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A 62-year-old woman who was so inspired by her own daughter’s success after she undertook an apprenticeship has enrolled on her very own at North Lindsey College in Scunthorpe. Avril Smith, who has spent a short time in retirement after a successful career, has enrolled on the Level 5 Leader in Adult Care apprenticeship. It comes after she decided to re-enter the workforce as a Senior Rehabilitation Officer with North Lincolnshire Council, based at Sir John Mason House in Winterton. Her role involves supporting a wide range of people to regain their independence and return to their homes after a period of injury or illness. Now following in her daughter’s footsteps, she is working hard to gain the qualifications to support her work and be equipped with the information to make choices for her future in Adult Social Care. She said: “My daughter, who works for the community team, undertook the apprenticeship in 2022 and I witnessed first-hand the change in her confidence in her own abilities and the widening of her knowledge and ability to drive the success of our service. My daughter went on to be recognised in last year’s apprenticeship awards and you know what they say, anything she can do, I can do. I was very proud to also be recognised in this year’s Apprenticeships awards too. “I’m an older learner, so I came to my first class at North Lindsey College with equal parts of trepidation and excitement. I believe the feedback from colleagues who had previously attended – particularly around the support that our tutor, Nicola provides – and the pride in achieving the apprenticeship that I saw in my colleagues spurred me on. “Within a couple of classes I could see for myself that it would be a challenging time, with deadlines to meet alongside work commitments and challenges to my presupposition of Adult Care, but the inspirational way in which Nicola guides us through the apprenticeship, and the way she can present ideas or differing views, leads us to our lightbulb moments.” Avril now aspires to gain promotion in the future and to become the Team Leader within her workplace, implementing the knowledge and skills gained from her apprenticeship through displaying positive behaviours and supporting British values. Nicola McDonagh, North Lindsey College’s Apprenticeship Curriculum Leader, said: “As an apprenticeship tutor, I feel extremely proud that I have inspired two generations, firstly motivating Alex to go beyond all her own expectations as a new leader in adult care and by seeing Alex’s amazing achievements this motivated her mother, Avril to enroll on the same apprenticeship the following year. “To witness the learning ripple through families, seeing a shared journey of growth and development fills me with immense pride and I am honored to be a part of their educational journey and excited to continue empowering new social care leaders through apprenticeships.” Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

Northern Lincolnshire councils have been awarded millions of pounds by the government to prepare for a significant change in bin collections. The government is requiring the rollout of weekly food waste collections for most households in England by March 31, 2026. It is part of its Simpler Recycling plans. These aim to make the types of material people can recycle uniform across England. Presently, these can vary by local authority, creating confusion. Read More: In September, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out households needing seven rubbish and recycling bins, though that was not ever official government policy. But separate food waste bins are being pressed ahead with. The new food waste collection requirement is to cut down on food waste going to landfill, and to stop smelly food languishing in bins for weeks. The government has announced the award of £295m to councils to enable them to prepare for the big change. North East Lincolnshire Council leader Cllr Philip Jackson confirmed at its latest full council meeting it will get £1.2m. He stated it will be used to buy bins, caddies and the vehicles to collect them. “We are currently assessing how the scheme will operate with a view to providing an update in autumn this year and implementation by April 2026.” North Lincolnshire Council, with a wider geographical spread, has been awarded £1.5m. Across Humberside, £7.3m of government cash is to be invested over the next year to prepare for the separate food bin collection era. Over ten million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK every year. By separating the collection of food waste, it will prevent the contamination of other waste that can be usefully recycled. The food will also end up at anaerobic digestion facilities, rather than landfill. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our . The government has estimated more than 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gases can be cut by shifting food waste away from landfill. The funding formula for councils was developed by the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) with waste charity WRAP. WRAP’s director of insight and innovations, Claire Shrewsbury, said: “Weekly food waste collections will give recycling in England an important boost and help reduce the impact of food waste on climate change. Our research shows that when food waste collections are introduced, and people see how much food goes to waste in their home, they want to do something about it. “And with food waste costing a household of four around £1,000 a year, weekly collections will not only help prevent food waste in the first place, but utilise the food waste collected to generate green energy and compost.” Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A council has awarded almost £50,000 to support a horse-themed art scheme. North Lincolnshire Council awarded it in February to a Derbyshire-based company, with the contract simply titled “Horse Sculpture Trail”. The contract is to support an exciting exhibition at Normanby Hall. It is to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of revered British artist George Stubbs. The artist, known for his equestrian paintings, also spent part of his life in North Lincolnshire. Read More: Wild in Art was awarded £46,880 in the horse sculpture trail contract by the council, which lasts until November. Since March 1, the exhibition on George Stubbs has been open to the public, and will remain so until January 5, 2025. The horse sculpture trail is to support the exhibition at Normanby Hall, and will involve engagement with local schools to create their own artworks. Normanby Hall Country Park is managed by the council within its North Lincolnshire Museums portfolio. Two of Stubbs’ patrons were Sir Henry and Lady Nelthorpe of Baysgarth House, Barton-upon-Humber. Stubbs artwork included pioneering sketchwork on obstetrics and horse anatomy. This included the publication of the book ‘The Anatomy of the Horse’. All of Stubbs’ preliminary work – the physical dissecting, and the illustrating of many horse carcasses in several stage of dissection – was done in Horkstow, eight miles away from Normanby Country Hall Park. The exhibition focuses particularly on this connection to North Lincolnshire. The stables at the country park highlights Stubbs’ images of horses and includes George, a life-sized horse model, painted to show the bones and muscles, by Gillian Higgins from Horses Inside Out. The ground floor of Normanby Hall includes nine modern-day artworks on the theme of Stubbs and the horse. There is also a gallery of the history of the side saddle through women’s costume. Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A renowned coach who has worked with an array of NFL stars over the years has flown in to North Lincolnshire from the USA to help an American football team based in Scunthorpe. Strength and conditioning coach Eric Beisel, who has worked with NFL legend and future Hall-of-Famer, Aaron Rodgers, has spent several months working with the Scunthorpe Alphas American Football team remotely. But as the team prepare to kick off their 2024 campaign at Quibell Park on April 21 for their fourth season playing, Coach Beisel decided to make the trip over from the States to Scunthorpe to work with the players in person. READ MORE: He said: “In a world that has become extremely result-based and science-driven, we have been able to partner up to bring a great group of athletes top-level programming I offer to hundreds of college and pro athletes across the US. I’m so proud of the work these guys have put in for the last few months and the trust Coach Grosvenor has put into this system. “I’m looking forward to working with the Alphas for a long time and serving the rest of the community and league for many, many years. It has been a surreal experience being able to connect with such an amazing group of guys from across the world, and deliver a result that most teams will never experience. I think this is only the beginning for the Alphas.” Alphas general manager and defensive co-ordinator, Warwick Grosvenor, added: “Having the opportunity to work with Coach Beisel is just an unbelievably special thing. You simply cannot argue with the team receiving strength and conditioning coaching from a guy who works with NFL players and helps to prepare top college (American) Football players for the NFL Combine and the NFL Draft itself. “You could already see the difference in the guys who had been working with Coach Beisel – they are hitting personal bests in the gym all over the place. They are getting faster and more explosive. I’m excited to see how it translates onto the field.” The Scunthorpe Alphas kick off the 2024 season with a home game against the Sheffield Giants at Quibell Park at 2pm on Sunday, April 21. Admission for adults is £3, with all children given free entry. First-time adult fans will receive a wristband that will offer reduced entry fees for future games. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

Three prolific dealers who distributed huge quantities of drugs across Scunthorpe and targeted some of the area’s most vulnerable people have been sentenced to a total of more than 25 years in prison. A long-term investigation, which began in August 2022, discovered that a number of criminals had been exploiting vulnerable people around the town by supplying them with Class A and Class B drugs. It came after Krysztof Bom, 38, of Grosvenor Street, Scunthorpe, was seen cycling along Buckingham Street on August 11 that year, and failed to stop for officers. Following a foot pursuit, he was searched, and officers seized a quantity of cocaine, heroin and cash. He was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs. READ MORE: That day, officers executed multiple searches at addresses on Spencer Avenue, Grosvenor Street and Berkeley Street in Scunthorpe after Bom was identified as the registered tenant at two of the addresses. Police discovered Class A, B, and C drugs worth a total street value of £2,001,140, £187,108 in cash and a number of weapons including various knives, machetes and guns. Kryzstof Bom, 38 (Image: Humberside Police) Alvis Obuhovics, 24, of Berkeley Street, and Liene Obuhovica, 19, of May Street, were subsequently arrested following the discovery, and police began to uncover the structure of the organised crime group. Extensive mobile phone data analysis identified Bom, Obuhovica, and Obuhovics operating a drug line. The mobile phone seized from Obuhovics contained text messages in relation to the street supply of heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis and various messages from Obuhovica, instructing Obuhovics in the supply of those drugs. This led to them both being charged and remanded into custody. Another mobile phone was also seized from the property on Grosvenor Street, from which marketing messages advertising the business and the supply drugs were sent, revealing the drugs line had a large and established customer base. Alvis Obuhovics, 24 (Image: Humberside Police) During the search of Spencer Avenue, a mobile phone was also seized and text messages relating to street dealing were discovered, which led to a man being arrested and charged with conspiracy to supply Class B drugs. He appeared at Hull Crown Court at an earlier hearing last year and was sentenced to four months in prison. Following further lines of enquiries, on Wednesday, February 8 last year, the investigation team led armed officers to Obuhovica’s address on Mary Street where a further seizure of Class A and B drugs were recovered with a street value of £376,480, along with £64,540 in cash and weapons. Appearing separately at Leeds Crown Court in recent days, Kryzstof Bom was charged with two counts conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, conspiracy to supply cannabis, two counts of conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, conspiracy to supply a prohibited weapon, two counts of conspiracy to possess a firearm without certificate and conspiracy to possess criminal property and was sentenced to 12-years-and-eight-months in prison. Alvis Obuhovics was charged with two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, conspiracy to supply Class B drugs and was sentenced to two-years-and-eight-months in prison. Liene Obuhovica was charged with conspiracy to supply Class A and Class B drugs, four counts of conspiracy to possess a prohibited weapon, two counts of conspiracy to possess a firearm without a certificate, conspiracy to possess criminal property and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Liene Obuhovica, 19 (Image: Humberside Police) Detective Constable Paul Nicholson, who led the investigation, said: “This was a highly complex and co-ordinated investigation led by Scunthorpe CID, and I am pleased we have been able to take these criminals off our streets. I hope this serves as a stark warning to others looking to come to our communities to deal and distribute drugs. You’re not welcome here, and we will not tolerate it. “Bom, Obuhovica and Obuhovics have no regard for the lives of those purchasing the substances they supplied within the community. This is a business for them, with making money being the only objective no matter the expense or misery of others. “The drugs and cash recovered show how lucrative this operation was and would have continued to be, had all four arrests and the recovery of the substances not taken place. “By stopping this gang’s activities, we have prevented significant amounts of drugs from being sold on the streets of Scunthorpe and the associated crime and anti-social behaviour that goes with this kind of offending. They were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court “I would like to thank our colleagues from partnering agencies for their support throughout the entirety of this investigation. The work they do within the communities to assist those battling addiction contributes to making a real difference. “Work has been continuing with our partners to support the vulnerable people using drugs, as well as providing reassurance and wrap around care to our communities affected. “I would also like to thank all the people who contact us with information about drug dealing and drug-related crime in their areas. “We investigate all information that we receive, so please don’t worry if you don’t see immediate action. Sometimes we use what you tell us to build the bigger picture of evidence ensuring we have the best possible chance of a positive court outcome, as in this case. Please keep talking to us if you have any information about crime in your area.” Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A man who made indecent images of children and attempted to engage in sexual communication with a child and an animal abuser who cut the throat of a sheep and left it to bleed to death have both been sentenced at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court in recent days. Also appearing before magistrates in Grimsby last week were violent offenders who assaulted people, a driver under the influence of drugs and thieves who stole hundreds of pounds’ worth of items from shops. Here are nine offenders from across northern Lincolnshire who appeared at Grimsby Magistrates’ Court last week. READ MORE: Richard Thorpe, 56, of Kingston View, Barton-upon-Humber indicated pleas of guilty to making 11 indecent images of children and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. He was administered an electronic monitoring tag, ordered to comply with rehabilitation activity, placed on the sex offenders’ register and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £114 victim services surcharge. He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Bogdan Gruia, 33, of Digby Street, Scunthorpe indicated a plea of guilty to aiding and abetting a person to cause unnecessary suffering to a protected animal, namely a three-year-old pregnant sheep, by cutting its throat and leaving it to bleed to death. He was fined £769, ordered to pay a £308 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. Joseph Graham, 27, of Lydford Road, Immingham pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to comply with alcohol monitoring for 120 days. He was also given 100 hours of unpaid work and a restraining order. Joshua Baxter, 27, of Isaacs Hill, Cleethorpes was disqualified from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to driving whilst under the influence of cannabis and without insurance. He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service and a £40 victim services surcharge. Nicholas Scott, 33, of no fixed abode indicated pleas of guilty to three counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole meat worth more than £250 from Asda on three separate occasions. He was given a six-month conditional discharge. Peter Hewitt, 64, of Larmour Road, Grimsby indicated a plea of guilty to breaching a non-molestation order and pestering the victim, just two days after he was issued the order. He was fined £300 and ordered to pay a £120 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. Lee McIlveen, 39, of Pershore Avenue, Grimsby pleaded guilty to assaulting someone by beating them. He was fined £650 and ordered to pay a victim services surcharge of £260. Andrew McGeechan, 45, of Dorchester Road, Scunthorpe indicated pleas of guilty to two counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole £463 worth of items from Boots and £167 worth of clothing from Next. He was given an eight-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to comply with drug rehabilitation. Michael Whyte, 54, of St Andrews Court, Immingham indicated pleas of guilty to three counts of theft from a shop, in which he stole cosmetics worth £228 from Superdrug in Freshney Place, blocks of cheese worth £80 from Heron and chocolate worth £28.50 from Co-op. He was handed a £114 victim services surcharge and given a community order with a rehabilitation activity requirement. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

More than 60 homes are proposed in Crowle. An application has been made to convert arable farmland into open space and have 67 homes built. Only initial permission is sought, so the the number of bedrooms in each home is not specified. However, the site just south of Eastoft Road, or the A161, on the northern end of the town, will have seven affordable homes. All housing will be bungalows and one-and-a-half storey dormer bungalows. Read More: Citycare have requested on behalf of NHS North Lincolnshire Health Care Partnership S106 cash of almost £58,000. This is justified as Crowle’s medical practice is “already under pressure due to limitations with space”. Read on below to find out more about recent planning applications filed with North Lincolnshire Council, including a rail service building at British Steel. 67 homes in Crowle The access road to the 67 homes in Crowle would be off Eastoft Road. The 30mph speed limit would be extended on Eastoft Road, and a new bus stop created next to the site entrance. The site slopes, and the housing would be on the higher section, set back from the main road. Woodland would obscure much of it too, while a pond would be created close to the A-road to aid drainage. An application document reports there are no bungalows available for sale or rent in Crowle currently. As such, the development “will give opportunities for local families looking for single storey properties in a community where sites for this type of property are currently non-existent owing to the low lying nature of most of Crowle”. The indicative site layout of the 67 homes in Crowle (Image: Google Streetview) Citycare’s submission for an S106 contribution from the development states Trent View Medical Practice in Crowle is already pressured by limited space. More housing is viewed as likely to impact registration requests, potentially increasing clinical demand. Any S106 funding would be used to increase space for the medical practice and wider community services. Scunthorpe High Street upper floor change of use A jewellery store is looking to convert the upper floors of a Scunthorpe High Street property to three flats. Coe and Co has been a staple of the town’s high street since 1984. The plans would keep a shop presence on its ground floor. Its shop space on the first floor would be reduced in size, though. One flat would go on this level, and two on the second floor. The application states the shop space is currently unused. The one-bed flats are also intended to “provide low cost accommodation for people seeking to live in a central location”. Floors above a jewellery store in Scunthorpe High Street could be turned into flats (Image: Google Streetview) Rail service building Finally, British Steel has applied for permission to construct a 50m long by 12m wide steel rail service building. The site by Mill Field Road within the steel complex is already used for light servicing and inspection of rail wagons. But the area is currently open to weather conditions. An existing rail line, and the wagons to work on, will pass through the building via permanent openings at each end. The application also details that 20 jobs are associated with this particular aspect of the steelworks. With the application’s approval, the workers can look forward to some shelter from the weather. Join the FREE Grimsby Live WhatsApp Community Get all the latest stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp – all you need to do is click the link. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don’t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you’re curious, you can read our . Meanwhile, British Steel’s planning application for the electric arc furnace, which would replace its coke blast furnaces, remains currently pending consideration. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire star Jake Quickenden has opened up about living with ADHD. Taking to his Instagram page, the X Factor singer and TV personality said he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder last year. He said he was keen to spread awareness to highlight that “being different isn’t a bad thing”. “Only good” can come from opening up, he added. According to the NHS, symptoms of ADHD in adults can include forgetfulness, poor organisational skills, interrupting conversations and the inability to focus, among other characteristics. READ MORE: Jake’s post reads: “So last year I finally got diagnosed with ADHD . . . something I always thought I might have after being told by everyone that I had it, and it makes sense now.” He added: “I’ve had a lot of time to process it and my mind works differently, but that’s ok. “It also answered a lot of questions for me, explained why I can feel anxious, how I can feel unbelievably motivated, but some days feel flat and unmotivated. But I look at it like this,” he said, “I see it as a super power. “Yes I am extremely impulsive and slightly annoying at times, I have too much energy and feel guilty if I’m just sat around, but also if harnessed in the correct ways it makes me hyper focused on certain things, extremely loving and empathetic. I also am not writing this for any reason other than to say being slightly different isn’t a bad thing.” Jake said he had been talking to Danny-Boy Hatchard, the former EastEnders actor, who has spoken about his own struggles with ADHD. “It’s helped me a lot talking to him, someone else that can relate. A lot of people see ADHD and think ‘ohhh they are disruptive or naughty or overly opinionated’, that’s not the case at all, It just means you may be slightly better at one thing than the other. “Yes my mind wanders sometimes, I can be a little forgetful, sometimes I just decide to clean my wardrobe out at 11pm at night and organise my life. But if I love something then I put my all in to it.” A lot of people were now prepared to talk about the condition. He said: “So this is me just saying it out loud and hopefully it can reach one person and help . . . no bad can come from opening up, only good.” The Scunthorpe star added: “I love the way my mind works, and we should all embrace our true selves.” Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

A mum of newborn twins with a rare condition in which one twin was effectively being “starved” in the womb has praised the staff at hospitals in both Hull and Scunthorpe for saving the trio’s life after they were born prematurely at 30 weeks. Lilyth Coglan, 29, from Hull, gave birth to twins Ethan and Arthur Wilson on Wednesday, February 21, via emergency C-section at Scunthorpe General Hospital, after doctors discovered she had a rare and serious condition known as twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). This is an abnormality of the placenta in which the blood flows unequally between twins, and results in one of them receiving more nutrition than the other. In severe cases, it can result in death. READ MORE: Due to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) being full to capacity at Hull Women & Children’s Hospital, Lilyth was transported via ambulance to Scunthorpe General Hospital and underwent a C-section. The mum-of-five said: “I’d gone into hospital on the Monday not feeling very well, and on the Wednesday I had a growth scan and was told I needed to have an emergency C-section or me and my babies would die. We were told that Hull didn’t have any space left on the NICU and that they were trying to find a hospital with space. The boys were born ten weeks early (Image: Submitted) “Scunthorpe fortunately did have two spaces for twins, so within a few hours I was driven across the Humber Bridge to have my babies. “It was pretty worrying, but at the same time, I was glad they’d got to the bottom of the problem and they were trying to save us all as fast as they could. I didn’t really register the severity of what was happening, I was just focused on getting them out because I was concerned they’d die. I wasn’t even sure what condition they would be in when they were born.” With dad, Harry Wilson (Image: Submitted) Weighing just 1.72kg (3lb 8oz), baby Ethan was born at 10.54pm on February 21. Three minutes later, Arthur was born, weighing a miniscule 1.01kg, which is just 2lbs 2oz. “I didn’t see them for more than 11 hours because of how poorly they were, they were put on a bed and taken away,” Lilyth said. “The staff have been amazing and all worked as hard as they could. Back in history they wouldn’t have had the equipment to save the babies, so we’re very lucky to be alive.” Baby Ethan shortly after his birth (Image: Submitted) The babies are still receiving care on the NICU ward at Scunthorpe General Hospital, and are being fed milk through a tube, receiving oxygen, and being closely monitored to ensure their bodies are growing as they should be. Arthur also underwent two blood transfusions due to the complications from the twin-to-twin transfusion. Following her experience, Lilyth is keen to highlight the lifesaving work that staff on the neonatal units in Hull and Scunthorpe do each and every day – and feels the wards are being “neglected”. Baby Arthur (Image: Submitted) She said: “Hull is currently in capacity crisis and unable to take more NICU babies and Scunthorpe has a very small NICU unit that can only sometimes take patients from outside the area. “The NICU units have been neglected by the current government and are struggling with funds and equipment. They rely heavily on the kindness of donations. It would be wonderful to highlight the issues and the wonderful care all NICU units provide, and the pressure they’re under with lack of support and funding from government. “I wouldn’t be alive today without the service – or my babies.” To find out more about how you can help fundraise for Scunthorpe General Hospital, visit the Health Tree Foundation website here. Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

North Lincolnshire pre-schools have taken part in a new competition to help promote the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) ‘Talk PANTS’ campaign. The campaign, which involves cartoon dinosaur Pantosaurus, helps professionals, parents and carers talk in an age-appropriate way about sexual abuse and ensure young people know they can speak out to a trusted adult if ever anything worries or upsets them. The competition, ‘Talk PANTS like Pantosaurus’, invited pre-schools across the region to share their own methods to engage parents and children in conversations about personal safety. The awards are being presented this week. But one pre-school in Scunthorpe has been singled out already for praise. Read More: The Learning Tree in Scunthorpe has been praised for a commitment to promoting child safety by embedding the messages of Talk PANTS into their daily routine, and creating an environment where children feel able to speak out. The competition is part of a partnership between the NSPCC and North Lincolnshire Council to safeguard children and support families. Emma Hobson, NSPCC Schools Coordinator, said: “We know that being able to have a simple chat with our children can have a huge impact. To be able to Talk PANTS allows a positive conversation to begin. We want to arm our teachers and parents with the knowledge and skills to keep children safe from suspected harm.” She added the NSPCC was delighted by the response from pre-school settings in North Lincolnshire: “We felt early years providers would welcome the opportunity to do something practical in their settings and would encourage involvement, and we certainly weren’t disappointed.” Emma was also heartened to see the initiatives reverberate in communities, saying: “All of the entries were amazing, but The Learning Tree, our winner, demonstrated a culture of children, parents, and staff embedding the messages into the daily routine. It’s a testament to the dedication and creativity of our educators and caregivers in prioritising child safety.” Learning Tree pre-school children with the NSPCC’s Emma Hobson (Image: NSPCC) Sally Barley, owner of The Learning Tree Pre-School, said: “The children have really embraced the campaign, and have started to take action with their new found knowledge by shutting the toilet door when they are in there, and talking about pants being private. The children and staff alike have enjoyed reading and listening to the Pantosauraus book at group time, and dancing around to the pants song in our physical movement area. “This has become part of our daily routine and the instilling of safety to the children within the setting, now and in the future.” Want to sign up to the Scunthorpe newsletter, but can’t access the link below? Click here . Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe