Southern View: June 18, 2020

4 Thursday June 18 2020
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Charity in
need of
donations
• By Bea Gooding
THE BLANKET Bank is in need
of donations following increased
demand due to Covid-19.
The charity has set up a givealittle
page to make up the shortfall
of warm bedding they provided to
vulnerable families across the city.
Due to the pandemic, usual
donations of used bedding was
“much more difficult” to process
therefore monetary donations
were much preferred.
Charity co-ordinator Martha
Baxendell said compared to this
time last year, demand was higher
than normal, reflecting job security
in families.
“We started the givealittle
because we’ve had fewer donations
over the lockdown that we couldn’t
accept and it (donations) was
incredibly low at this time of year,”
she said.
Donations had already been
made, meaning the charity only
had to turn away one person,
instead of many.
The funds will be used to purchase
new blankets, duvet, sheets
and other warm items.
Donations can be made to The
Blanket Bank at: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/blanket-bank
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Author draws on own bullying experience
THE THIRD and final book in a
series about bullying by Lyttelton
cartoonist and writer, Alex
Hallatt, is set to hit bookshops
later this month.
Hallatt’s inspiration for the
books came from her time at
primary school in England.
“When I was bullied at school,
it was one of the most miserable
periods of my life. I wrote the
books I would have liked to have
read back then. They are stories
that give hope and tools for
standing up to bullying,” Hallatt
said.
But bullying is still a problem
in New Zealand schools. A 2019
Education Review Office study
reported that 47 per cent of
primary students had been bullied,
while 61 per cent of primary
students had witnessed bullying
of others.
Hallatt’s newest book, FAB
Club 3 - The Big Match, follows
on from Friends Against Bullying
(FAB) Club and FAB Club 2 -
Friends Against Cyberbullying.
The first book’s theme was
general bullying at school and
the second book’s theme was
online and phone bullying.
For the third book, it was time
for Hallatt to turn her attention
to sport.
“Playing sport can be fun, but
not if you never get picked for
the team. And what if the team
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And not only does it relate to
the subject of bullying among
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witnessed recently, some of
the worst bullying comes from
adults who use their positions of
power badly.
“Even if they are lucky enough
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