A4U Scheme

  • A4U 2019: Creating Possibilities for a better future: A life skills project in Schools.
    This project helped students who needed therapy by providing sand trays and toys that can be used during counselling sessions. It also provided some equipment to support an independent living skills project and the use of LEGO to help in structured approach to work on skills such as: social communication, language, joint attention and problem-solving skills.


  • A4U 2020: Confident Readers for life:
    The project was aimed to empower teens who were struggling readers to learn how to use the reading pen for academic work and in their daily life. Some of our students’ comments:

    – “Iva, is-c-pen għenitni ħafna, qabel ma kont naqra xejn, u issa qed nitħajjar naqra għax qed nifhem iktar.”

    – “Fl-aħħar qed nieħu pjacir naqra!”

    – “Qed nifhem dak li naqra.”

  • A4U 2021: Teens Sensory Break Box:
    The project is about supporting schools in providing them with a ‘Teen Sensory Break Box’, which includes resources that could be used by teenagers having sensory processing disorder (SPD).


  • A4U 2022: Unlocking students’ potential:
    Through the project “Unlocking students’ potential”, the Church Schools Children’s Fund (CSCF) aims to purchase different resources that professional volunteers can use in church schools to support youths therapeutically.


  • A4U 2023: Thinking Outside the Box to Empower Vulnerable Youths:
    Aims to purchase different resources which professional volunteers can use in church schools to support youths to work on structured tasks which will eventually help them integrate in the employment environment after finishing their formal education.

  • A4U 2024 – The dyslexia toolbox
    This project was implemented by two dyslexia specialists working with SFCE and partnered with the church school children’s fund during the current scholastic year. The contents of a dyslexia toolbox aim to facilitate learning, improve reading and writing skills, and provide coping mechanisms for the challenges associated with dyslexia. It is a collection of specific resources, strategies, and tools designed to help individuals with reading and writing difficulties. It provides practical, hands-on materials and methods that can be used by educators, parents, and students themselves to address the challenges associated with dyslexia. The beneficiaries of this project were students in grades 7 and 8. This project has helped raise awareness and understanding of the toolbox approach in the mainstream curriculum of schools participating in the Dyslexia-Friendly Initiative. During this scholastic year one secondary school which embarked on the dyslexia friendly initiative had the opportunity to take part in this project. Although this venture is in its initial stages the educators of the said school showed interest to have the dyslexia toolbox integrated in mainstream curriculum.