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his website is an initiative of the Mayor of London's Crime and Disorder Plus Steering Group, this innovative resource was commissioned and has been developed by the From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation in partnership with Working Links. The wider partnership included the participation of a range of young people, community safety professionals and partnerships, community groups, law enforcement agencies, educators, researchers, policy advisors and organisations.
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The From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation based in the London Borough of Southwark was founded in 1996 by Decima Francis and Uanu Seshmi, following concern within the community about the number of young black boys being excluded from school and becoming involved with gangs, drugs and violence. FBMF believes that boys in trouble deserve a chance to turn their lives around before it becomes too late. Its ethos is unashamedly and refreshingly moral and spiritual, though non-religious. Its essence is the re-discovery of personal responsibility and the philosophy that it takes a community to raise a child. From this basis Calling the Shots was borne.
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Middlesex University, Policy & Practice Resource Group independently evaluated the CTS resource commissioned by GLA and GOL.
CTS was piloted in schools and community groups in the Operation Trident boroughs of Hackney, Haringey, Lambeth, Brent, Southwark and Newham.
PROJECT DELIVERY
From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation www.usatfbmf.com
Decima Francis - Project Director
Uanu Seshmi - Author of Lesson Plans and original Calling the Shots curriculum concept
Jennifer Smith - Project Manager
Luqman Williams - Editing and Internal Assessment of Lesson plans
FBMF PROJECT DELIVERY/PEERSUPPORT/ADVICE/CONSULTATION
Chinadu Aniedobe, Adisa Lekuwa, Folayan Lekuwa, Efi Ntoumouzi,
Nadine Patton, Nadine Hector, Mena Tesfaldet,
Nikki Reynolds, Tolu Ogunsola, Steven McFarlane,
Bintu Dabo, Adam McCabe, James Bynner,
Hukenny Wallace, Jacob Lewis, Edmond Poru, Alvin Kofi,
Eliza Wyatt, John McKenna, Roy Heath
FBMF'S STAFF: Jason Austin, Christopher Lewis
All members of the young people's focus group
Working Links
Heidi Watson - Business Development Director (Project Director)
Richard Taylor - Project Manager (and Trustee of Damilola Taylor Trust)
Independent Project Evaluation
Policy and Practice Research Group
Elaine Arnull, Head of Policy and Practice Research Group
Dr Joanna Sadler, Senior Researcher, Policy and Practice Research Group
Video Production
bbh
Helen Powlette (Producer)
Angela Vives (Editor)
The Fount Gallery
Leo Asemota
Abi Lawal
Sal Idris
Website Creation
Bernard Glazier (Art Director and Copywriter - SWYM)
Steve Harris (Website Designer - flymedia)
CD Rom Development
Jamie Morris - Create Graphics
Logo and package design
Blade PR Ltd.
Caron Jackson (Managing Director)
Publicity Campaign
GLA Press Office
Zoe Schoenfeld - salt PR
Additional Advice and Support
David Carpenter - AST
Kathy Francis - Government Office for London
Andrew Ryan - Head of Enterprises Qualifications and
Curriculum Authority
Mike Fagan - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
CONSULTATION AND PILOT
Haringey
Northumberland Park School
White Hart Lane School
Vic Lofthouse - Safer Schools Project Manager
James Crabbe
SI Tony Eastaugh
Colin Moorhouse
Odiri Aitken, COREY
Hackney
Stoke Newington School
SI Mark Holmes
Sergeant Ralph Lawton
Newham
Little Ilford School
Kingsford Community School
Nana Assare, Conflict & Change
Lambeth
Archbishop Tennison School
Pyramid Kitwana
Sonia Townsend
Southwark
Bacons College
Kingsdale School
Geoffrey Chaucer School
SI William Chambers
Southwark Youth against Guns
Brent
Bethan West - Community Safety Team Gun Crime Lead
Capital City Academy
John Kelly Boys School
Tony Willis, Brent Street Wardens
TeenXpress Newsletter development
Barbara Campbell
Advice Support/Consultation
Karen Snoddy of Project Trident
John Coles of Project Trident
Oliver Mack of Common Purpose
We hope that this package will be used extensively and successfully to help young people across London to lead positive and fruitful lives away from violence. If we achieve this then all of our work has been worthwhile.
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