Category

• Fully Validated Effective Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (material)
• Provide benefit in-kind (experience)
• Non-driver - improving quality of life

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Keywords

• Community Engagement
• Empowerment
• Family Support
• Lived Experience
• Extracurricular Activities

Aim

To improve the life chances of young people and free them from poverty.

Summary

PEEK is a multi-award-winning organisation that aims to improve the life chances of children and young people in Glasgow by providing opportunities through their different programmes. The PEEK-A-CHEW food truck is community-funded and looks to tackle poverty by providing free meals to children, young people, and families. The Thrive programme looks to broaden the horizons of young people by providing training, work experience, and voluntary opportunities. The Create programme provides high-quality art programmes that help children realise their potential in an art. The Play programme provides year-round projects for children and young people during holidays, before, during, and after school.

What difference does it make?

The PEEK project has made a significant impact on the Glasgow community. Its programmes and activities have provided new and engaging extracurricular pursuits for children and young people in need. As a result, PEEK works to foster personal growth in its service users, increase life chances, and provide various opportunities which enables its service users to acquire transferrable skills.

Key take-aways

• Engaging extracurricular activities for children and young people living in poverty is key to increasing their life chances and quality of life.
• Children and young people living in poverty sometimes need extra support to increase their confidence and self-belief.
• Increasing communication and building relationships between community members is particularly beneficial for those living in poverty.

 

Organisations

PEEK - Possibilities for Each and Every Kid

Location

Glasgow (throughout)

The project has no planned end date.

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