A health and wellbeing charity has received a “vital” grant to enhance its new schools’ education programme for young people across Dorset.

The Talbot Village Trust has given a grant of £7560 to Life Education Wessex, which provides education sessions in health, wellbeing, drugs, and alcohol awareness for school children across Dorset,

The funding has supported the design and development of the charity’s new portable LifeSpace classrooms, which can be brought into schools to provide a specialist facility and unique learning environment for school children aged 4 to 11 years.

Lorraine Hewitt, Fundraising Manager at Life Education Wessex, said: “We’re so grateful to have support from Talbot Village Trust, who’ve supported us for many years, especially for funding vital equipment, like our new LifeSpace classrooms.

“We find that children absolutely love these environments, which create safe and fun spaces for young people to learn in – it’s a powerful educational experience that’s made even more memorable with help from Harold the Giraffe, who’s a very well-known character across Dorset!”

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The inflatable classrooms also come with educational tools, including ‘show-me, tell me’ body tunics, to help children to explore and understand bodies, and built in lights and sensory devices, to create an immersive experience.

Nick Ashley Cooper, Chairman of Talbot Village Trust, added: “Reaching around 20,000 young schoolchildren across Dorset every year, it’s clear that Life Education Wessex’s workshops are an absolutely vital resource for schools.

“We’ve been so pleased to offer our support to enhance and upgrade the charity’s travelling classroom capability, which is much more portable and immersive, and can reach even more children with their message of healthy living.”

More information about Life Education Wessex can be found on their website: www.lifeeducationwessex.org.uk.