The Juno Project: The Juno Project

Juno Enterprise Charitable Association was established in Autumn 1984 & was up and running, delivering benefits by 1985. We went on to become a registered charity, charity number: 1169031.The Charity had the following trustees: N. Saunders, A. Saunders, N. Daintree, A. Wright, P. Tipping and our administrative member: D. Thomas.

In Autumn 2024 we celebrated 40 years of achievements.

During that time we gained funding from the National Lottery. We were delighted to deliver our programme: "Out to Learn" with our Juno Enterprise Learning Community.

The "Out to Learn" programme was a huge, popular success

(Above: learning about natural and cultural heritage, South Yorkshire)

After celebrating our 40th anniversary, it was acknowledged that so much had been achieved and sustained over such a long period and that all of our objectives had been met. With this in mind, the decision was taken to dissolve the charity and wind up the organisation.

However, having worked closely with two partners, Dawn Chorus Educational Initiative CIC & First Peace Chaplaincy on a co-operative partnership called Triple Helix, the chance was offered to acknowledge the historical contribution that had been made by Juno Enterprise Charitable Association, by naming a project jointly delivered by Dawn Chorus Educational Initiative and First Peace Chaplaincy:

The "Juno Project".

In Michaelmas term 2004, this project picked up the valuable work on Democracy & Governance that had been delivered by Juno Enterprise, within the Triple Helix. This fitted well within the Dawn Chorus objective: Supporting Communities and both organisations had similar delivery mechanisms: Learning Community Networks to engage, nurture, motivate, enable, encourage and support learning. The Juno Project, focuses on community support, infrastructure support, democracy and governance learning. It offers participation, learning resources, assemblies, deliberations, communication, forums & experience with the potential to increase self determination. Benefits include increase in thoughtful, mindful & compassionate attitudes; opportunity; multi level community connections and potential through Dawn Chorus Educational Initiative International Co-operation programme. For example: to start Michaelmas Term 2024 one of our communities of Interest Learning Groups discussed plans and expectations for the Democracy and Governance Programme, by debating concepts of inclusion & involvement, transparency and truth, pluralism and neoliberalism, freedom of speech, systems & accountability.

Dawn Chorus Educational Initiative volunteers, working on the Juno Project and Triple Helix Project, meet like minded people who care about our communities. They get involved with events, activities, local groups, projects and delivering resources. Volunteer teams produce a range of resources for use with our Learning Community, from healthy eating and attachment and PACE parenting, to basic skills and helping hedgehogs. The annual seasonal work that our volunteers do on heritage and wildlife monitoring and surveys, builds identification skills whilst creating important local maps of trees, plants, animals, landscapes and cultural heritage. Volunteers have previously nurture peer support groups for families with adopted children. Adult care has been a recent learning topic.

Dawn Chorus have made a huge expansion of Juno Project and Triple Helix community learning resources. We have built KS1-4 resources and added to our diversity resources; trans racial adoption information and elective home education support. Popular spring activities have included a children's pre-history project and family wildlife activities for ponds and bees.

Below, top: what a nice "thank you" gift from Little Adventurers Forest School for our help with the woodland winter festivities for children and families. Below the "wishing yule log that the forest school children made.