Impact Report 2022-2023

21 IMPACT REPORT

A Governor’s Commitment It has been good to reflect on all that has been learnt in the course of this busy and productive year. In all our ventures, it is important that we ask ourselves ‘And what difference does it make?’ As Governors,

None of this happens in a vacuum. Large celebratory events like the Zimbe concert and the Christmas educational workshops, in depth projects like the OX2 initiative and the large scale, longer term Teddies Collaborate programme require meticulous networking and planning to overcome logistical difficulties. Enormous thanks go to our partners for the opportunities they offered and for their constructive feedback, to those responsible for timetables for being prepared to make changes to enable pupils to be able to make a useful contribution and especially to Rachel Moffatt and Courtney O’Keefe whose smiling and steely focus on making Teddies partnership work delivers positive outcomes for all involved. Sarah Ainsworth

we are keen for Teddies pupils to take advantage of all the many opportunities Oxford has to offer and Oxford is made up of many diverse communities that can remain hidden from each other. The genuine engagement offered through the Teddies Collaborates programme has enabled our pupils to learn from and to contribute to these different communities. In doing so they have had to learn more about themselves, to draw on their own strengths, to develop different skills, to navigate their way through difficulties, to work constructively with others, valuing their contributions. These are skills they will take with them through life and it has been encouraging to hear them talk with passion about their placements,the people they have worked with and what they have learnt.

The genuine engagement offered through the Teddies

Collaborates programme has enabled our pupils to learn from and to contribute to these different

communities. SARAH AINSWORTH