St Kentigern's pupils win RIBI Young Citizen Award

A group put forward via Whitburn Rotary Club has won one of the categories in the Rotary GB&I Young Citizen Awards. An absolutely magnificent achievement by our young people who are to be invited to Rotary GB&I conference in April to receive their award.

In 2011 a group was set-up in St Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn, led by teacher Lee McLachlan, with the aim of becoming a Rights Respecting School. The group comprised a wide range of stakeholders including members of the community, community police officer, parents/guardians, teachers, support staff and pupils. A Rights Respecting School is a school which aims to put the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of the school ethos and culture.

Their main aim is to promote children