Councillors count on mathematical donation making a difference
The Convener of The Highland Council and the Chair of Education have made a donation to Blythswood Care on behalf of the Council that will help children overseas with their education and learning.
A stock of maths sets, which were surplus to Council requirements has been donated to Blythswood Care for their education programme.
Cllr Bill Lobban, Highland Council Convener explained: “I identified the stock of unused maths sets which had previously been used as gifts and prizes for school children but were no longer in use. I felt that they could be put to better use. After discussion with Cllr Finlayson, we agreed to donate the maths sets to charity. I am very pleased that the Blythswood overseas Education Programme is now able to use the donation and delighted that this will make a difference to many young peoples’ education.”
Cllr Finlayson, Chair of Highland Council’s Education Committee added: “As Highland pupils now have digital access for their education, we have gifted the maths sets to young people overseas to support them in their learning. In poorer communities where children have little or no access to education facilities, we hope that these simple maths sets will make a big difference to the practical learning for many children.”
The Blythswood Education programme aims to support education to transform futures. Blythswood Care is dedicated to sustainable education and social care projects, helping disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. The charity’s work takes place in some of the poorest regions in the world. They work with local partners and communities to respond to educational, physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Blythswood’s Head of Projects, Finlay Mackenzie says: “We really appreciate the councillors directing the maths sets towards Blythswood. They will be useful in our after-school programmes which give some of the poorest children in Europe the help they need to keep up at school.”
For further information visit: https://blythswood.org/education/