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'Put It Down', a short documentary about knife crime made by winners of Tower Hamlets Summer University's
www! (What We Want!) grants programme
, won a 2008
BT Seen and Heard Award
.
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Tower Hamlets Summer University has been 'Highly Commended for Access to Goods & Services for Disadvantaged Communities' as in the
City of London Corporation’s Sustainable City Awards 2008
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Our
Nang!
youth magazine won four accolades in less than 12 months, receiving a
Philip Lawrence Award
in December 2006, a
BT Seen and Heard Award
in October 2007 and a
TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award
and the prestigious
The Guardian Student Magazine of the Year Award
in November 2007.
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We gained
Quality in Support (QiSS)
recognition in 2005 as an 'advanced' centre for Out of School Hours Learning, the first Summer Uni and only one of twelve organisations in the country at the time to enter for this kite mark and succeed.
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We attained
Investors in People
status in 2005.
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We won a
Wavemakers Award
for our anti-racism and human rights project 'Unboxed' in 2005.
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Eight short films made by young people attending THSU summer courses reached the second round of the
Guy Ritchie Film Making Competition
with three getting through to the final and all coming in as joint winners in 2004.
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We were one of five winners of the
Marks & Spencer British Community Safety Award
,
run in conjunction with Crime Concern in 2003, from over 270 entrants and a shortlist of 30. The Metropolitan Police provided crime figures for this award confirming that between 1995 and 2003, THSU contributed to reducing juvenile nuisance by 17%, drug offences by 25% and an overall reduction in youth crime by 8% over the summer holiday period, even though Tower Hamlets has the fastest growing teenage population in Britain.