nurturing foundations
It Takes a Village 2026: MEaP Partnership Strengthening
Transformative 2-day face-to-face partnership sustainability strategy meeting (14, 15 Apr 2026) @ at Highway Hope & Nurturing Foundations funded by N13
SEND Action for Educators and Parents 2025
What happened during SEND Action for Educators and Parents 2025 Manchester parents and educators came together on September 16th 2025, at St Thomas Centre for actionable SEND support, with 100% rating the event as valuable and confidence in SEND understanding reaching...
JISC partners with MEaP’s Research branch (MaCTRI)
National Spotlight: How MEaP's Research Branch, MaCTRI, Secured Its Future as a Leading Community Research Institute JISC Features MEaP, MaCTRI and Dr. Ornette Clennon The Making Education a Priority (MEaP) organisation and its research arm, the MEaP Academy Community...
Youth Outreach Scheme (YOURS)
The Youth Outreach Scheme (YOURS) - Project Overview The Youth Outreach Community Hub supports young people at risk of antisocial behaviour and violence. Our After School provision brings together a range of expertise from across the community to provide nurturing,...
2023 End of Year Round Up, Season’s Greetings
Our End of Year Round Up of 2023 Summary As we close to reflect on the year, we are grateful that 2023 has panned out to be a year of much growth and celebration for MEaP and for our parents and students and partners. This post will look through what we are thankful...
MEaP: 10 Years in the making
10 years ago: How MEaP (Making Education a Priority) got started Making Education a Priority (MEaP) is the legacy of a lively conference with the community that we hosted in 2013. Themes around Culture, Identity, Community and Governance emerged from all of the...
MSSP Q4 2022/2023 – Quarterly update June 2023 to August 2023
MSSP Q4 2022/2023 - Manchester Supplementary Schools Achievement Awards Celebration 2023 In this quarter Manchester City Council celebrated the work of members of Supplementary Schools across the city. On July 1st 2023 Manchester City Council collaborated with...
Windrush 75 Celebration
Windrush 75 Celebration On 23nd June 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain on 22 June 1948. On 23rd June MEaP hosted a special family and community event to celebrate the legacy of the Windrush generation; giving particular...
MEaP 2022 End of Year Round up
Our End of Year Round Up of 2022 This year began with lockdown fatigue and uncertainty caused by the burgeoning Russia-Ukraine war, with news of African students facing racism at their borders. It closes with yet more uncertainty due to the food and energy crises and...