Annual Report 2006 - Partnership for Children

A first national conference
was organised in Poland
for trainers and teachers
of Przyjaciele Zippiego.
The programme grew
strongly throughout the
year, with 7,851 children
enrolled.
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by Sunfield School
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In Norway, Zippy’s venner was
approved for use in schools across the
country, and included in the National
Action Plan for mental health in
schools.
Lithuania recorded another year of
solid development, with the programme
expanding to all ten counties. The
number of children enrolled rose yet
again to 8,525. The British Embassy
in Vilnius and the British Chamber of
Commerce in Lithuania both gave
generous support, and the IKI chain of
supermarkets agreed to sponsor Zipio
draugai for three years from 2007.
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In England, we began an interesting
collaboration with Sunfield School,
which is adapting Zippy’s Friends for
children with severe and complex
learning difficulties. A first national
workshop was organised for Zippy’s
Friends coordinators, and Howell’s
School, Llandaff, became the first school
to run the programme in Wales.
There was no significant growth during
the year in Denmark, due to the
retirement of the original co-ordinator,
but prospects for 2007 are brighter.
Iceland has the smallest population
of all Zippy’s Friends countries, but the
programme developed steadily in 2006
and five times more children took part.
A Zippy’s Friends class in Iceland
Partnership for Children Annual Report 2006 Partnership for Children Annual Report 2006