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Youth Cambridge House Young People’s Project (CHYPP) works with young people aged 11-19 in Southwark. CHYPP offers creative, social and non-formal educational activities, which offer young people the opportunity to maximise their potential and develop their life skills.

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Community Cambridge House provides community development services in the local area, encouraging the development of local voluntary and community organisations.

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Advocacy Cambridge House provides advocacy services to people in London. We offer instructed advocacy to people who have capacity, and non-instructed advocacy to those who lack capacity.

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Law Centre The Law Centre offers confidential advice, assistance and representation in social welfare law, including housing, welfare benefits, community care and employment.

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Disability We provide direct services to adults and children with disabilities who live in Southwark and its surrounding boroughs. Our services include the Play and Respite Care Scheme, After School Club, Nineteen Plus and Saturday Arts Club.

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Nursery First Place will open their doors at Cambridge House this summer. More information will follow.

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Resource Centre We have a number of rooms available for hire for a variety of purposes including conferences, group meetings, wedding receptions, children’s parties and private classes.

Vodafone World of Difference

2012 Winner - Camila Nadine Ebany Dohle

Why would you like to work for your chosen charity?

Some people get a kick out of jumping out of airplanes, I get a kick out of giving back to the community and helping people. I am very much results driven, and could never work in an environment where the results of my contributions are not visible. Cambridge House is the perfect. They are a driving force for community development in Southwark, sponsoring youth leadership programs and outreach projects as well as providing advocacy services and free legal advice to those in need. Although have an extensive academic background – I am currently studying a second Masters on the Documentation and Description of Endangered Languages at the School of Oriental and African Studies – as important it is to learn and be open to new ideas and experiences, it is also important to apply this knowledge to accumulate practical experience. I wish to work with Cambridge House not only because I have a good set of skills and experiences which would be put to good use at Cambridge House, but also because I wish to learn more about the work they do. I am thoughtful, self-motivated and flexible, and work equally well with others as I do individually.

What would be your role in the charity you have chosen to work for?

Cambridge House acts as a large umbrella body for several other charities and they hope to increase their number of tenants and hence productivity and outreach by the end of next year. In order to keep output at high levels, they will need to adapt their internal communications strategy to accommodate an increased workforce. My role within Cambridge House will be to act as an Internal Communications Consultant who will develop a strategy to improve communication between Cambridge House and ts existing and future tenants. This will involve setting up internal monthly newsletters – coordinating this in such a way that all tenants contribute equally to its production and organizing exchange platforms between the several charities.

Previous Cambridge House Vodafone winners:

2011 - Faye Dawson worked with our Disability Group as wellbeing support worker.
2010 - Natalia Kansas worked as Communication Volunteer and produces our 'Past to Present' booklet (see under Publications)