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#Chances4Children: Polka Theatre launches free digital mental health workshops for children

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A children’s theatre is offering free digital workshops to help children cope with the impact of lockdown on their wellbeing.
The workshops took place in schools last autumn. Picture: Polka Theatre
The workshops took place in schools last autumn. Picture: Polka Theatre

A children’s theatre is offering free digital workshops to help children cope with the impact of lockdown on their wellbeing.

Wimbledon’s Polka Theatre has created a series of digital mental health and wellbeing workshops to be freely accessed by schools, from reception to Year 6. 

Following successful in-person workshops with primary schoolchildren last autumn, Polka has now launched workshops online, filming the content to make it readily accessible to a wider audience. 

The videos aim to use drama activities to bring an interactive, practical and fun approach to talking about mental health at a young age. 

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