Respect campaign in Wokingham Borough
The project is run by Wokingham Council’s community wardens and was launched last month at Westende Junior School, when community wardens held a free raffle in the playground to give away Respect project goodies, such as folders, computer hand rests and hoodies, and to hand out Respect leaflets.
The project has expanded and the community wardens are going into schools’ assemblies to give a presentation on respect – based on the ideas in the leaflet - on the same day they are giving away the freebies and handing out the leaflets.
The message in the Wokingham leaflet is simple and focuses on things that everybody should respect by spelling out:
Respect
Each other
Self
Property
Environment
Community
Teachers
The project has now been taken into Whitelock Infant and Junior School, Palmer Church of England Junior School, Hawthorns Junior School and Bearwood Junior School and the Community Wardens are keen to hear from any other school that would like the assembly presentation.
Wokingham Community warden Lesley McCambridge, who came up with the Respect project in Wokingham Borough, said: “The idea behind the project is very simple – people, both young and older, will be happier, safer and better members of the community if they respect themselves and others. To help get young people thinking about these things, we came up with specific people and things they should respect and ways they can do so, such as listening to teachers and not dropping litter. The project has been very popular and we believe we’ve got young people thinking about respect and how they can show it to others.”
Wokingham Borough Council executive member for community development Cllr Dianne King said: “Many people, young an old, try to demand respect from others while not actually respecting people or things themselves and this campaign makes it clear that is not possible. Respect has to be earned and one of the best ways to earn it is to show it to other people. I am sure many young people have got that message from this campaign and I hope many more have the chance to be part of it.”
Anybody interested in the Respect campaign can contact Lesley McCambridge on 0118 974 3799.
Wokingham Borough Council
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