The Student Support Centre helps disadvantaged children in the local community

Former course adviser for The Student Support Centre (Bucks), William Boampong uses the ‘simply’ programmes in his role as a Pastor for an independent church in Edgware, London to help disadvantaged children in the local community. 

Thanks to a generous donation from Andy Jones, General Manager at The Student Support Centre (Bucks), William is able to use the maths and English DVDs and textbooks to help the children and teenagers who attend his after-school groups. These groups, which have been running for just under a year, play a vital part in helping the education, development and wellbeing of children who attend – many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

William’s church provides a supportive environment in which the children can gain confidence whilst improving their numeracy and literacy skills. 

William Boampong enjoyed a successful eight years as a course adviser for The Student Support Centre (Bucks), helping many children to boost their learning skills. Now William is able to continue this good work. 

William says that the children have responded extremely positively to the ‘simply’ programmes: ‘Children really need to know exactly what’s needed from them in order to follow a path of success. The clear structure of the comprehensive ‘simply’ programmes also ensures that children who may be struggling can see exactly what they need to do in order to achieve success. Incorporating achievable targets, the ‘simply’ programme has helped turn subjects that some of the children really hate, such as maths, into subjects they love’.

Using the excellent standard of materials that the ‘simply’ programmes provide, the children can benefit from extra support which they may not have at home. Incorporating The Student Support Centre ‘simply’ learning programmes alongside sports and other activities, these groups have formed an important role in helping the community. William says the groups are in high demand and he would like to develop them further so as many children as possible can benefit from the ‘simply’ programmes under his supervision and in line with all appropriate guidelines. 

These students are now among over 200,000 whom The Student Support Centre has helped since it was founded in 1991.