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A Sporting Success Story
A football academy in France has become the first sporting organisation to use the Life Skills for Children programme within all of its 28 teams. The academy that provides football training to over 500 kids from 7 to 18 yrs. Jea
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A preventative measures approach to young peoples personal safety
Recent statistics provided by the Police reveal shock new figures, that knife attacks are committed every 24 minutes, anti social behaviour is rife within our communities and youth related crime is growing out of control. Fears around personal safety and bullying are elevated, and in a bid to protect themselves young people everywhere are resorting to carrying weapons.
Over the last four years, personal safety expert Gary Payne has developed and successfully piloted a non-physical personal safety and communications programme to educate children in those basic skills to assist them in increasing their personal safety, ability to understand the difference between right and wrong and ability to learn that fundamental skill called RESPECT. Over 4,000 young people between the ages of 5 – 16yrs from a variety of social, cultural and financial backgrounds participated in, and assisted the Life Skills for Children team, in developing a cutting edge approach to life skills training. The two main schools that participated within the pilot were Denbigh High school, Luton and Cottesloe Secondary school, Wing. Mr Andy McBernie deputy head of Cottesloe School “The Life Skills for Children programme is a unique learning experien
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The Government does not care about the personal safety of our kids
Life Skills for Children from Milton Keynes has claimed that the Government do not care about the personal safety of our kids.
Recent statistics reveal the shocking facts, that knife attacks are committed every 24 minutes, anti social behaviour is rife within our communities and youth related crime is growing out of control. Fears around personal safety and bullying are elevated, and in a bid to protect themselves young people everywhere are resorting to carrying weapons. Over the last four years, personal safety expert Gary Payne has developed and successfully piloted a non-physical personal safety and communications programme for young people from 5 – 16yrs. “Whilst it is important to understand your reading, writing, and maths, isn’t it just as important, if not more so today, to understand the difference between right and wrong?, to understand how to take care of yourself physically, and mentally, to understand the benefits of good health and that fundamental skill called RESPECT, to know how to set goals and go after them so that you do not just spend your life shunting from a poor school career to an unfulfilled working life, to an early grave” said Gary. The Government has spent millions of pounds on post tr
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