Dementia Friends Project

As part of the volunteering project at the school a group of teachers and pupils underwent training to become dementia friends. They received training and met with a lady who has dementia and learned about the effects of this on her and her family. Pupils and staff gained a great deal from the experience, enabling…

Charlie’s Garden at St. Rocco’s Hospice

Pupils and staff from INSPIRE at Penketh High School have been volunteering at Charlie’s Garden at St Rocco’s Hospice. The garden is run by volunteer patients, carers and relatives with links to the hospice. As part of the volunteering project pupils raised at the school Christmas Fayre to help support the gardening project. Miss Woodward:…