SIR - With the summer holidays here, I want to thank an amazing group of people in our community.

It’s been a very busy, 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, interactive way. By the end of our visits we know pupils feel empowered and can speak out and stay safe.

Thanks to our wonderful volunteers, we're able to deliver assemblies and workshops to children to help them understand abuse, know how to protect themselves, and identify trusted adults they can speak to and sources of help including Childline.

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

Nick Hanslip, NSPCC Schools service manager