During 2012, Unitas is offering training to professionals who work with young people who are hard to reach, disengaged or disaffected. Through Reach the Heights, which is funded by the… read more
In October 2011, Unitas reported on the outcomes so far achieved by its Summer Arts Colleges, using data gathered from colleges run between 2007 and 2010. The report provided remarkable… read more
Thank you to all who attended the Unitas Summer Arts College Review Day in October 2011. The Review Day followed on from the successful Summer Arts College Planning Day in… read more
In 2011, we worked with over 45 Youth Offending Teams around England and Wales, delivering the successful Unitas Summer Arts Colleges programme. 45 Summer Arts Colleges ran for three weeks… read more
TextNow®, Unitas’s motivational reading programme for reluctant readers aged 11-19, was successfully completed by 13 sites in Wales in 2010. This involved young people reading one-to-one with a reading coach… read more
“I have carried out post tests this week on the learners involved. They have made an immense improvement with increases of two years minimum. I am really pleased and excited about these results, and wanted to share the information with you.”
“Your mentors have been very professional and extremely accommodating in terms of the chaotic attendance of our students. Their enthusiasm for the project has had a great impact on both the students they work with and their peers; positive word is spreading! Not only are we now able to link the TextNow diaries with our own awards, but the improvement in literary confidence has been far and above what could have been achieved with these students over such a short period within their usual group settings. We would all like to express our thanks for what the scheme has achieved to date.”