Working with the Community
The IH Trust is proud of our charitable initiatives with both public and private organisations. Guided by our Public Benefit committee, these initiatives help the Trust to fulfil our commitment to raising the standards of English language teaching and training worldwide. The IH London school also works to promote and raise money for charitable causes that our students and staff care about.
Giving all students the opportunity to learn English
An important goal of the IH Trust is assist people in acquiring English skills who have limited access to English classes.
Teaching at Crisis
IH London and the IH Trust are running a project to teach ESOL at the homeless charity Crisis. Students who attend these classes are either homeless, have been homeless within the past five years, or are at risk of being homeless. Many of these students are economic and political refugees with few opportunities to learn English elsewhere.
Head to the IH London blog to read an interview with Veena Torchia , Manager of Accredited Learning at Crisis Skylight, about this important project.
Working with Hackney Migrant Centre
The IH Trust provides a English language teacher to run lessons at the in North East London. The Centre is a charity which provides a weekly drop in session for refugees and other migrants offering legal aid and health advice, a free meal and an inclusive, sociable meeting place. Since the project started, the number of classes and students has grown continuously. Since October last year students have also been able to take certificates, including the OCR, at the Centre.
Read a blog update from IH London teacher Ben about teaching English at Hackney Migrant Centre .
Supporting language teaching and training in the UK and overseas
The IH Trust Development Committee works to support language teaching and training in the UK and overseas for people who might otherwise not have access to such courses.
IH Trust Scholarships
Many of the scholarships awarded by the IH Trust, including the John Haycraft Classroom Exploration Scholarship and our Global Reach award, assist teachers and trainers to attend the annual International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language (IATEFL) conference.
Find out more about our scholarship winners and their experiences at IATEFL .
Fundraising for important causes
Every year IH London students and teachers organise and take part in special charity events. In 2011 these events had something for everyone from making origami to selling cupcakes to singing and dancing. Find out more about amazing generosity of our students and teachers and how much fun we had last year!
Children in Need
In November students and teachers organised a week of fundraising events for Children in Need, including a talent show and a bakesale. They raised a huge £1308.79 for Children in Need and this was doubled by IH London for a grand total of £2617.58.
See our Children in Need photo gallery and watch a video of the IH’s Got Talent show .
Save the Children's East Africa Appeal
To help children affected by the food crisis in East Africa, IH London teachers organised a special bakesale. In just one morning students and teachers bought enough cakes to raise £461!
Find out more about the bakesale event .
Japanese Red Cross
In 2011, IH London students organised a special Save Japan event to help the Japanese Red Cross relief appeal. The event raised £1465.20 and IH London matched that amount for a grand total of £2390.40. Students and teachers practised their origami and calligraphy skills, played games, sang karaoke and ate sushi.
See more photos of the afternoon on IH London’s photostream and read about IH London students presenting their donation at the Japanese embassy .
