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Astor Bannerman donates slings to National Star
Cheltenham company Astor Bannerman has donated 675 slings, worth £67,000, to National Star. Seventy per cent of National Star’s learners and residents use wheelchairs and many need hoisting for all transfers, so slings are absolutely vital.
Find out more…History loving students advise museum
Students stepped back in time to advise museum curators how they could improve their education resources.
Find out more…National Star’s travel training moves into Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire students to benefit from National Star's travel training programme
Find out more…Lynette new Natspec Chair
Lynette Barrett, National Star’s Chief Operations Director, has been selected to head Natspec, the national association representing specialist further education for young people with disabilities and learning difficulties.
Find out more…National Star GP awarded for services to the community
National Star’s college GP Dr Iain Jarvis has received a special award for his work with the charity and the Gloucestershire community.
Find out more…Sarah and Kirsty gain confidence with travel training
Thanks to National Star’s travel training programme, Lift, twins Sarah and Kirsty Hepwroth can now confidently travel on their own to college by bus and by train. The training has also given Sarah confidence to do a little shopping in the same town as her college.
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