East Suffolk Council
Lowestoft and Northern Parishes Community Partnership
Chair
Priorities
- To improve healthy eating and activity in children by targeting & engaging with year 5 staff, children, and parents through communication and education.
- To reduce social isolation and loneliness in Lowestoft Central, Kirkley and Gunton west wards
- Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing by following the 5 Ways to Wellbeing. Connect/Get Active/Take Notice/Learn/Give
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‘Try it’ Small Grant Scheme
Twenty-one primary schools in Lowestoft were given toothbrushes and toothpaste for all their year 1 pupils. The schools successfully applied to Lowestoft and Northern Parishes Community Partnership small grant scheme held in October 2024 to enable the purchase of these items.
The need was identified at the quarterly Lowestoft Primary Schol Heads meetings, with one school stating that up to 50% of their year 1 children do not have their own toothbrush or toothpaste. Councillor Paul Ashdown said “he was shocked at this figure and hoped that by giving out these toothbrushes and tooth paste, this would stimulate conversations between the children and their parent/carers about the importance of cleaning their teeth.”
 Community Partnership chair Paul Ashdown, vice chair Danny Steel and communities officer Louise Thomas visiting Phoenix St Peter Academy and St Marys Roman Catholic primary schools. |
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