Investigate SYCT

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Investigate SYCT

Investigate SYCT

@InvestigateSYCT

Streatham Youth & Community Trust are a charity accepting funds from Lambeth Council only to shut down services & deprive the community.

Lambeth, London انضم Mart 2024
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Investigate SYCT
Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
SYCT have closed the nursery, the last holiday provision was Summer 2023, after school club was closed before covid & only recently reopened (inconsistently) plus several Monday stay & play sessions have been closed. SYCT get over £600k in mainly government grants to provide this
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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
We will be sad to lose @BellRibeiroAddy due to boundary changes at the next GE; she has been a fantastic advocate+immediately grasped the issues at hand.We look forward to engaging with the candidates for the new constituency on this @SteveReedMP @anthonyboutall @ClaireBonham
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens

#SaveSprigs 🌱We are a community group fighting the closure of Sprig Ludens, a unique outdoor nursery located in one of the most deprived areas of Lambeth, London. 🌱Please sign our petition and read our story in this thread! change.org/p/save-sprig-l…

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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
A soulless, empty Hut in Streatham Vale Park today - this space used to be filled with children, toys, snacks & activities. Now, hardly any attendees at stay & play paid for by @BH_StartForLife - more evidence of @StreathamSYCT not making good use of a @lambeth_council building
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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
Sprigs kids were always out in all weathers, but to see the nursery completely empty on a gorgeous May morning such as this is particularly upsetting. This sight will be the norm if @StreathamSYCT keeps full control of the space as it has now.
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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
Well said by the previous CEO of @StreathamSYCT and Sprig Ludens nursery
Angela Coton@angiecoton

@anthonyboutall Sprigs must have supported 150+ children since opening. Staying true to a play ethos, forest school approaches were used to help these young minds flourish. One of the things I loved was the diversity of culture & backgrounds & disadvantage isn't always simply economical.

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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
@PureLifeLo98639 @anthonyboutall You have ignored other contributors to SYCT’s managed decline of the nursery. Even with more Gov funds, SYCT leadership have said they do not want to run a nursery. At least they recognised at their open house event that a privately run nursery could be run from the Hut instead.
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PureLifeLondon@PureLifeLo98639·
@InvestigateSYCT @anthonyboutall I have nothing to do with the nursery. But nurseries funding issues aren't exactly a big secret. Maybe after the next general election, Labour will make it viable to run one.
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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
The Gov funding argument is a scapegoat - here is the real reason that @SaveSprigLudens was on a managed decline by SYCT leadership. Even if it was an argument, how does this excuse closing the nursery with no notice leaving 20+ families with no childcare and owed money?
Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT

@PureLifeLo98639 @anthonyboutall It’s easy to blame it on just gov funding, but SYCT pay no rent for the building, have done no public proactive fundraising in the last year, have not advertised the nursery & won’t share their financials to prove the nursery is at a deficit.

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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
Take a look at the thread if you want to see an anonymous account set up in March (guesses who it might be?) attempting to defend SYCT’s actions - weak arguments with no receipts to back it up.
PureLifeLondon@PureLifeLo98639

@InvestigateSYCT @anthonyboutall But more importantly, trusts and foundations generally don't support projects unless a majority of children are eligible for EYPP. Why would they? Nurseries are statutory provision and therefore government responsibility.

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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
@PureLifeLo98639 @anthonyboutall Do you work for SYCT by any chance? You seem to know a lot about their business model - why didn’t you have the guts to say this to the residents & parents who attended the open house on Saturday?
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PureLifeLondon@PureLifeLo98639·
@InvestigateSYCT @anthonyboutall But more importantly, trusts and foundations generally don't support projects unless a majority of children are eligible for EYPP. Why would they? Nurseries are statutory provision and therefore government responsibility.
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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
@PureLifeLo98639 @anthonyboutall It’s easy to blame it on just gov funding, but SYCT pay no rent for the building, have done no public proactive fundraising in the last year, have not advertised the nursery & won’t share their financials to prove the nursery is at a deficit.
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PureLifeLondon@PureLifeLo98639·
@InvestigateSYCT @anthonyboutall The government gives a paltry top up of £350ish per child for eligible children (google it). So if there aren't any eligible children, the nursery doesn't even get that.
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Investigate SYCT@InvestigateSYCT·
@PureLifeLo98639 @anthonyboutall I think you’re getting working class nursery parents in a deprived part of Streatham mixed up with middle and upper middle class SYCT board members who did the opposite of subsidise (taking months to refund nursery fees)
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PureLifeLondon@PureLifeLo98639·
@anthonyboutall It was running at a loss. Do you expect a charity to subsidise middle class parents?
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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
If you love working with communities who are passionate, invested, creative and (dare we say) even noisy - please apply to the role of #SYCT 's interim CEO! They seem a little bit lost at the moment and defo in need of some strong, inspiring leadership💪🌱 harrishill.co.uk/job/interim-ch…
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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
If you want a nursery reinstated in Streatham Vale park, please be sure to come along next Saturday and make your voice heard! 12-2pm at the Hut, Streatham Vale park
SYCT@StreathamSYCT

Open House - All welcome!

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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
It's been several weeks now since #SYCT shut Sprigs, and this space, thoughtfully and painstakingly designed for children's play, lies empty and unused. This is sad for the kids of course-especially on a sunny day today-but there is cause for deeper concern. Let's look at why:
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Save Sprigs
Save Sprigs@SaveSprigLudens·
We are still digesting what was a very long meeting last night with #SYCT, community members and elected representatives including councillors and local MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy last night, but here are some take home points:
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