Our mission is to bring together the voices of young people and adults to address disaffection and underachievement in education and the community
About COVO
COVO is a local charity with a national reach, based in the London borough of Southwark since 1999.
We run creative interventions for excluded children and young people at risk of NEET who find it difficult to engage in mainstream education.
The charity works holistically, training schools and CSS organisations in reflective and child-centred practices that support young people to engage in their learning and fulfil their potential. We train and mentor staff to sustain these practices in the long-term.
COVO provides tailored programmes for struggling parents and families to support their children’s social, emotional and academic development.
Currently our focus is:
- working with excluded young people in pupil referral units / CSS
- supporting young people with emerging mental health issues
- supporting children and young people into and through secondary education
- working with disadvantaged parents
Latest News
COVO presents... The Peckham History Project
An Exhibition Created & Produced by Young People in and about Peckham featuring photography, films and interviews with local residents...
Join us for a presentation by young people on: Sunday 30th October 2011, 2PM
at the Sassoon Gallery, 213 Blenheim Grove, Peckham Rye SE15 4QL
The Exhibition will be running from the 24th - 30th October, 12-6PM
A preview of the works can be seen at www.peckhamstories.com
For more info please contact us on 020 7635 0007 or helena@covo.org.uk
COVOs Transition Project, funded by the Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP), finished just before the end of the Summer Term 2011.
The staff and students who participated from Goodrich Primary School provided testimonials in a final evaluation of the project. A video of the Evaluation can be seen here
