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LE MURIER SCHOOL<br />
RECEIVES FUNDING<br />
FOR A TRAILER AND<br />
HI-VIS JACKETS<br />
Le Murier School has benefitted<br />
from the donation of a large<br />
trailer and hi-vis jackets for its<br />
students thanks to funding from<br />
The Ana Leaf Foundation.<br />
Following an appeal by the school<br />
for a trailer to help transport a lot of<br />
bulky and heavy equipment used<br />
by the students during their Duke<br />
of Edinburgh Expeditions as well<br />
as trips on and off island, the Ana<br />
Leaf Foundation stepped forward<br />
having previously supported<br />
the school’s expeditions.<br />
Twelve hi-vis jackets were also<br />
donated to the school by the Ana<br />
Leaf Foundation. These jackets will<br />
be used by students in the sensory<br />
and communication group and<br />
C5’S SPEED QUIZ RAISES<br />
OVER £2000 FOR<br />
GUERNSEY MIND<br />
C5 Alliance’s fifth annual digital<br />
speed quiz has raised over<br />
£2000 for local mental health<br />
charity Guernsey Mind.<br />
The quiz, which was initially<br />
created to transform the traditional<br />
‘pub quiz’ format, saw staff from<br />
the Channel Island technology<br />
business and their guests compete<br />
using only an app run on smart<br />
devices such as phones or tablets.<br />
Marc Lainé, Managing Director<br />
of C5 Alliance, said: ‘The support<br />
the language and communication<br />
group whenever they go on<br />
walks to aid sensory stimulation,<br />
exercise and road awareness.<br />
Gary Dovey, Learning Outside<br />
the Classroom Coordinator at Le<br />
Murier School, said: ‘The trailer<br />
will be such a great help for our<br />
school trips. Some of our students<br />
are wheelchair users and need<br />
specialist lifting equipment which<br />
can often be heavy and bulky.<br />
‘It’s important that we find<br />
solutions for our students’<br />
specific needs and this trailer<br />
will now allow them to travel<br />
off the island and learn in new<br />
and exciting environments.<br />
Amanda Simmons, a trustee of<br />
the Ana Leaf Foundation, said ‘We<br />
have supported Le Murier School<br />
for several years and are glad to<br />
continue to help make a difference<br />
to both the teachers and students.'<br />
that Guernsey Mind provides<br />
can transform lives so anything<br />
we can do to help that is a nobrainer.<br />
We’d also like to thank<br />
everyone who donated gifts for<br />
our raffle and auction as without<br />
that we wouldn’t have been able<br />
to raise the money.<br />
‘It’s important for us to keep<br />
the conversation about mental<br />
health on the local agenda; we<br />
want to make every effort to<br />
help overcome the stigma often<br />
attached with mental health.<br />
Guernsey Mind is our charity of<br />
choice because of the fantastic<br />
work they do to help tackle this.’<br />
THE CHANNEL<br />
ISLANDS CO-<br />
OPERATIVE SOCIETY<br />
LIMITED COMMITS<br />
TO SUPPORTING<br />
ISLANDERS WITH<br />
DISABILITIES<br />
The Channel Islands Co-Operative<br />
Society Limited has announceed<br />
its Hidden Disabilities Sunflower<br />
Scheme is now a permanent<br />
service across all of its stores.<br />
The trial scheme was launched<br />
last June to help raise awareness<br />
amongst Co-Op colleagues of the<br />
diverse and unseen disabilities they<br />
may come across in islanders, so<br />
that they can recognise, reassure<br />
and respond accordingly. As part of<br />
the scheme, islanders with hidden<br />
disabilities have the option to wear<br />
a sunflower lanyard or pin badge,<br />
which says, ‘I may need support’.<br />
Hidden disabilities can include<br />
dementia, people with hearing loss,<br />
the visually impaired and those with<br />
learning difficulties amongst others.<br />
The Co-Op is continuing to run<br />
training sessions for its colleagues<br />
to support and improve the<br />
shopping experience for islanders<br />
with hidden disabilities. The<br />
Hidden Disabilities Sunflower<br />
Scheme is part of the Society’s<br />
disability and inclusion strategy,<br />
which aims to change attitudes<br />
and improve the quality of life for<br />
disabled islanders and their carers.<br />
The Channel Islands Co-<br />
Operative Society’s Community<br />
Officer, Tanya Dorrity, said:<br />
‘We are delighted with the<br />
feedback we have received from<br />
service users of our Hidden<br />
Disabilities Sunflower Scheme.<br />
As a community retailer, hearing<br />
such positive feedback from<br />
our customers, proves why this<br />
scheme is so important and is just<br />
one of the reasons why we wanted<br />
to make it a permanent service.<br />
Our announcement is timely with<br />
the Purple Tuesday event and<br />
we encourage businesses and<br />
customers alike to take part where<br />
they can.’<br />
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