High Tunstall College of Science – Junior Campaigners
Working with a group of students from High Tunstall College of Science for over 5 weeks, we facilitated in developing an idea of a campaign they could carry out as Junior Campaigners. This group consisted of 10 young people, who all had a passion to help improve the mental health of older generations who live in care homes over the Christmas period. After a discussion on how best to help the residents, the young people decided on making 20 mental health wellbeing packs; personal hygiene items, colouring and puzzle books, hot water bottles, selection packs of chocolates, hot chocolate sachets, blankets, and so much more. They also all made individual heartfelt Christmas cards to go in each pack, to make them more personal. Then came the decision of where the packs should go to - They ended up choosing Lindisfarne Care Home in Hartlepool, as it’s local to their school. The young people designed a poster to go along with this, and were very proud of what they had done throughout the whole campaign. “I feel so proud of us for doing this. The elderly might have no one to buy them Christmas presents - We might have just made someone’s day”. While YFNE staff dropped the packs off at the home, the staff extended their sincere appreciation for all the young peoples hard work and care, they stated “it is nice to see young people thinking about the elderly. Please send them all our thanks!”.