Former Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs player, and Youth Change Campaigner for the educational, sports and community industries, Eartha Pond knows all about sporting achievement and success. She set up the ESP Foundation as a way to reach all young people grow and reach their full potential by creating pathways that improve life opportunities for young people by raising access to civil participation, education and sport.

One such initiatives is 'Prom 8', a high-quality educational intervention that supports under-achieving pupils make progress and remain in school. ‘Prom 8’ celebrates young people’s progress within schools through accelerated learning and closing the learning gap between achievers and under-achievers, and keeping them engaged. Students hold each other accountable for their progress, with the highest achieving participating school winning an extravagant prom. ‘Prom 8’ offers a ‘star of the month’; ‘school of the year’ – with the winner receiving an ‘all paid for’ entry. The event is also attended by celebrities and influences and currently works across two schools in London, the Crest Academy in Brent, and City Heights in Lambeth.

'Prom 8' helps provide a focus and a goal and ultimately a great reward for an extremely hard year of work. However, for the first time, this year, despite all the hard work and efforts from the students, teachers, community leaders and role models alike, Prom 8’s ceremony has been cancelled due to the growing number of Covid cases and restrictions. Eartha is more determined than ever to still celebrate all the children's achievements by taking them to Thorpe Park on the 16th July.

Please join the ESP FOUNDATION, and 'Help Get the 'Prom 8' kids to the Park' #ParkTheProms. All the money raised will go towards sending 356 hard working kids to Thorpe Park (including tickets, transport and lunch).

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause, words cannot express how much this will be appreciated by the kids, their families and wider community.

#ParkTheProms - We can. We must and We will.

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