Our Services
Helping parents support children's high aspirations in challenged local communities
High Quality * Community * Services
RDF runs and promotes high quality classes, tuition and workshops - requested by parents - for children in local or disadvantaged communities. Courses, classes and tuition have included: Piano & Jazz classes, Reading Improvement, Creative Writing, Poetry, Maths, Arts and Crafts, etc. Most of these are on a 'donate what you can' basis.
Word of Mouth - Our London based classes, tuition and workshops are mainly promoted by 'word-of-mouth' and referrals.
Public events and productions - Our public and joint events are often promoted on this website.
Reading & Writing Tuition - We run reading & writing improvement classes and 1-to-1 tuition on Saturday mornings during term time. They are mostly for children falling behind with phonics, grammar or comprehension etc.
Piano/Keyboard Tuition - Reduced-priced video-call, music workshops and music tuition are available if you have a keyboard instrument or piano to practise on regularly.
Tailored Support - RDF has been promoting tailored one-to-one tuition and support helping disadvantaged families. Classes and 1-to-1 tuition in subjects such as Reading Improvement, Maths, Music theory, Jazz theory or Piano lessons. These have been available in person and via video-call.
Research - From time to time we work and converse with top level academic researchers in our search to discover the best educational solutions and to better understand relevant underlying causes of local social problems.
Workshops - Now and then we hold poetry, reading, music, creative writing, arts and crafts workshops etc. These are held in community or cultural London venues of various kinds.
Partnerships* - Behind the scenes, we also work with or support individuals and charities who are conducting social research or running charitable projects. We also sit on some government advisory boards and groups. Much of this important ongoing behind-the-scenes work is generally not promoted or detailed on this website.
DBS Checks - All of our volunteers aged 16 years or over, and working regularly with children, are enhanced DBS checked.
Ticketed Events - Reduced price tickets as well as premium tickets are usually available!
*From time to time we partner with other charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs), or community organisations providing services in deprived areas of London.
