| Tamezin Club is a voluntary
activity-based club that works with girls and young women between the ages
of 9 and 25. |
|
AIMS
To provide a varied activity-based programme
of informal education that will foster and develop skills, talents and
values in both members and youth workers, enabling them to become young
women achievers of the future.
Tamezin fosters a family atmosphere within the Club to help girls
and young women develop their self-confidence as well as acquire an attitude
of respect, understanding and service towards the others. This positive
peer culture is created through real friendship between the members themselves,
with their youth leaders and among the youth leaders and parents.
OBJECTIVES
To provide regular core weekend activity
programme for:
juniors (9 - 11): cultural, creative (including graphic and performing
arts) and sportive activities
intermediates (12 - 13 years) creative (graphic and performing
arts), team sports and social outreach activities
seniors (14 - 18 years) seminars on topical issues and personal
development, study-based activities, sports and social outreach activities
young women aged 18 years and above: an international club and
international social outreach
To ensure that individual attention is given to each person through
personal tutorials in order to help each one manage more effectively the
transition from youth to adulthood.
To support the academic development of girls by providing a weekly
homework club (Years 5 - 11) as well as monthly study weekends and study
weeks for GCSE and A-level work.
To enable its members to have a greater understanding of important
life issues and career opportunities.
To organise adventure residential activities aimed at developing
social skills and physical capacities.
To promote the talents of singing and song writing among young
girls through an annual song festival that also fosters links with European
youth clubs.
To facilitate the production of a termly teenage lifestyle magazine
by the young people themselves.
To encourage the involvement of parents in the running of the club
by maintaining a Parents' Committee.
To bring together families of various club members through various
termly activities for the whole family.
To make these services available to other youth groups and schools
in order to complement and or support their own programmes.
|
 |
 |
| Tamezin is a project of the Dawliffe Hall
Educational Foundation, Charity registration No. 278270 |
|
 |
 |
 |
| Tamezin is part funded by the Royal Borough
of Kensington & Chelsea |
|
 |
 |
 |
| Activities in the Club of a spiritual and
doctrinal nature are entrusted to Opus
Dei, a Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church |
|
|