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Kind-hearted Sutton Coldfield schools send love and support to Ukraine

Charitable families and staff from across a Sutton schools’ partnership have shown “overwhelming generosity of spirit” by donating much-needed items to Ukrainian refugees.

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Year 6 children from Hill West Primary School pictured with some of the donations to the ATLP Ukrainian Appeal.

Students, families, and staff from across the Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP), which runs 19 academies, are donating by the bagful.

Schools appealed for essential goods like nappies, formula milk, shoes, and pet food, to send to those in need.

One of the lorries arriving in Poland included bags of teddy bears from pupils who wanted to send “virtual hugs” to Ukrainian children.

Anna Balson, ATLP’s director of education (Primary), said the response from the learning community was “incredible.”

She said: “Our children have been at the heart of this appeal. I’m overwhelmed by the generosity of spirit, and incredibly proud to be part of such a compassionate and caring partnership of schools.”

“They can see other children and families in need of support, and they want to help in whatever way they can.

"The huge number of boxes and bags filling our schools shows that even during the worst of times we are seeing the best of our schools and communities once again.”

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