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Education trust’s pupils turn charity champions
The ground-breaking approach adopted by the Trust, which has seen more than 400 teachers and Trust staff undergo specialist suicide awareness training, was implemented in collaboration with Kelly’s Heroes, which helped introduce the pioneering programme focused on raising awareness to help save lives, protect pupils and staff.
In a bid to help raise vital funds for Kelly’s Heroes, schools within the Trust collectively staged a Mufti Day where children wore pink (or red), in a nod to the colour featured in the charity’s logo and branding. Participating pupils pledged donations in aid of the charity, which helped to raise thousands of pounds.
Big-hearted pupils from several schools within Nene Education Trust have helped raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Hundreds of students across the Trust’s eight schools took part in a fundraiser to raise money for suicide prevention charity, Kelly’s Heroes.
A special event was recently co-ordinated at Manor School where pupils presented the £2,120.27 total raised to Sherry Adams, CEO of Kelly’s Heroes. The fundraiser was held in memory of student Callum Woodcroft, whose death by suicide in 2022 led to the introduction of specialist suicide training across all schools in the Trust.
Trust Deputy Chief Executive and Callum’s former Head Teacher, Matt Coleman, has been spearheading the campaign for specialist suicide awareness training to be instigated in schools across the county and nationwide.
Matt Coleman said: “We were delighted as a family of schools to raise funds for Kelly’s Heroes, a charity that is so worthwhile and adds such huge value. The generosity of our school community was very much appreciated, and we thank everyone who supported the fundraising event.”
Sherry Adams, CEO of Kelly’s Heroes said: “I am so pleased that Nene Education Trust and Kelly’s Heroes have been able to unite in a memorial fundraiser, turning the pain of loss into a powerful force for change, raising awareness and support to combat the silent battle of suicide. The money raised will help the charity to continue helping those who have been bereaved by suicide and we look forward to collaborating on more projects throughout 2024.”
https://neneeducationtrust.org.uk/
https://www.kellys-heroes.co.uk/
UKSA launches screen time reduction trial in bid to ease social media induced anxiety amongst young students
socialising in person and reduce social media induced anxiety. Kim Fry, Safeguarding and Welfare Manager at UKSA said: “Whilst we appreciate that our young people need technology to study and connect, we value the idea that screen-free time is important for making personal connections and experiencing the world in real and actual terms.”
“Despite struggling the most, Gen Z is also the least comfortable opening up about how they feel compared to older generations. This trial will give us the opportunity to talk to the students about their screen habits, discuss how the changes are making them feel during the trial and then the results afterwards with an aim to encourage the students to continue with their new habits.”
UKSA is launching a screen time reduction trial in a bid to ease anxiety amongst its young students as a third of an increasingly screen dependent Generation Z, students aged 16 to 25, worry they’re spending too much time on social media.
The world’s largest RYA centre and UK maritime charity, based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight is aiming for a 20 per cent reduction in screen time in a trial with 13 of its Further Education students and 3 of its staff. The trial over a 4-week period aims to encourage non-screen-based activities, boost
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UKSA will work with the students to establish the times they typically spend more time on screens and offer alternative activities during these times with students sharing their screen data on a weekly basis with the UKSA team.
“We want to work with the students to help them individually identify the causes of the screen time, what alternatives might be available. Are they scrolling out of boredom rather than need? And how can we address that to create new, more healthy habits?” said Kim.
www.uksa.org February 2024
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