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Project

Forgotten News Desk: Transitions

Year, type of grant

2023-24, Legacy Grant

Grant awarded

£10,000 over 23 months

Summary

To support Forgotten News Desk: Transitions, which aims to adapt and extend their previous Ragdoll Foundation-supported Small Grant project to support children’s transition from primary to secondary school.

Who, what, where

  • Children ages 10-11 in year six across ten Cheshire primary schools, including an initial full-year group from Dee Point Primary School as co-creators
  • Multi-artform: creative writing, co-creation, digital (film), and performing arts
  • Issue-based: supporting the transition from primary to secondary school, positive mental health, resilience, wellbeing
  • England, North West, Cheshire

How this project supported Ragdoll Foundation aims

This application proposed the development and rollout of Filament’s previous Ragdoll Foundation-supported project, to support children in the transition from primary to secondary school, which is a challenging time for many. Co-creation with year six children at a Cheshire primary school ensures relevance to the target group.

Website

Previous project, The Forgotten News Desk: https://www.wearefilament.co.uk/#/the-forgotten-news-desk/

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