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Paul Calland ·
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GRANT AWARDED - Friends of Slyne with Hest, St Lukes Primary School
The 3R Foundation recently awarded £250 to Friends of Slyne with Hest, St Lukes Primary School for a buddy bench.
This is what they had to say: Slyne with Hest St Lukes FRIENDS are helping to combat loneliness and promote friendship with new ‘Buddy Bench’.
This is what they had to say: Slyne with Hest St Lukes FRIENDS are helping to combat loneliness and promote friendship with new ‘Buddy Bench’.
In conjunction with a community initiative from local charity shop 3R who have donated £250 to the school fund, the Buddy Bench will be installed in the school playground as a way for students to signal to others that they are feeling lonely and isolated and need a friend to play with or someone to talk to.
The idea of a Buddy Bench began in 2013, when a school pupil in the USA named Christian Bucks came to his teachers with his thoughts. He envisioned a specially designated seat in the school's playground where students could go if they did not have anybody to play with or if they wanted someone to talk to.
Head Teacher, Paul Bowden, hopes that the Buddy Bench will bring kindness and thought to the playground, enabling children to care for others when someone is feeling they need support.
The idea of a Buddy Bench began in 2013, when a school pupil in the USA named Christian Bucks came to his teachers with his thoughts. He envisioned a specially designated seat in the school's playground where students could go if they did not have anybody to play with or if they wanted someone to talk to.
Head Teacher, Paul Bowden, hopes that the Buddy Bench will bring kindness and thought to the playground, enabling children to care for others when someone is feeling they need support.
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