Chernobyl visitors welcomed to North Solihull

RESPITE: The group of youngsters visited the CTC in Cooks Lane

TEENAGERS affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster paid a visit to Kingshurst last month.
The six boys and six girls are all in remission from varying types of cancer.
The illness is all too common in the regions of Belarus and the Ukraine still blighted by radiation from a reactor explosion more than 30 years ago.
The group were invited to the CTC, in Cooks Lane, which ran a number of activity sessions during the school holidays.
The visit formed part of a four-week holiday in the UK, overseen by the Solihull branch of the Chernobyl Children’s Project UK.
Kath Ruane, the charity’s co-ordinator, said: “All of the children and their host families very much enjoyed themselves and we were so impressed by the welcome we received from the staff.”
The group also visited Shustoke Sailing Club, the Severn Valley Railway and Stratford- Upon-Avon during the course of their stay.