Action Asthma Sport

This ground-breaking project kicked off in February 2004 when our mascot the George-o-saurus, our asthma nurse and a team of people from the Fund visited a number of local Infant and Junior Schools to hold an asthma assembly.

These assemblies have been fun, informative and the George-o-saurus has enjoyed them immensely. At the assemblies we have also launched the art competition and all the children have been asked to draw a picture of the George-o-saurus participating in a sport or activity.

The school that wins the art competition will get a further visit from the George-o-saurus when we come and help out at Sports Day. The project has been kindly sponsored by the Network Children's Fund

With this project we hope to

• To promote social inclusion for children with asthma amongst their peers
• To educate children on the importance of exercise
• To provide schools with information about asthma
• To provide information for parents regarding asthma

Here are some photos from one of the assemblies

Here are the photos from Sports Days and some of the fantastic pictures drawn by the children including the winner at the end.

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Winner