Ask The Question CIC thanks Yorkshire Children's Charity for their generous donation of laptops to support disadvantaged students

Ask The Question CIC has thanked Yorkshire Children’s Charity for their support after they donated 10 laptops to the CIC last week to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds. 

Yorkshire Children’s Charity provided the laptops for use at the Ask The Question office in Hebden Bridge, enabling students to use them for their studies, as well as use for university and college applications. They will also be used to facilitate online sessions with students who are unable to come to the office in person. 

Ask The Question provides one-to-one tuition and mentorship to children and teenagers in Calderdale who have experienced adverse childhood experiences, in particular those who have suffered as a result of abuse, neglect and trauma. They have worked with over 120 students since they were formally founded in 2017, over half of which have had experience of local authority care.

Sessions at Ask The Question focus on well-being, social and emotional learning, and the building of resilience, and aim to improve educational outcomes by providing a nurturing environment that is safe, secure, flexible, caring and a place where positive relationships are seen as fundamental. Research shows that children perform significantly better when they’re tutored one-to-one for their education, compared to students who are tutored in a traditional classroom setting. Sessions look to enable students to gain qualifications and increase their employability for the future, enabling more positive future outcomes for their lives ahead.

Students who attend sessions through Ask The Question have consistently reached their potential, with every student passing their Maths and English GCSE, and three students this year going on to attend a Russell Group University. They recently celebrated all of their 11+ students passing the 11+ exam.

Jo Austin, founder of Ask The Question, said, “We were absolutely thrilled when Yorkshire Children’s Charity arrived with a very generous donation of 10 laptops for use in the office. It means the world to us that an organisation as prestigious as Yorkshire Children’s Charity values the work that we do, and support us in working with students in Calderdale who have experienced adversity.”