Our Mission

To enhance quality of life for individuals and communities; by providing opportunities to connect with others, enhance skills and creativity, and affect local change.

How we do this

  • We work collaboratively with partners and stakeholders to produce projects that provide meaningful participation for all.

  • We support people to reach their potential and take agency.

  • We prioritise project participants who have had limitted access to opportunities.

  • Our projects enhance confidence, self-esteem, communication, creativity, learning and skills.

  • We foster links between individuals and communities, to boost community cohesion and reduce isolation.

Caroline D’Souza

Director of LEAP

Caroline D'Souza, Director of Leap

Caroline is an experienced project designer, producer and manager. She lives in London, in the borough of Brent.

She is driven by developing projects that affect change, by improving quality of life for individuals and communities, enhancing creativity and increasing peoples’ access to opportunities.

Having worked within the social care and community arts sector for many years, at the end of 2019 she formed LEAP London CIC. She enjoys bringing ideas to life by leading and developing projects, in partnership with a network of professionals, organisations and creatives.

LEAP Facilitators

 LEAP’s project teams include specialist, experienced, freelance facilitators, commissioned to match the skills that each project requires.

Project Facilitators 2020–2022 Project Facilitators 2023

Fran Box

Louise Essex

Decarla-Phillip Riley

Becky Floyd

Partnerships

We work closely with our partner organisations across the sectors of education, health and community, to design bespoke projects, that meet local need and respond to local issues.

What is a partner and how does it work? 

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Core Partners

For each project we work with core project partners e.g., a primary school, charity, a local authority. We create a bespoke project design in consultation with your organisation and our team delivers it to your participants.

If you would like to become a LEAP core partner and/or you have an idea for a project, contact us to discuss how to proceed.

List of Core Partners

Elders Voice charity

Princess Frederica School

Sudbury Day Centre

Roe Green Junior School

Brentfield School

Brent Museum and Archives

Harlesden Primary School

Fryent Primary School

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Partner Network

Each project involves a network of relevant organisations who contribute to the project and benefit from being part of them. These partners, deepen our participants experience, broaden our projects’ reach and contribute to our projects’ sustainability.

If you would like to become part of our Partner Network – please contact us here to discuss

You may be an organisation that wants to increase your reach or extend your offer to a more diverse audience or may be an individual who would like to support our work.

Partner Network 

Barn Hill Conservation Group.

Roe Green Walled Garden.

St Rafael’s Edible Garden (Sufra)

Energy Garden

Forest and Family

Harlesden Town Garden

  • “We recently worked with LEAP on a gardening project that was a fantastic way for us to educate our young people about biodiversity. Also, the links to the community through parental involvement and community group visits, is so valuable, especially for those pupils who have difficulties accessing more traditional classroom learning.”

    Lucy Byrne, Deputy Head – Roe Green Junior School

  • “I have really enjoyed Leap London being part of our school. You have really brightened up our environment and introduced the children to experiences I was lucky to have taken for granted as a child. I speak to other headteachers in Harlesden about the fantastic work you do!”

    Nicola Harmer, Brentfield Primary School

  • “I really like the way you facilitate the workshops, it values people’s experience. It really brings people to life. H doesn’t really get involved in anything we do, and he has been really enjoying it. It just seems natural... the adults and children complement each other.”

    Wellbeing Manager, Elders Voice

  • “We were so impressed with the work and commitment shown by Caroline and her team at LEAP…Their interactions with the children and all the staff were exemplary and we would love to be involved with future projects with this team.”

    Lucy Byrne, Deputy Head Teacher – Roe Green Junior School

  • “Although working with a small group of children, your project has reached far and wide to all members of the Brentfield community.”

    Nicola Harmer, Headteacher – Brentfield Primary School

  • “Caroline was so enthusiastic from the start and had many creative ideas for the content and format of the workshops. The delivery was fantastic and the children had lots of fun!.. I thoroughly enjoyed working with LEAP and would highly recommend them to anyone seeking top-quality community workshops and activities.”

    Rebecca Thompson, Heritage Service Officer – Brent Museums and Archives