Pictured: Mandy Saligari with Headmaster Tom Bunbury, presenting to Papplewick parents.
On Monday, July 3rd, Mandy Saligari, star of Channel 5’s “In Therapy” series and founder of the Charter Harley Street Centre for the treatment of addiction, gave an extraordinarily engaging and insightful talk to Papplewick boys in year 8 and their parents, as part of their leaving studies and drugs education programme.
Mandy first came into treatment herself in 1990, when working as a TV producer, later becoming a therapist and undertaking apprenticeships, group work, interventions and lectureships. She is passionate about dispelling the myths surrounding addiction and mental health.
Headmaster Tom Bunbury said: “If there is one vice that our sons will have access to in the coming years and which could completely derail them, it must be drugs. Mandy Saligari is a truly inspirational speaker and we cannot underestimate the potential value of her talk.”
Next Open Morning: Saturday 4th November 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m Visit: www.papplewick.org.uk
About Papplewick.....
Papplewick is a day, weekly, and full boarding preparatory school for around 200 boys between the ages of 6 and 13. Situated in 15 acres of land opposite Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, Papplewick has an excellent record for academic achievement and feeds many of the UK’s top independent senior schools including Eton, Harrow, Winchester, Wellington, Stowe and Bradfield.
In the last two years the school has maintained its academic record, gaining no less than 26 awards to top independent schools, including two King’s Scholarships to Eton. Through its strong commitment to sports, the school also builds skills of teamwork, sportsmanship and responsibility.
As well as academic, sporting and cultural excellence, Papplewick aims to provide boys with the confidence and security they need to fulfil their potential, and the school strives to promote enthusiasm for life, contribution to the community and kindness to others amongst all its pupils.
A report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in 2013 remarks that relationships between pupils and teachers: ‘are an outstanding strength of the school and are seminal in creating the strong sense of a mutually supportive and trusting community.’