Partnership funds Morecambe schools to help 600 youngsters during lockdown

More than 600 local children whose learning has been affected by the lockdown are benefiting from education packs funded by West End Morecambe - Big Local.
Lewis and Ollie Roberts of Sandylands Primary School with their new school pack.Lewis and Ollie Roberts of Sandylands Primary School with their new school pack.
Lewis and Ollie Roberts of Sandylands Primary School with their new school pack.

The backpacks-for-life for pupils of Sandylands and West End Primary Schools provide much needed pencils, pens, rulers, whiteboards and markers, notebooks, scissors, glue, painting pallets, pencil sharpeners, paintbrushes and erasers.

“The effect of home lockdown learning was almost immediate,“ said Allison Hickson, headteacher at Sandylands. “Workbooks and activities for children to complete at home were provided quickly but the children needed the correct equipment to complete their work.“

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“Support from West End Morecambe - Big Local has enabled our children to be equipped to continue with their learning at home during the crisis. It will also help them with learning from home after the return to school.”

The school packs supported by WEM.The school packs supported by WEM.
The school packs supported by WEM.

WEM has contributed £7,000 towards the total cost of the packs and although this is an exceptional project prompted by the Covid-19 crisis, it has laid the foundations for other joint work with schools in the future.

WEM chair Chris Price said: “The schools identified families struggling with the very basics such as scissors and glue so the packs seemed like a simple but effective thing we could make happen. The packs will give local children all they need to complete their school work which for some would otherwise be impossible.“

Also during the pandemic WEM has supported Morecambe Bay Foundation Coronavirus Urgent Response Fund to the tune of £10,000.

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West End Morecambe - Big Local is a community partnership that works to help improve the West End. It is one of 140 similar partnerships across the UK.

For more information about WEM, visit westendmorecambe.co.uk.