Help a Child to Learn campaign
The National Education Union (NEU) is today launching a campaign to Help a Child to Learn at home during the pandemic.
With our partners, the Daily Mirror and Viking, we are pledging a million pounds to help schools provide the pens, pencils, and paper some children need to help them learn at home and are encouraging others to donate.
Click here to donate to our Help a Child to Learn appeal.
Throughout the pandemic, the NEU has fought to ensure the safety of our members. We have also launched an online resource hub to help members teach remotely. And later this week, we will be publishing our education recovery plan to outline what we need to reopen our schools safely and well.
However, in a survey last week, you told us the lack of resources means a great many children are struggling to learn at home – not just in terms of access to laptops or broadband, but also pens, pencils, paper, and art materials.
We want to do all we can to support these children so that they can learn from home.
So, the NEU is pledging £1 million to be distributed to selected schools to help buy the stationery needed for pupils to work at home.
Contributions will range between £500 and £1,500 depending on school size.
The Daily Mirror will help publicise our campaign and raise awareness of the needs of children and families by talking to our members about the challenges they face every day.
