Community Partners

 Hull Children’s University is the trading name for The Hull CU Ltd., registered in October 2007, with charitable status.

The aim of Hull Children’s University is to provide a ‘Tool Kit’ for young people, preparing them for the exhilarating journey of life. This is based upon six concepts which embrace both academic and emotional intelligence as well as social, moral, ethical, physical, political and health education.

The University’s teaching styles consider the diverse learning styles of young people and underpins its content with the teaching of literacy skills namely reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Mentor support is part of the package and the University attempts to recruit, CRB check, train and equip voluntary mentors, from all walks of life, with the necessary skills to support young people in their learning.

Having fun and learning away from the classroom and local community are high on Hull Children’s University’s agenda as it aims to broaden a young person’s outlook and experience of life which can often become insular and narrow.

The Hull Children’s University seeks to nurture creativity, entrepreneurialism and lateral thinking as well as developing a young person’s love and thirst for learning.

KC is supporting the work of the Children’s University by creating a city-centre learning base that will bring many of the young students into the centre of Hull for the very first time. KC is also funding a full time role within Hull Children’s University to help deliver their programme of modules. Many of KC’s employees have also volunteered to be mentors, working with the children and delivering expert tuition and support.

John Buttrick, Hull Children’s University founder and manager says: “The collaboration with KC will enable us to reach more children, develop our programme of modules and for the first time in our history have a city centre base that is designed around the needs of our young people.

“I can’t thank the whole KC team enough. They have shown tremendous commitment to the future of the region’s young people. Their financial contribution support the sustainability of theorganisation,which will hopefully lead to the involvement of more of the city’s young people.”