Virtual workshops encourage Wiltshire's military children to feel proud of their identity
The charity Little Troopers is running a special online roadshow to help service children
Plans for the original roadshow had to be stalled due to the pandemic so the miltiary charity, Little Troopers, has organised a virtual programme.
The benefit of that is the charity is able to host double the amount of workshops and open the experience to more military children.
Over the next two weeks a two hours live workshop will take place for primary school children in places like Bulford, Collingbourne, Durrington, Pewsey ,Salisbury, Tidworth and Warminster as well as Nether Wallop and Andover in Hampshire.
Through a series of activities, they will explore some of the unique challenges they experience as members of the British Armed Forces community and to celebrate what it means to be a ‘Little Trooper’.
The session will be delivered by an experienced team of facilitators using Little Troopers’ primary school resources incorporating storytelling, movement, group discussion and drama. The activities are designed to encourage military children to feel proud of their identity as a forces child and to give schools the tools to help service children navigate any challenges they might face, either now or in the future.
Louise Fetigan, who founded the charity, said;
"There are estimated to be more than 75,000 military children in UK schools and these children often experience life a bit differently from their civilian peers. Whether a school has two service pupils or two hundred, these workshops will be a fun and engaging way to get these children together and focus on their needs and experiences."