A SCHOOL has received £250 to help keep its children safe while they walk to school.
Sussex Police donated the cash to St Wilfrid's School, in Angmering, to buy ten fluorescent jackets as well as funding a creative project in the grounds.
The jackets will be worn by children using a new walking bus to school.
The project also sees the school working with Chichester College to help design a “forest school” and grow a new hedgerow to encourage wildlife.
The school also plans to buy some new sports kit.
Sharon Reynolds, headteacherh said: “We are very grateful for the funding.
“Small schools like St Wilfrid's rely heavily on community support and we hope to be able to use the money wisely to give something back to our community.”
The donation comes from the Police Property Act Fund (PPAF), made up of money received by the police from property confiscated by order of the court and then sold.
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