STROUD MP Neil Carmichael visited staff and students of the Apperley Centre in Stonehouse last week to help support the pupil's Send My Friend to School campaign.

The Apperley Centre opened in September 2014, as part of The Shrubberies School which is a maintained special school catering for pupils with severe or profound learning disabilities, aged from two to 19.

Following an invitation from students at the centre, Mr Carmichael visited on Friday June 26 to see the 2D and 3D models pupils had made as part of their campaign.

Students also requested that Stroud’s MP present the models to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and urge him to raise their concerns with world leaders at the United Nations Summit in September.

Mr Carmichael said: “I was delighted to meet with staff and students at the Apperley Centre, which is a very good school engaging skilfully with the community and providing excellent new facilities.

“I was also pleased to be able to support the students’ campaign by taking their models to give to the Prime Minister, which I have done.

“The importance of getting an education cannot be emphasized enough. It is imperative that we do all we can to enable children to access good education to equip them with the skills they need to succeed in life”

The Send My Friend to School is run by the Global Campaign for Education UK, a coalition of teachers’ unions and development organisations who want to make it possible for all children to go to school.