Silverstream Primary Students help launch new pilot programme

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Students from Silverstream School in Greenisland helped Bryson Charitable Group kick off a new programme a new pilot education programme. Children from more than 60 primary schools across the province will be participating in the scheme, which is designed to raise awareness of the Wake up to Waste message of "Reduce, Re-use, Recycle". The pilot is a project of the charity Bryson Charitable Group in cooperation with ARENA Network and is supported through the Environment and Heritage Service Landfill Tax Credit Scheme Interim Fund.

Each visit will be tailored to reflect the local authority waste management strategy to maximize the programme's impact among children and their families. Bryson Charitable Group has been providing in-school environmental education programmes for nearly 20 years. During this time, more than 200,000 children across Northern Ireland have learned about their role in the environment through a Bryson Education scheme. The charity also provides the Action Renewables education programme.

"We are proud of our role as a positive force for social change, including helping raise awareness of the environment," said Trevor Wright of Bryson Charitable Group . "In particular, our work with children can help shape the next generation into a more ecologically-sensitive one than their predecessors," he added. In addition to raising awareness of the "Three Rs", the programme aims to help schools implement waste-reduction policies in their practises, with the goal being to achieve the "Eco Schools" accreditation.

With more than 360 employees and a turnover of £8.3million, Bryson Charitable Group is one of Northern Ireland's largest charities and will celebrate its centenary in 2006. With a focus on social policy development, the charity has pioneered many innovative programmes across the province in some of the most socially deprived areas, delivering social care programmes, helping families in crisis, training people for employment, creating new jobs, providing affordable warmth, and improving local environments.

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