Fine visit on the cards
PUPILS from a Woodley primary school are celebrating after their artwork has been selected for a special welcome card.
Last month, the youngsters, from Highwood School in Fairwater Drive, visited residents at The Birches, a new extra care scheme, to discover how the cards are being used.
Scheme owners Housing Solutions asked the school to help design artwork to go on a moving in card, tenancy document pack and feedback card. The pupils could draw or paint a picture to illustrate something that they liked about their neighbourhood and the local area.
There were hundreds of entries and after narrowing it down to eight, the new residents voted on their winning artwork.
The winners were Anthony Rowley (8) whose picture is now being used on the scheme feedback card; Danielle Cherry (10) whose artwork is being used on the residents tenancy documents folder. And Haifa Ghafoor (10) whose design is on the residents moving in card.
While at The Birches, the pupils had a tour of some of the scheme facilities, met the residents. The three competition winners each received a copy of their drawing, certificate and a £25 voucher from the first resident to move into the scheme, Des Fox.
Steve Woodcock, Housing Solutions director of operations, said: “We are really keen to get local schools involved at the scheme and the team at The Birches are working really hard to build these key relationships.
“We were delighted with the response from Highwood in our recent competition, and the residents really enjoyed meeting with the pupils and hearing about what influenced their artwork designs and are really looking forward to doing more in partnership going forward.”
A spokesperson from Highwood School said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed their visit to The Birches and meeting the residents, who all made us very welcome.
“The children all thought it looked a lovely place to live and are busy thinking of ways that we can work together in the future.
“Highwood School enjoys being part of a thriving community and we look forward to building a great relationship with the residents of The Birches and learning more about each other’s lives.”