RTK in the Kitchen 👩🏾‍🍳🥘🇯🇲👨🏽‍🍳

We are looking forward to this half term, where we will be running a 4-day holiday programme through the Free School Meals scheme. Val met a chef who kindly offered his time to teach the children some Caribbean cooking, which should be great fun! We are grateful to this chef volunteering his time for the young people in our community.

There will be delicious FREE Caribbean meals and hands-on cooking opportunities for our young people. We hope it draws out any bored students who might otherwise be hanging about Southside during the holidays! Everyone is welcome!

If you or your young person is free at any point, do pop in and see all the fun! You never know, there might even be some jerk chicken in it for you!🍗 ❤️😋

📆 When? February Half Term – Scan the QR Code for more details
🕐 Time? 11:30-3:30 PM
📍Where? True Brew Cafe, East Hill Baptist Church – 182 East Hill SW18 2HD

RTK in December

RTK ZOOM MEETING
Thursday 4th December 2025
7:30pm – 9pm

Join us with Special Guest Wayne George, CEO of Creative Engagement Services and lead for Waltham Forest’s Safer Routes scheme, for an informative online session on youth safety and community support.

Wayne brings over 30 years of frontline experience in youth engagement and serious youth violence reduction, including work around gun and knife crime, grooming, exploitation and drug lines.

Please Note: This meeting will take place via ZOOM ONLY.

Thanks for Joining Us!

Thank you for joining us last Thursday evening for our October RTK Meeting. An extra special thank you to those who joined us online. We appreciate your patience with us through the technical difficulties. We are grateful for everyone a part of the RTK community.

We were delighted to welcome back the inspirational Sabrina Hewitt, founder of a lived-experience-led organisation ‘Trapline Legacy’ dedicated to raising awareness and preventing child exploitation, county lines activity, and serious youth violence.

This time, Sabrina was joined by her colleague Karina, and together they shared powerful insights, resources, and lived experiences. Sabrina also spoke about her own journey – from hardship to hope – and highlighted her published resources, which provide further insight into the challenges faced and the solutions she champions. You can hear more of her story here: Escaped, Exploited & Empowered: Sabrina’s Story of County Lines & Breaking Free – Sabrina Hewitt’s Story

Sabrina Hewitt’s Resources

A heartfelt thank you goes out to our amazing RTK community, whose continued support and commitment mean a so much to us. We couldn’t do this without you.

Keep an eye on our website for details of our next meeting – we’d love to see you there!

What a Month!

We have been busy this July! Check out what’s going on with RTK in July…

RTK’s First Family Fun Day

Thank You for Making RTK’s First Family Fun Day Unforgettable!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out and made RTK’s very first Family Fun Day such a memorable occasion! Over 200 of you showed up — from babes in arms to grandparents — bringing joy, laughter, and sunshine, even through the rain.

You travelled from all across London, and some even journeyed from as far as Birmingham, just to be part of the celebration. With special guests, great music, delicious food, and beautiful community spirit, it truly was a day to remember.

RTK Primary School Program

The final session of the RTK Primary Schools Programme was delivered to Wandsworth primary schools this week. The assemblies supported pupils in:

•   Understanding how their choices can affect their safety and future  
•   Feeling empowered to stay safe, avoid unsafe situations, and speak up when something doesn’t feel right
•   Learning what it means to be a responsible citizen and contribute to safe, respectful communities.

It has been a powerful and positive way to end the school term, helping pupils feel confident, informed, and ready for the next stage of their journey in their new secondary schools.

Youth Violence & Conflict Resolution Seminar

We attended the Youth Violence and Conflict Resolution organisation seminar this past Sunday. It’s an organisation with a similar heart as RTK: they are dedicated to empowering and inspiring today’s youth to create change in our communities. It was an honour and privilege to attend and support another organisation working for change in our community!

We’re so grateful for your continued support. RTK will now take a short summer break, but we’ll be back on 2nd October, refreshed and ready, with special guest speaker Sabrina Hewitt.

Have a wonderful summer — see you in October!

The RTK Team

RTK Family Fun Day

Don’t forget! This upcoming Sunday (6th July) is our RTK Family Fun Day from 2-6 PM.

It will be an afternoon full of fun, food, family, music and games. Join us to honour the past, celebrate our community, and build hope and connection for the future. If you would like, please bring food, drinks and friends. Everyone is welcome!

We hope you will join us on Sunday.

Questions? Email respondingtogether@rtk.org.uk.

Thanks for a Great Night!

Thank you to everyone who joined us in person and on Zoom at our last RTK meeting. A very special thank you to Dawn Gibbons JP and Foad from Mother and Child Welfare Organisation (MaCWO). It was great to have both of these special guests join us.

Dawn JP inspired us all by sharing her incredible personal journey, and Foad, MaCWO, gave us valuable insight into the impactful work their organisation is doing both locally and internationally to drive positive change.


We’re grateful for the opportunity to learn from their experiences and contributions — and for the hope they brought to us all. 💚

Jennifer Beckford, a dear friend of RTK, the founder of the NSP organisation, established in honour of her beautiful son Nicholas, has made a big move. She and her husband have relocated to Ghana.

Jennifer has been a dedicated part of our Wandsworth community for 10 years, since 2015, and has served with unwavering love and commitment. Now, she’s taking some well-deserved sanctuary in Ghana.

Jennifer, we will miss your presence dearly, but we look forward to seeing you on RTK Zoom whenever you can join us!

The details for our next big RTK Summer Family event are below. We hope to see many of you in person on Sunday, July 6th, at Vineyard 61 WestSide Church (West Side Wandsworth Common SW18 2QQ). More details to follow.

We hope to see you in July!

Responding Together,
RTK Team