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Sefton Schools Celebrate £10,000 Cash Boos
2 Primary Schools in Maghull are celebrating after securing donations from housebuilder Persimmon.
Both Hudson Primary School and Summerhill Primary have each secured a funding boost of £5,000 from Persimmon’s Community Champions scheme. Niki Craddock, headteacher at Hudson Primary welcomed representatives from Persimmon and Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson to formally receive the donation at the school’s recent summer fair. The money is being put towards funding for a speech and language therapist with over £17,000 raised by the school, parents and volunteers. Summerhill Primary School meanwhile hosted Persimmon and Sefton Borough Councillors at their own summer fair this week to receive the donation that is going towards new Google Chromebooks. Persimmon’s Community Champions scheme is open to all local charities, schools and community groups looking for funding. £180,000 is available every quarter with winners receiving either £6,000, £5,000 or £1,000. Niki Craddock, Headteacher of Hudson Primary School said:- “This money will truly make a difference. The Parents and families have worked tirelessly to fundraise and this addition will truly go a long way in supporting their ambition to provide the very best therapeutic services for our children.” Yvonne Bennett-Gleig, Headteacher at Summerhill Primary School, added:- “A big thank you to Persimmon for their generous donation to our School. Technology is a huge part of our world and it is important that children learn how to use is safely and effectively for their learning at a young age. Through buying a new set of Chromebooks we are supporting our goal of providing the best quality of education for our pupils and I know everyone is very excited to use them next year.” Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson who joined the presentation at Hudson Primary commented:- “This is a very popular school and I was thrilled that Persimmon had supported them with £5,000 for their autism centre to help with speech and language. Good luck to Hudson Primary School and thank you to Persimmon.” Parent Maria O’Connor who has helped lead the fundraising drive at Hudson Primary said:- “We are so grateful to Persimmon for their incredibly kind donation towards our fundraising efforts for our amazing school Hudson Primary. The donation will go towards a dedicated private speech therapist for Cherry Base Class which is so crucial for the development of our children who all have an autism diagnosis and will benefit greatly from this extra provision.” Ian Hilliker, Managing Director of Persimmon North West added:- “We’re delighted to be able to support these two fantastic schools in this way and add to the amazing fundraising efforts of all involved.” Image – Summerhill School, left to right, (Victoria Doran – Trustee at Friends of Summerhill School, Nina Champion – Senior Sales Advisor Persimmon Homes, June Burns – Mayor of Sefton, Beth Crisp – Trustee at Friends of Summerhill, Judy Hardman, Councillor at Sefton Council).
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