ESB News - Spring Summer 2021

Amongst many others, ESB funding has already benefitted children from Manchester ’ s Plymouth Grove Primary School, a Community School based in Ardwick. At our previous Young Speaker of the Year ceremony, Tina was thrilled to present one of Plymouth Grove ’ s pupils with a “ Spirit of ESB ” award in recognition of showing great promise in their assessment. Sarah Thompson, Oracy Lead at Plymouth Grove Primary School says: “ The Christabel Burniston Fund has been instrumental in opening up a whole world of opportunities for young speakers at Plymouth Grove Primary School. “ The funding has enabled our children to realise that their voices are important, valuable instruments and essentially the key to their future in our increasingly noisy world. Oracy is now at the forefront of everything we do at Plymouth Grove and ESB has enabled the children to present, read aloud and listen with passion and spirit. All children have been immersed in spoken language and our dialogic classrooms have been enriched and supported by Christabel ’ s legacy. ”

Who can apply for funding from the 70/70 Campaign?

Education Sector

Third Sector

Charities

Primary Schools

Community Groups

Secondary Schools

Youth or Adult Societies

Further Education

Special Schools

Pupil Referral Units

Prisons

We are looking for centres that share the common belief that communication lies at the heart of social mobility We use two main sets of indicators for state schools: The percentage of pupils receiving Pupil premium and the Government ’ s Indices of Deprivation for the area that your school serves . For third sector organisations we will look at your current income and external funding and the Government ’ s Indices of Deprivation for the community your organisation supports. How can you apply for funding? If you are interested in finding out whether your centre is eligible for funding and wish to know the options available to you, please email business@esbuk.org.

Please watch the video below demonstrating ESB in action.

We can ’ t wait to hear from you!

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ESB Founder, Christabel Burniston