Jewish and non-Jewish secondary schools nationally, running a variety of informal education activities teaching the National Curriculum subjects of PSHE (personal social health and economic education) and SRE (sex and relationships education).

Our flagship programme, Lifeskills, is tailored for each secondary school and offers different personal development topics to each year group. Cyber-bullying, internet safety, body image, addiction, antisemitism and a variety of SRE programmes are delivered through informal and interactive methodologies.

Minimum and maximum group size
From 10 young people to whole school assemblies

Cost to school
Free of charge

This is what schools say about us
“Streetwise activities are always carefully matched to meet the needs of the children. It is very reassuring to know that these sensitive topics will be treated with respect for the Jewish ethos of our school.” Steve Langford, Head Teacher, Birmingham King David Primary

“JFS is delighted to work in partnership with Streetwise in delivering important and impactful educational experiences for our students, providing a vital service for the community.” Jonathan Miller, JFS Head Teacher

Tel: 07974 650 647
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.shemakoli.org

Safeguarding and Child Protection Training for Parents and Teachers

What we do
Shema Koli, working together with Magen Yeladim (Los Angeles) delivers educational workshops that make parents, teachers and school leaders aware of safeguarding risks and give guidance on how to keep children safe – at home, at school and in the wider community.

Shema Koli also provides an anonymous helpline for victims and survivors of abuse in the Jewish community.

Shema Koli serves as a resource for teachers, professionals and community leaders seeking guidance and consultation about cases of abuse.

What we offer schools
We offer the opportunity to arrange your own safety awareness events and training workshops for parents and teachers. The presenters are from within the Jewish community, and understand the cultural sensitivity of these important subjects.

These workshops can be customised to your needs, but typically cover:
• the importance of parents having discussions with their children about personal safety
• raising awareness of the danger signs of grooming and abuse
• supporting parents’ and teachers’ roles in identifying the warning signs
• helping parents or teachers to handle a possible disclosure from a child.

Minimum/maximum group size
Minimum 10, no maximum

Cost to school
POA

This is what schools say about us
School Principal: “The school felt it was important to hold an evening for parents devoted to child protection. Unfortunately, this is a subject that needs to be discussed and I pay tribute to our Rabbis and Shema Koli for their guidance and leadership.”

A parent said: “I want to thank you for the most important evening you provided for the parents in the school. Although the topic and material was both disturbing and frightening in some ways, it was something we all had to hear in order to empower us and consequently our children. Shema Koli delivered the message in a clear, sensitive manner without diluting its impact. This engendered a frank, yet sensitive, discussion with our children which I hope will help to keep them safer.”