- The Red Balloon Learner Centres
The Red Balloon Learner Centres, often referred to as the Red Balloon, are specialist learner centres in
Cambridge , Harrow andNorwich ,England , providing a safe full-time learning environment forchild ren aged eleven to sixteen who have been so badly bullied they are unable to attend mainstream schools. It is aregistered charity .On the
14 March 2008 an appeal to set up a new learner centre inMerseyside in memory ofJames Bulger was launched by Denise Fergus, his mother, andEsther Rantzen . [ [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article917169.ece Appeal - The Sun] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7295910.stm Appeal -BBC] ] [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/14/nbulger114.xml Appeal - The Daily telegraph] ] [ [http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/Bulger-memorial-appeal-launched.html Appeal - ITV] ]General information
The main aims of the Red Balloon are to
* restore self-confidence
* teach students how to respond to bullying
* help students regain control of their learning and succeed
* help students return as soon as possible to mainstream education or to find worthwhile employment
* encourage and expect consideration and respect at all times.References
External links
* [http://www.redballoonlearner.co.uk/ Read Balloon Learner Centres website.]
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