Congratulations

One of our young leaders George Kamau was successful in his application to Rugby School

gaining a five year scholarship. George, aged 12, will join Jacob, Marcus, Dotun, Anthony and David in September 2010.  His mother and family and the whole Eastside community are so pleased at this news. George is a delightful, considerate, able student who will give and gain in equal measure.

What a difference a day makes

On 24th June EYLA in association with Capital Men will host a ground breaking event, “Young, Drifting and Black”. The conference will examine issues surrounding black males and the forms of problem behaviour that can lead up to their observed high rates of exclusion and incarceration; providing unique insights and practicalities for increased effectiveness in working with black males.

Capital Men is a new innovative organisation that recruits males for the purpose of working with disaffected boys and young men across London. Further details are available from the Capital Men website www.capitalmen.org.

The Wager

As reported in our last news update, Ray is working on a documentary challenge in which he is mentoring a long term unemployed person back to work.

Ray has six weeks to coach his mentee in competition against Emma Harrison (of A4E). The show should be aired in June this year.