We are a community interest company that specialises in the youth, education and social care sectors
We provide a variety of unique services responding to the needs of children, young people, education staff, youth work staff, youth offending staff and a range of professionals working to meet the needs of young people at risk
Forward Ever Education CIC offers a range of services to the education, youth service, youth offending, social care staff, organisations and children/young people receiving their services
Forward Ever Education CIC offers a range of services to the education, youth service, youth offending, social care staff, organisations and children/young people receiving their services
Forward Ever Education CIC offers a range of services to the education, youth service, youth offending, social care staff, organisations and children/young people receiving their services
Forward Ever Education CIC offers a range of services to the education, youth service, youth offending, social care staff, organisations and children/young people receiving their services
Forward Ever Education CIC offers a range of services to the education, youth service, youth offending, social care staff, organisations and children/young people receiving their services
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Chief Executive Officers
Director of Music Programmes
Associate Psychological Therapist
Associate Facilitator for Therapeutic Hip Hop
Endorsement Statements from a number of individuals that we have worked with in the past
David is a youth sector trailblazer. He has a real understanding of what it takes to deliver positive impact for young people in all its complexities and has tested this in a wide range of contexts from youth work, training and development, youth custody and education. He is completely committed to the development of self and others and is an excellent practitioner and social sector leader who I have worked with for over 17 years. He is a great relationship builder - with a skill at finding connections and partnerships with anyone he meets combining this with an ability to think strategically and commercially for the benefit of wider good. David seeks to understand people and contexts and is not afraid to work flexibly and adapt to ever changing environments. All this makes him a natural educationalist and an inspiring leader. I am always looking for new opportunities to work with David and I always find his perspective valuable.
I have known David as a mentor, youth worker, and musician for 25 years, and I would not be where I am today without his support. He gave me my first teaching job at , thereby planting the seed that has grown into a 20 year career in the community dance industry. Having now seen young people develop from the opportunities I’ve been able to provide through my career choices, I have a deep respect for the impact David has made throughout his professional life. His mentorship has helped shape the professional I am today, and has allowed me to expand my work to a large scale business supporting my local community.
I first met David Williams when he was a youth worker at Youth Centre 21 in Sutton Surrey, the year was around 1998 and I was around 13 years of age. As a child I looked up to David, he stood out from the rest of the youth workers, looking back he was approachable, caring and cool in the eyes of a youth....As a typical teenage boy me and my friends would test the boundaries in the youth centre. But David knew how to deal with us in a firm, assertive way. He was natural with how he dealt with the youths, I guess we would have called him ‘real’, so we trusted him. With other youth workers the way they acted could seem false, but with David his care was always genuine. Fast forward a couple of years, I had walked down a wrong path and was facing a spell in Feltham Young Offenders Institution. Through my school and the local youth offending team I found myself back at Youth Centre 21 in front of David Williams to talk about my behaviour and my upcoming spell in Feltham YOI. David went out of his way to help me and prepare me for what was ahead. Although at the time I didn’t know what was really going on, who does at that age. But looking back it was David Williams that had really tried to help me and steer me in a better direction. He tried to install a better vision and hope inside of me and I’m grateful for what he done. Though I eventually went down a darker path, David was always stood out in my mind as one of the adults I met going through the system that actually cared. Fast forward over 20 years I reached out to David again and found out he was working in Feltham YOI in youth services. He invited me to do a talk to some of the inmates and watch him take a class. I found myself back in Feltham YOI the place I was held many times through my teenage years. A place that was and still is a tough environment, where the majority of staff were not respected by the inmates. Over in the education department I watched staff interact with David and show him respect. The next to come was the inmates, as soon as the young adults saw David they showed him respect and believe me that doesn’t come easily in a place like Feltham YOI that holds extremely damaged youths who can often see adult figures as a threat. So as a man watching on I could see how David could handle different situations, people and environments and still gain the genuine respect. I witnessed the same genuineness and caring person I had met all those years ago, and it was still coming through in a harsher environment than a local youth centre in Surrey. For me David is one of those unsung heroes that are few and far between in youth services. I’ll even go as deep to say that in the current climate of youth violence in London that if we had more genuine people like David it would help with the issues. David has the qualities to work with youths that you cannot learn from studying, they simply come naturally. Though kids may do stupid things, they are not stupid and they can sense if someone is false or not, with David it was always ‘real’ and as a child going through the system that is what you are looking for. A caring genuin e adult role model and David Williams is that. I will forever be thankful for his help over the years.
Apple Fostering and FEIE CIC have developed a strong working relationship for over a year now and I’m sure we will have a continued partnership for a long time to come. Our Carers and Young People alike really enjoy working with their team and I have found the professionalism at Forward Ever an expanse of knowledge unrivalled.
We have had some great results with our Young People referred to their Youth Mentoring program and the Training courses are very insightful, even our very experienced Carers came away with new knowledge and found the training fun and engaging.
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Kerry O'Brien is an award-winning artists and entrepreneur who founded and leads an award-winning charity Young Urban Arts Foundation. She has thirteen years experience of working in the youth and voluntary sector, establishing powerful engagement programmes from grassroots to national recognition.
Being self-made and having experienced many learning curves, Kerry brings the practical tools to Forward Ever to enable them to thrive and grow.
I have worked in young people’s services as a youth practitioner and service manager in both the voluntary and local authority sector for the last 40 years. My last post was manager of Integrated Youth Support Services in Medway in Northwest Kent. In this role, I had responsibility for the Youth Service, Youth Offending Service and the commissioned Connexions, Information Advice and Guidance Service for young people. All of my practitioner work was in the inner city boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich. where I led and managed both open youth work and targeted programmes with young people 13-21 years.
In 2019 I was asked to take up a trustee role at Forward Ever Inclusive Education (FEIE) CIC. I agreed to this request due to my previous work experiences with David Williams and my knowledge of his wide range of positive work with challenging young people
On retiring in 2017 I wanted to keep an involvement with grass roots young people’s services and the opportunity of involvement with FEIE CIC was one that I had no hesitation in accepting.
Young people’s services are required more than ever today and targeted work with at risk and challenging young people is essential to ensure that these young people have opportunities in society and a future in education, training and employment.
Successive Governments need to reinvest in young people’s services so as to provide safe spaces for young people to socialise with the opportunity of receiving informal advice, guidance and the provision of targeted support to vulnerable young people 8-19 years, who are particularly at risk due to a challenging community environment, peer pressure or family dysfunction.
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Kickstart is a Youth Employment Scheme matching 16 - 24 year olds with Employers. At no cost to you You the Employer If you are an Employer and and want to find out more click the link below. https://www.forwardevereducation.co.uk/project/2/view
Happy New Year. Here is some New Year's info that may be useful for you or someone you know. Forward Ever Inclusive Education CIC have a new initiative called Kickstarter. This new initiative meets the needs of sixteen - twenty-four year olds who are currently not in education training or employment and employers simultaneously. If you are an Employer and you would like to gain a staff member for 6 months at no cost to you; click the link below or get in touch to discuss this great opportunity. https://lnkd.in/g3HCJH8 #employability #employabilityskills #careeradvancement #youthempowerment #employers #employerengagement #employerbenefits #stability #futurecareers #growbusiness #growthanddevelopment #growthmindset
Forward Ever are very happy to announce our new initiative that meets the needs of sixteen - twenty-four year olds and employers simultaneously. To find out more click the link below... https://www.forwardevereducation.co.uk/project/2/view
Here at Forward Ever Inclusive Education we are very interested in your views about the relationship between Young Ethnic Minorities Males and Police in the UK. We have devised a very short survey and we need at least 100 people to complete it so we can gain a general opinion of the related issues and identify solutions if required. Please can you help by completing the survey below?