YOUNGSTERS from Fordingbridge Junior School gave staff and volunteers at the Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge a big thank you in the form of a gigantic card.

The pupils visited to experience life as refugees as part of the centre’s reminiscence project.

Their card was full of pictures taken oon the day and was signed by the young participants.

The school experience was a follow-up to a successful reminiscence weekend held at Avonway last autumn. Plans are in hand to use the materials and information collected to set up an exhibition for use at a variety of Avonway events, including an evening with wine and an afternoon with tea.