A GROUP of children who use the services of Wirral charity Stick‘n'Step learned about Liverpool's history and culture during a trip funded by the Heritage Lottery.

The youngsters, accompanied by their parents, took a ferry across the Mersey and visited the Museum of Liverpool, learning about the city's growth from a stone-age settlement through to the diverse and vibrant place it is today.

Liscard-based Stick'n'Step provides free conductive education sessions, which are not offered by the NHS, to help children with cerebral palsy learn vital life skills, like walking and talking, through participating in group activities.  

Looking back on the group's trip to Liverpool, operations manager Sarah Smithson said: "The children who have participated so far have thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.

"For many of them it will have been their first trip on a ferry or experiencing a museum environment. It’s fantastic to be able to bring the children together in groups to have a day out away from their usual environment at the Stick ‘n’ Step centre.

"They were fascinated with what they learnt and we feel it is very important for the children to understand the local heritage and what makes Liverpool so special.

Everyone is very grateful for the opportunity that the Heritage Lottery Fund has given us and the children."

Families travel each week from across the North West and North Wales to the Stick ‘n’ Step centre in Wallasey to receive this life changing service.

The organisation receives no government funding and relies completely on fundraising to cover its annual running cost of £350,000.