More than 2,000 pupils across primary schools including Bealings, Cedarwood, Birchwood, Gorseland, Heath and Martlesham primaries will benefit from the vests.
More than 2,000 pupils across primary schools including Bealings, Cedarwood, Birchwood, Gorseland, Heath and Martlesham primaries will benefit from the vests.
Simply stopping to say hello to someone at a ‘Happy to Chat’ bench could make a huge difference to the vulnerable people in our communities and help to make life a little better for them.” Happy to Chat benches have been installed in Suffolk as part of East Suffolk Council s Talking Bench scheme.
- Credit: East Suffolk Council
Simon King, the Suffolk Voluntary and Statutory Partnership (VASP) co-ordinator for mental health, said the simple message creates an opportunity for people to come together. People need to know it is safe to say hello, said Mr King. There is lots of kindness in the community, but some people may need that little bit of extra human contact.