A Million Miles of Smiles
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September will be a very special month for the Variety Sunshine Coach Programme when 15 schools located all over the country each receive their eagerly-awaited coaches. That will put an awful lot of smiles on the faces of the 1,815 children and young people who will use them.
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Having their own coach enables each school to plan more trips, taking their pupils in safety and comfort to activities and places that many would not otherwise experience. A Sunshine Coach is a passport to a whole new world as well as providing a valuable connection with the local community and opportunities to access the national curriculum at other schools and educational centres.
Typically, Sunshine Coaches will be used at least 4 times a week.
A Sunshine Coach has a normal life expectancy of up to ten years so between them, this exceptional number of 15 coaches in a single month, will clock up over a million miles in the course of their lifetime.
It all adds up to a wonderful opportunity for many happy experiences to come and talking of adding up, the funding for all fifteen coaches is not far short of £600,000. But at a smile a mile, Variety reckons its worth every penny.
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