by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Oct 2, 2023 | News
Challenge Poverty Week starts today! The week kicked off with two of our team, Collette and Roz, attending the Tackling Poverty Conference at Howden Park, raising awareness of our service and networking with partners and the public. The girls were very interested to...
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 26, 2023 | News, Uncategorised
Taking Part Counts! Earlier this year we ran a football boot appeal and thanks to all you amazing donors and Volunteers for cleaning up the boots we were able to re-distribute the boots to two very worthy projects. One being Passion4Fusion. Helene (Project Director)... by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 22, 2023 | News
School Shoes for local children – Tesco Community Grants Scheme Earlier this year we were awarded £500 from the blue tokens scheme based in Tesco Linlithgow and Bo’ness stores. This award has helped ensure we were able to cope with the increasing demand...
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 11, 2023 | News
Earlier this year we had an appeal for second-hand football boots and the public really got behind this initiative and donated lots! Special thanks to Murieston United Football Club and to West Lothian Football Academy for hosting one of our red collection bins and...
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | Sep 1, 2023 | News
We provided a whopping 960 uniform packs for young people returning to school this month, ensuring each child could go to school with their head held high and ready to take on the new school year! Many of their families are facing daily struggles and our service...
by collette@schoolbank-westlothian.org | May 24, 2023 | News
Let’s talk self esteem and anxiety… A lot of self esteem and self worth comes from our appearance and how the people around us react. When children have the correct uniform they can attend school feeling less anxious, with their head held high, and in...