Donate online:
www.hhugs.org.uk/Education
Text EDUC63 £10 to 70070
Call 0207 733 2104

Sponsor a child to learn Qur’an: £100 
Invest in their spiritual education. Invest in their Hereafter.

Sponsor a child's education: £250 
From tuition fees, to essential text books, and resources to give them a brighter future. 

Empower a Sister: £500
From English lessons to integrate with society, to educational/vocational courses, and skills training to enable them to provide for their families

Resettle a Former Detainee: £2000 
Rebuild their lives by enabling themto re-enter the workplace, thereby boosting their esteem and confidence to create financially stable and happier homes in the long term.

Sponsor a SIAC Detainee: £1000
Detention under house arrest entails an extremely restricted existence where funds and access to educational and even social opportunities are severely limited, having a grave impact on their mental health. Educational opportunities are often their only bridge to the outside world and their sole outlet from acute isolation.

Sponsor a Spiritual Retreat: £350 -Revive and uplift the families, giving them the opportunity to develop themselves, recuperate from the strains of daily life and escape from social isolation.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. (Nelson Mandela)

The HHUGS Education Fund is a much-needed initiative to help vulnerable families gain the skills and qualifications necessary to become self-sufficient and for a brighter future.   

Universally, education is one of the most powerful tools of empowerment we have. This is as true for families who live in urban poverty in the UK as it is anywhere else in the world. The cycle of poverty is an unforgiving trap where opportunities to improve your life’s chances are limited. Lack of access to education, social isolation, inability to access careers guidance and traumatic life events often leave grave social, mental and financial strain on entire families.

Break the Cycle -  Heal the Trauma

For the families of the prisoners, it is not simply poverty alone which holds them back. Already traumatised by raids and grappling internally with grief and anger over the detention of their fathers, children commonly face bullying in the playground, leaving them demotivated to learn or attend school, making their academic prospects and future bleak. Such children are already three times more at risk than their peers of committing anti-social or delinquent behaviour and more than twice as likely to experience mental health issues. Frequent transfers and relocating families result in a loss of friendship groups and a disruption to their education. With inflexible visiting times and prisons far from home, parents are often left with no alternative but to take a child out of school to visit their father or mother. The emotional and physical reaction to the loss of a parent to prison has been likened to bereavement, so it’s unsurprising to learn it leads tohigher levels of truancy, poor academic achievement, and behavioural problems in school.Tragically, 65% of boys with a convicted parent go on to offend.
 

The families we serve at HHUGS live in these realities and the future can often seem bleak and hopeless. However, simple interventions can dramatically improve a family’s prospects. Through Education Fund, we aim to encourage families to become self-sufficient for the long term, providing the necessary education and skills training needed for better financial, social and personal conditions for all.

 Buds of hope already in bloom: how education has already brightened futures

“When my husband was first arrested, everybody at my children’s school found out and the bullying began immediately. They were treated like sudden outcasts and feared going to school. Their grades were affected, they became withdrawn and hopeless. Their father was taken away during their exam time- yet with our laptop, even coursework and practice papers confiscated by the police, the children had little resources to even revise from... With the support of HHUGS, the children slowly grew more confident. Their grades began to return to a high standard. It has given them a whole new lease of life. It can be completely devastating otherwise.”

“WHOEVER GOES OUT SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS IN THE PATH OF ALLAH UNTIL HE RETURNS.”(AT-TIRMIDHI)