v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v 6th August 2026 • The HERALD • Page 5 DECORATOR INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING General Small Maintenance Works Reliable, Prompt with a High Standard of Work Fully Insured • Free Estimates NICK CROUCHER 07395 042193 MPL Roofing & Guttering Services • Fascias, Guttering, Soffits, Cladding and much more PVCu work • All roof repairs, gutters, flat roofs, chimney repairs • Moss removal 15% Discount for OAP’s Established 30 years 07920 122984 023 8087 9135 mplroofing@hotmail.com PACE Students Raise £870 For Mencap A group of Brockenhurst College students raised £870 for learning disabilities charity Mencap by completing a 7km sponsored walk recently – exceeding their target of £750. e Pathway to Apprenticeships, College and Employment (PACE) students were dropped o in Lyndhurst by minibus before making the trek back to college through woodland. ey were accompanied by four members of sta and were met on the outskirts of Brockenhurst by other PACE students and learners from Brock’s Foundation and Independence Hub. It was all part of a PACE project for Learning Disability Week, which is a national initiative spearheaded by Mencap. e theme for 2026 was ‘Do You See Me?’, which was intended to highlight and address how people with additional learning needs can become marginalised and/or forgotten in society. To this end, PACE students worked to create detailed written and photographic pro les of Brock students who are bene tting from intensive learning support at the Independence Hub. ese pro les were then displayed in and around the Main Reception area in the Main Building. And it proved to be inspirational… A rst-year A Level student, who already works with South Wiltshire Mencap, visited the Independence Hub a er seeing the posters and o ered to volunteer from September. PACE Lead Lecturer, Natasha Dawes, said: “I’m so proud of the PACE students for all their efforts around Learning Disability Week. Each one felt deeply invested in the cause and understood the difficulties associated with people who have learning disabilities being left behind in society To beat their sponsored walk fundraising target of £750 was important validation for them and their efforts. Meanwhile, they worked with great care, compassion and empathy in getting to know our Independence Hub learners and creating the visibility profiles. To get a result from that effort as well is extremely rewarding, and I warmly congratulate them on the difference they’ve made.” PACE students with their posters PACE walk
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