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Hull Children’s University partners with KC to inspire region’s young people

School children attending the Hull Children’s University will benefit from inspirational lessons in communications at a bespoke learning facility, thanks to a unique partnership with KC.

KC is supporting the work of the Children’s University by creating a city-centre learning base that will bring many of the young students into the centre of Hull for the very first time.

John Buttrick, Hull Children’s University founder and manager says: “The collaboration with KC will enable us to reach more children, develop our programme of modules and for the first time in our history have a city centre base that is designed around the needs of our young people.

“I can’t thank Kevin and the whole KC team enough. They have shown tremendous commitment to the future of the region’s young people. Their financial contribution supports the sustainability of theorganisation,which will hopefully lead to the involvement of more of the city’s young people.”

As well as creating a learning facility, KC is funding a full time role within Children’s University to help deliver their programme of modules. Many of KC’s employees have also volunteered to be mentors, working with the children and delivering expert tuition and support.

Kevin Walsh, KC Chief Executive says: “The work that Hull Children’s University does to inspire and engage young people is vitally important to increase the learning and personal aspirations of our region’s next generation. KC is incredibly proud to be working with the Children’s University, helping John expand his team to enable many more children to benefit from his inspirational programme.”

Kevin continues: “We had a fantastic response from across KC with people wanting to get involved in both mentoring and working behind the scenes to ensure the dedicated KC Hull Children’s University Learning Zone meets the needs of the young people. We are very excited about the partnership and hope that our new KC module is one of the most exciting yet.” 

The Children’s University’s model was established in Hull in 1997 and has now been rolled out across the UK. Having fun and learning away from the classroom and local community are high on its agenda as it aims to broaden a young person’s outlook and experience of life. The University also aims to raise levels of achievement and to develop a young person’s love and thirst for learning.

The valuable work undertaken by John Buttrick, and the Hull Childrens University, featured in an episode of Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire programme filmed in Hull last year.