Up Skill 2024-2025
ሓድሽ ፍልጠት ነጥሪ

Conceived, formation, purposing, governance,

Mentoring, counselling, advocacy, advice and information

Scouting, signed up 30+ mentors/counsellors

Branding, social media and digital strategy established.

Website, all social-media portals ready

Launched to the public.

Charity, registration, application form completed

Go-fund-me launched

First FNAN mentoring workshop

Brent engagement - outreach post to serve community

FNAN – phone hotline *******8410 established, later abandoned -- became impractical

Heading to university event

Opportunities in the construction industry forum,

FNAN construction WhatsApp group, active, 50+ mentees

Construction mentoring platform, active

Organised Brent mums and children event

FNAN Registered with the Charity Commission, registration number 1187227.

Travelled to Coventry and made First Contact and shared a stage with PITP

Organised Brent mums and children event

FNAN conducted its second Mentors Workshop and adopted a new working method which was divided by profession: HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE PUBLIC SERVICES, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, CAREER GUIDANCE, CONSTRUCTION, ACCOUNTING FINANCE & BUSSINESS • NEW TECH -IT MEDIA,EDUCATION AND ACADEMIA,ENGINEERING,LEGAL SERVICES,SCIENTISTS,MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS,FASION DESIGN,GENERAL ADVISOR

COVID-19 and Lockdown

All FNAN Services delivery went online

Video Release, Commemorating Mental Health awareness week: Be Kind Focusing on situational anxiety & depression by Yodit Mussie – CBT

Video Release, Mentoring – An Eritrean Youth Perspective By Miki Tezare ( Student Social Worker)

Video Release, Looking after yourself during COVID – 19 Lock down By Tigist Kinfe ( Mental Health Social Worker ) & Naomi Fitwi - Psychologist

Translated and Released a BBC Video to our community, BAME CORONAVIRUS DEATHS BY BBC TRANSLATED IN TIGRIGNA Yodit Mussie – CBT

Video Release, Eritrean Children Air their lock down experiences

Video Release, Having arrived in this country how to increase your chances on Employability by Liya Tesfatsion

Zoom Event, FNAN celebrated its 1ST Anniversary Via Zoom

Video release – How to help your child to be a better learner By Feben Ghirmay (Maths Teacher )

Weekly Service Launched, Zoom Drop In service every Wednesday a two hours service to assist or signpost individual community member issues.

Zoom Event, INSPIRING THE FUTURE WORKSHOP – Focused on University and college students

Virtual meeting with croydon council – establishing working partnership

Weekly Service Launched, employability training by Rahel Daniel (Team Leader @ A4E )

Zoom Event – New to FNAN : induction day

Zoom Event, as a follow up to INSPIRING THE FUTURE WORKSHOP, FNAN Organised another event titled - The New Normal – youth workshop – motivation and reflective

First training, Employability workshop by Rahel Daniel

A service launched, Accounting training SAGE By Solomon

A zoom online event that engages children aged 9-13 in fun way, Climb in – Transition to Secondary School,By Hannah A First Year Student Volunteer at Imperial College.

Presentation On COVID-19 Vaccination Programme,By Shiden Solomon, Scientist Volunteer

FNAN Business Awareness Task Group Established.

IT professionals Team established to help FNAN Deliver Basic and Intermediate IT Training classes

First FNAN Tigrinya Teachers Planning Meeting

IT training open day to new registrants: explained about FNAN, gave course outline, rules, and registered to two Basic IT Training Classes and Two intermediate classes to run on Thursday Evening and Saturday Mornings. 58 Registrants, Each session is two hours.

Zoom Event for children, Second Climb in – Confident, educational engagement,By Hannah

FNAN Business Awareness Team First presentation on zoom drop in.

FNAN Service Launched - First Tigrinya Classes Open day, for briefing and registration, FNAN goes international. 177 Logins, six Tigrinya Classes, each class session one hour, every Saturday.

First Tigrinya Class started.