A BRADFORD school has launched a community initiative to help struggling families after seeing a huge increase in isolation and support required by parents and students, post-pandemic.
Poplars Primary School, off King's Road, developed and launched the ‘community hive’ - the new flagship banner to which all non-academic services will be provided through school.
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After the pandemic and now the cost-of-living crisis, the school has seen a rise in support required by both parents and students.
Parents were unsure about where they could access support and with huge backlogs and changes to the way agencies were working, the school felt they were not receiving the care they needed.
The launch saw the coming together of external agencies from across the city including Bradford East Early Help hub and the young person’s mental health coordinator from inspired Neighborhoods CIC.
The voluntary sector was represented by The Cellar Trust and the faith group from The Iqra Centre. The school even bagged a visit from Billy Bantam from Bradford City FC.
Children from School Parliament and the Global Committee gave statements as to what education and community means to them.
Samah, eight, said: “The community is there for us and we can trust they will be there in our time of need.”
Hamza, nine, said: “With community, we can make a big difference to our city, country, and even the world. Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”
Parents were invited to come and see the amount of support available to them and had the opportunity to talk with the experts face-to-face, in a relaxed and safe environment.
Headteacher Jo Speak said: "The launch of Poplars Farm Community Hive has been such a success in so many different ways.
"It has brought Poplars Farm Primary School back into the heart of the community.
“Welcoming different members of our community, groups, organisations and parents into our school, we hope is the start of many future collaborative adventures.”
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