The event was part of an initiative called Rising Community Voices, which sees the social landlord partner with schools to raise awareness of what it means to be part of a community and empower the pupils to organise and deliver an event which will have a positive impact in their local area. The purpose is to teach practical skills, encourage collaboration and provide an opportunity to bring people together while giving back to their communities.

Fife Housing Group’s engagement officers, Suzanne Hume and Melissa Birrell, first met with pupils back in April and hosted regular sessions to help plan the event, with the children taking the lead.

The class wanted to arrange something nice for local people living in care homes, so they set about organising an afternoon event with homemade food and an array of entertainment, including piano playing, singing and games in which everyone took part.

Having spent the morning baking and decorating, the pupils were excited to welcome their guests in the afternoon and enjoyed serving the delicious food they had made, as well as chatting with the attendees.

Engagement officer Suzanne said: “This is the second event we have hosted with primary school pupils as part of our Rising Community Voices project, the first being in Lumphinnans.

“We were delighted to bring it to Templehall as we have a lot of tenants here and the community always gets involved with anything we are doing in the area, and the pupils of Fair Isle were no different. They were natural event planners and it was wonderful seeing them interact with the care home residents.

“There were a lot of smiles all around, which was really lovely to see.”

Fife Housing Group are looking forward to hosting more events with schools across Fife in the future.