River Bank Primary School's Mental health and wellbeing hub

Hi, my name is Charlene (A.K.A Miss de Ronde/Miss Bugler to our River Bank community) I work at River Bank Primary School in Luton, and have done for nearly nine years.

As most of you will already know, we are an amazing school and community. Since our opening in 2013 our capacity has grown and grown and GROWN! This is down to our amazing staff and children and all their successes combined. The way in which are school has grown and developed is phenomenal, but it now leaves us with one very LARGE problem...Space!

At River Bank we offer many provisions to support our children, some of our most important are the provisions in place to support our children's mental health and wellbeing.

Since 2017 the likelihood of a child experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues has risen by a whopping 50 percent. This is a nationwide issue and one that is close to the hearts of many parents throughout the country, currently supporting and caring for their own children. There are huge waiting lists for external services, which is why the mental health and wellbeing provisions offered within schools is so important. We can begin work with the children and support them whilst they are waiting, some will actually go on to not needing the support externally.

So coming back to us at River Bank and the space issue. We are running out of it! Which means we will have no where to provide the provisions to support our children going through these struggles.

I am asking you please, please, PLEASE HELP US! Donate to us and help us reach our GOAL, so we can build a MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING HUB!

HELP US! to continue to provide the support we do which is so very, very vital to our children and families, who are facing the struggles.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read our story, if you choose to donate you get our most heart felt thanks. If you don't I do ask that you do please share our GO FUND ME PAGE in place of a donation. Thank you again.