March 3, 2022

Seventy children, from five secondary schools in the Barrow area, have created posters promoting “Healthy Body, Healthy Mind” as part of the Inspiring Barrow Kickstart Programme.

The programme works with children who have been identified by schools to be in need of assistance in improving self-confidence, communication skills, self-efficacy, self-esteem and team work.

Year 8 pupils embarked on the programme  in January with children from Walney School, Furness Academy, St Bernard’s Catholic High School, Dowdales School and Ulverston Victoria High School participating. Tasked with creating community posters to inform and help others, each school focused on different aspects of the theme. Their ideas and poster mock-ups will be professionally designed by Oxley Developments Ltd and displayed across the Furness area in schools, universities, doctors surgeries, police stations, and with other youth providers.

The poster campaign will be launched at a Year 8 celebration evening on March 25th at the Forum in Barrow.

Half term activities for the children also included days at Barrow Leisure Centre and The Kepplewray Centre in Broughton in Furness, where they were able to enjoy a range of fun activities, pushing themselves to build on the skills the Kickstart programme promotes; confidence, resilience, teamwork, leadership and emotional resilience.

Find out more about the programme on the Inspiring Barrow website here

 

*Update: April 2022*

View the completed posters below by clicking on the thumbnail images.