Students with a special interest in health and social care put their backs into supporting the recent bell boat race at Stockton Riverside, raising money for the Daisy Chain autism and special needs care project.

 

Three teams of students aged from 16–19 years old from the BTEC National Diploma Health and Social Care at Redcar & Cleveland College took part and raised around £1100.

 

Nichola Garside, lecturer in Health and Social Care at the College said, “The teams had been practicing hard for the event and from their faces and the effort they put in I know they were very keen to support Daisy Chain. My students have been working with the Daisy Chain project to gain an understanding of how services and support for families are delivered. This part of their course and boat race has also helped them to understand how charities are funded.”

 

Liam Bailey, student on the Health and Social Care course said, “We’ve been doing as much as possible to back the charity and its aim of supporting families who have children with autism and special needs. Getting stuck into the boat race challenge on the River Tees was loads of fun and we got to meet others with similar aims of helping children and families develop and get the most from life.”