Resources for older kids
National Career Service
This is a great organisation for 16-17 year old who complete activities over the summer. This year NCS has asked teenagers to keep doing good by offering their services to helping out local communities.
https://wearencs.com/keep-doing-good
Smithsonian Open
This is a great project where you can download more than 3 million images from the museum’s collection.
Geoguessr
This is an online game that uses Google Maps and drops you somewhere in the world. Your challenge is to try and work out where in the world you might be. You can play one free game of 5 rounds per day
Interested in learning to code? Code Academy offers free coding classes online. You could build your first ecommerce site, or start a blog!
Anime If your child is into graphic design, this is a good way to learn a new skill. https://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Anime
Aik Saath
The words "Aik Saath" mean "Together As One" in Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu. They also embody the ethos of our charity. We believe in working together for positive social change.
Their mission is to work with people from all communities, faiths and backgrounds to promote and encourage conflict resolution and community cohesion through training, campaigns and projects.
Follow them on Twitter @AikSaath to get informed on virtual meetings.
"Members past, present & brand new* are welcome to join us on our weekly Zoom, at 6pm on Tuesday.
*Aik Saath is a group for young people, 11 to 19, up to 25 with SEN/disability"
Yes Slough
Youth Engagement Slough (YES) is a consortium of Slough based providers of services to young people led by Aik Saath (Together As One), Resource Productions and SWIPE.
The lead groups are led by young people, in fact, young people came up with the name YES.
Their Summer programme for July/August is out now! All of their activities remain online for safer interaction. Details of how to sign up are here: http://yesslough.org.uk/coronavirus
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Please supervise your child’s use of the internet and encourage plenty of breaks away from the screen