Ashlea Wright News Today

A CHARITY dedicated to physical and mental health brought big smiles to a North-East school by gifting children with free walking boots.

David Wilson Homes North East has donated an £100 book voucher to Hexham First School. As lockdown restrictions begin to ease, the company has partnered with the school, close to its Woodland Rise development, to celebrate their return to education but also highlight the importance of literacy among children. It comes as evidence continues to highlight how increased literacy can positively impact mental wellbeing in children, with those most engaged with literacy being three times more l...

A TYNEDALE school has benefited from a generous donation by a North-East-based housebuilder. Barratt Developments North East is continuing its support to charities and organisations in the area, and this month, Hexham Priory School has been selected as its good cause. It comes after the school, which works with pupils aged two to 19 with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties, announced they were raising essential funds to help replace the school’s minibus. And as travell...