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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Thursday November 12 2020 11 Preparing young for life’s adversities Myriad groups help keep our community moving. Reporter Bea Gooding speaks to Life Education Trust Canterbury community engagement manager Andy Gray about why the trust has been an iconic fixture in schools for the past 30 years and why he’s involved Could you tell me a bit about what the Life Education Trust does, and how it came to be what it is today in Canterbury? The Life Education Trust started over 30 years ago, which started in Canterbury. There’s now 32 regional trusts across the country, and one national branch. The vision is to inspire tamariki and rangatahi to make positive choices and to give them the power to do that. The trust addresses challenges including obesity, substance use, mental health and well-being and bullying. We operate in three mobile classrooms in Canterbury, they’re like big container shells that have been turned into REWARDING: Life Education Trust Canterbury community engagement manager Andy Gray is passionate about inspiring children to make the right decisions in life. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN classrooms and are moved around different schools – whether it was as far as Omihi in North Canterbury, right down to Rakaia. Whether schools have 35 students or 500 students, we end up making our way there no matter where they are. What issues is the trust currently facing in the wake of Covid-19? Quite a few in all fairness – when Covid-19 hit during the first lockdown, even though we were still continuing to support the teachers and tamariki during lockdown, we didn’t get any school fees come in, and the funders that we usually used were all closed down. It’s been tough, but we managed to get through it and we’re in a better position now. We reached out to a lot of people that have done quite well throughout Covid-19, like supermarkets, and to the Rata Foundation and Lottery Grants Board who have helped us out. With Covid-19 it’s a doubleedged sword. It’s great that we’re busier now and we’re looking to expand to a fourth classroom because of it. But the double-edged side of that sword is obviously with increased demand it means that more people are affected, there are higher anxiety levels. We’ve learned a lot about mental health from the earthquakes in the past 10 years and also the mosque attacks where kids have been affected. Things like a lack of employment that comes from it just filters through to the kids, so we expect to see increased demand over the next few months. The trust has been iconic in Canterbury schools for the past 30 years. What do you attribute towards its success? Obviously, the most memorable thing about Life Education is Harold the Giraffe. But the reason why I think we’re so iconic is because we tend to react to the issues currently at hand. •Turn to page 13 NOVEMBER 13-15TH Extra 25% off lowest marked price applies to clearance products only. This offer is only available in-store at Macpac Hornby from November 13 - 15 2020, while stocks last. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Macpac Hornby | Hornby Mega Centre, 350 Main S Rd, Hornby 8042
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