Children at King David Nursery and Primary schools, Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School and North Cheshire Jewish Primary School all went to classes with their best “mad hair”.

All funds raised go directly to the Chai In Schools programme.

Chai in Schools was originally designed to give teaching staff the strategies to support children going through a cancer diagnosis in their family.

Chai’s Jilly Berens said: “With the specialist knowledge we have within our children and teenage service, we understand the complex issues that children are experiencing and so work closely with primary and secondary school teachers across the UK.

“We also offer teachers access to a counsellor as it is a difficult time for them emotionally, too.”

Chai liaises between the school and the family to co-ordinate all the needs of the child, tailoring support to the type of request received.

Over the past year, Chai has expanded its programme and now sends specialist play/art therapists and counsellors into the school premises to work directly with the children affected.

chaicancercare.org

E-MAIL: youth@jewishtelegraph.com

If you have a story or an issue you want us to cover, let us know - in complete confidence - by contacting newsdesk@jewishtelegraph.com, 0161-741 2631 or via Facebook / Twitter