UNACCEPTABLE: "The proportion of students in schools for excluded pupils in inner London is almost double the national rate" Staying in school is critical to a young person's future, exclusion should not be the go to answer. theguardian.com/education/2019…

ONE WEEK LEFT! To finish your application to become our new Director of Fundraising! xlp.org.uk/jobs #Countdown #Jobs #Recruitment #Fundraising #London #YouthWork #YoungPeople

This is our #10yearchallenge 2009 vs 2019 We are now regularly working with over double the number of young people #London #YouthWork #YWchat #Impact #GrowthMindset

Want to #MakeADifference in your local community? Have you considered #Mentoring young people? Our 2 day training course on 1-2 March uses all our XL-Mentoring knowledge and years of experience to give you everything you need to set up your own project xlm.org.uk/book-now

Volunteering has been proven time and again to be great for #WellBeing #MentalHealth So why not beat #BlueMonday and #Mentor a young person in your local community? xlp.org.uk/mentor #BlueMonday2019 #Volunteer #Community #Volunteer #London #InnerCity #YouthWork

Shell-shocked, angry and grieving. Each candle was lit last night by a young person from Islington trying to process the tragedy of Nedim losing his life. #London #KnifeCrime #Community #Grief #Anger #Nedim #Islington #CaledonianRoad #BarnsburyParish

What do you say to the young people who turned up to our bus project a few hundred yards from were Nedim was fatally stabbed the day before? How do you process that a young person you’ve worked with has become the latest tragic headline?

They say it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness but right now that’s pretty hard. We will be with the young people helping them work through their grief for as long as it takes. Because that’s what we do. Because that ’s what makes a difference.

It's a month to go! Want to #MakeADifference in your local community? Learn to #Mentor young people! Our 2 day training course on 1-2 March uses all our XLP knowledge & years of experience to give you everything you need to set up your own project xlm.org.uk/book-now

Mentor a young person #ImproveYourLifeIn4Words

GOOD NEWS: 7 out of 8 of our latest Ready to Work cohort are now in work! YAY :D And the eighth young person is doing a college course! 💯 #Employment #Education #ReadytoWork #WorkWorkWorkWork #Jobs #Success #PositiveFutures

Because you are alive, everything is possible Who do you know someone who needs to hear this today? It’s on the wall out side a school we’re working in #EverythingIsPossible #FridayFeeling #School #YoungPeople #Trust #Believe #Change #KnifeCrime

Drone’s eye view ⚽️⚽️⚽️ #FootballTournament #XLSports #London #YouthWork #HalfTerm

What a tournament! Huge shout out to everyone who made it possible! U16 winners were Abbeywood U14 winners were Frampton But the real winner was ⚽️⚽️⚽️ #Hackney #Greenwich #London #Youth #XLSports

Next week is #XLPStudentTakeover week A perfect chance to get a real insight to what it’s like to be XLP Experience Year student and spend a year serving the #YoungPeople of #London xlp.org.uk/experience #YouthWork #YearOut #InnerCity

THIS is why Monday isn't the most dreaded day of the week for me #Timelapse #London #LieIn #Study #YouthWork #Food #Friends I've got more to say: xlp.org.uk/about-us/blog/… Dougie Experience Student #MondayMotivation #MondayMorning #YearOut #XLPStudentTakeover #GapYear #NCW2019

Imagine having to learn about photosynthesis in French or about earthquakes in Urdu. That’s the challenge that faces 70% of pupils this morning as I head in to support them as part of my year with XLP Experience Year Lizzie #Newham Student xlp.org.uk/about-us/blog/… #XLPStudentTakeover

Our Stratford Youth Hub is open 🎉🎉🎉 Come and say hello ⁦Stratford Centre⁩ #YouthWork

This morning we are going to be meeting with Sadiq Khan Metropolitan Police at our new Stratford Centre Youth Hub! Great for our youth workers and young people to have the opportunity to share their thoughts on growing up in #London today #PositiveFutures

What an opportunity! #Hiring #CharityJob #Marketing xlp.org.uk/jobs Fresh, high quality comms is critical to XLP. Can you deliver? It’s essential for our work with #youngpeople, securing the necessary #youthwork resources & influencing decision makers