Co-op helps out school wellbeing club

The local Co-Op at Balsall has agreed to provide breakfast items to Balsall Common Primary School in one of their new initiatives.

The school recently opened a wellbeing club to support those children who may find it more difficult to come into school.

Saffron Ball, Assistant SENCO, explained: “The Wake Up to wellbeing club in school enables children who would normally struggle to come in to school in the morning, or those who require a soft start to their morning time, to spend time with a familiar adult, exploring their feeling and thoughts and helping to ensure that they are ready to learn when entering the classroom.

“To enable us to do this in a nurturing approach, we sit around the breakfast table like you would at home and take time to listen to each other and help each other with strategies to overcome these feelings.

“In order to do this, it is paramount we have food to share (meeting a basic need that relaxes us to share more openly). The Co-op providing bread, toast, jams, butter and drinks is key to the success of this club. and we are very extremely grateful for their support. ”

The Breakfast club has been made possible with the help of Catherine Evans, community & membership adviser of Heart of England Co-operative.

Catherine Evans said: “We are very happy to support such a fantastic initiative and it 's great to see first-hand what a difference this kind of support makes. ”