Future
Academy
UK
Giving hope and opportunity
to the world’s forgotten children
REFUGEES
A person who is seeking a safe haven after being forced to flee violence, persecution or war.
Additionally, Refugees have a right to international protection.
According to the UNHCR, at the end of 2019 there were:
Displaced persons worldwide
Of whom an estimated 30-34 miliion below 18 years of age
Refugees worldwide
As well as an additional 4 million Asylum Seekers
Refugees in the UK
Roughly 0.2% of UK Population
What We Do
The objects of Future Academy UK are for the public benefit to advance in life and relieve the needs of refugees up to the age of 18, living in the UK and overseas, by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.
In the UK we provide activities designed to help refugee children settle quickly into their new environment and to access formal education successfully.
Overseas, we support UK-registered partner charities to provide educational opportunities to refugee children, by funding the travel expenses of volunteer teachers.
Education is the single most powerful means to improve the quality of life; the single most powerful weapon against poverty and intolerance.
Why is education so important?
PROTECT
STRENGTHEN
EMPOWER
Education is a basic human right and yet:
Christopher Watts, Co-founder of Future Academy
Our volunteers
2024: Christopher Watts, Tala Lakiss
2023: Christopher Watts, Claire Lee, Les Rowe, Sam Jacobs, Kevin Safadi
2022: Christopher Watts, Damien Gabet, Tom Corcoran
2021: Christopher Watts, Daniel Parkinson, Alex Fisher, Stephen Appleton
2020: Christopher Watts, Damien Gabet, Daniel Parkinson
2019: Christopher Watts, Max Montgomery