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Teddies get around!<\/p>\n

Soroptimist International \u00a0of Great Britain and Ireland [SIGBI] celebrated 100 years of service in 2021 launching challenges \u00a0to members which included knitting 100 Teddy Bears for traumatised children. SI Sevenoaks\u00a0 club responded with great fervour. Teddies were distributed to Kent and Sussex Police who used the bears as comforters when interviewing traumatised children. Women\u2019s refuges, Refugee organisations and the Alzheimer\u2019s society also welcomed the bears as a comforting aid. For two years they have been donated to the Charles Dickens Primary School, Southwark which serves two housing estates in a deprived area. Teachers had noted \u00a0that the last two intakes of children were very behind with their literacy skills due to \u00a0covid and lock down. Each child was given their own bear and encouraged to have conversations with them \u00a0also playing with them with other children improving literacy skills and self confidence. \u00a0Most recently medical students from Guy\u2019s Hospital have visited the school as part of a learning module teaching the children to take care of their bodies using the bears as patients. A lot of sticky plaster seems to be used ! \u00a0Teachers have commented on the huge difference the bears have made towards improving the children\u2019s development.\u00a0 The club was thrilled when the project was highlighted at a recent SIBGI \u00a0Education webinar attended by 124 members from clubs in the UK, the Caribbean and India.<\/p>\n

Isobel Groves, Associate member<\/p>\n

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