The Red Balloon Learner Centres

The Red Balloon Learner Centres, often referred to as the Red Balloon, are specialist learner centres in Cambridge, Harrow and Norwich, England, providing a safe full-time learning environment for children aged eleven to sixteen who have been so badly bullied they are unable to attend mainstream schools. It is a registered charity.

On the 14 March 2008 an appeal to set up a new learner centre in Merseyside in memory of James Bulger was launched by Denise Fergus, his mother, and Esther 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.]