FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL
'Friends of Ramsden Hall School' committee As most of you know Ramsden Hall School is a Residential Special School entirely funded by Essex County Council. The boys who come here have varied and multiple needs that all relate to their emotional and social development. We want to be able to meet their needs as fully as we can and so are planning a “Friends of Ramsden Hall School” committee. The aims of the committee are likely to include:
We would like the committee to include parents, carers, staff and members of the community who are interested in contributing to the school to make sure the boys have the best experience they can. We are in the early stages of planning; please contact the school office if you are interested in becoming involved with the committee or have any questions about it.. YVONNE GOOUGE Acting Principal |
The Nags Head, Ramsden Heath - we are their official charity.
http://www.thenagshead-ramsdenheath.co.uk/?id=Homepage The Royal Tiger, Old Southend Road, Rettendon Common has also been very good to the school.
http://www.theroyaltiger.com/ Paul Connolly
Paul Connolly is a celebrity fitness trainer and encourages his clients to enjoy the physical and mental gains of regular physical exercise. Yet the reality for him is that exercise gave him the chance to escape the mental shadow cast by growing up in the infamous St Leonard’s Children’s home in East London. ... For Paul salvation came in the form of boxing. While other contemporaries from the home were in trouble for mugging and street violence he was ‘beating up’ people in the boxing ring and getting praise and medals in exchange. It also meant he had no interest in alcohol or drugs and via the club had the beginnings of a support network. He became an amateur boxing champion winning local and national titles. ... After becoming a trainer at a top London club he devised Boxerobics which quickly became hugely popular. Paul is currently working with Sweet Science Fitness - www.sweetscience-fitness.co.uk the voluntary organisation who are taking boxing coaches into schools in London to teach non-contact boxing with the aim of improving physical fitness but also, hopefully, reducing knife crime and bullying by teaching the benefits, via boxing, of hard work, discipline and self-reliance. from http://peoplematter.tv/artistmanagement/PC/PChbook.htm Paul is much appreciated by the students and staff. His book, called Against All Odds, was published in 2010. |