£205k lottery grant to boost tech at school - The Worcester Observer

£205k lottery grant to boost tech at school

Worcester Editorial 21st Mar, 2019   0

A LEADING Worcester school which supports children with special needs has been boosted with more than £200,000 of National Lottery funding.

The Friends of Fort Royal and C&T, a specialist organisation offering a unique, digitally enabling and collaborative approach to arts and education, have been awarded £205,740 from the National Lottery Community Fund, the UK’s largest community funder.

This partnership will be a collaborative approach between the Friends of Fort Royal, C&T and Fort Royal School, building on one another’s strength and skills.

The project, Time to be Seen, will bring together these groups and engage with the local community to help develop and empower children with special education and physical needs in Worcester. It will look at the innovative use of technology to break down barriers and bring new learning opportunities to children, enabling them to learn together in school and open up the wider community.




Ed Francis, headteacher of Fort Royal Community Primary School said: “We are excited to have secured this opportunity to use technology to improve the learning and lives of our very vulnerable pupils.

“We find it is the single most helpful motivator for our children and the lottery funding secured by Margaret Jones on behalf of The Friends of Fort Royal School with C&T has now provided us with the means to create something very special, worthwhile and we hope ground-breaking.”


Margaret Jones, the school’s grants and fund-raising manager, said: “This is an exciting and ground breaking piece of work which will not only help our children with the most complex needs, but support staff and put Fort Royal School at the forefront, breaking down barriers, opening up opportunities and inspiring best practice.”

Dr Paul Sutton, artistic director of C&T said: “This is a terrific opportunity for our company to work with a wonderful and inspiring school. Fort Royal does amazing work and we are thrilled to be a part of the story using our expertise in drama, creativity and digital technology to help enhance learning and the children’s development.”

Matt Poole, senior head of regional funding for the Midlands at the National Lottery Community Fund, said: “It’s fantastic to see organisations working together to deliver the change they want to see in their local community.

“Thanks to National Lottery players, children with special needs in Worcester will receive support and opportunities to help them thrive.”

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