Wonderful volunteers

With the summer holidays here at last, I want to take a moment to thank an amazing group of people in our community.

It’s been a very busy and productive year for the NSPCC schools service.

Our volunteers have dedicated their time to visit children in primary schools and deliver our Speak out Stay safe programme.

Our flagship schools programme ensures children aged between five and 11 learn essential safeguarding information in a lively and interactive way.

By the end of our visit we know pupils feel empowered and can speak out and stay safe.

Thanks to the sterling efforts of our wonderful volunteers, we are able to deliver assemblies and workshops to children to help them understand abuse in all its forms, know how to protect themselves, and identify trusted adults they can speak to and sources of help available to them including Childline.

Our fully trained volunteers share our belief that every child has the right to a happy childhood. Thanks to their commitment, we have been able to empower more children to have the knowledge and understanding to stay safe from abuse and neglect.

The difference that our schools service volunteers make to children’s lives is huge. Without them, we simply would not be able to do what we do. I would like to thank each and every one of my wonderful team for the time and energy they have put in over the past year, and I am very much looking forward to working with them again in the new school year.

If you would like to help us reach out to school communities and help children then please visit the NSPCC website and search schools service to find out more about joining our fight for every childhood. Melissa Holland, NSPCC Schools Service Manager