Charity supporting thousands at schools

A local charity supporting Island children says its work has reached nearly 5,000 youngsters in the last academic year.

Junior Achievement offers classroom-based programmes - run by local business figures - to help young people make the link between education and employment.

Those at the organisation add over 300 volunteers have given their time to delivering the projects to students at Manx primary and secondary schools in that time.

It's Chief Executive, Sue Cook, says the charity is an 'excellent example of what can be achieved when education, the public and private sector work in collaboration'.