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monstrosity that is perceived by people in Easton and St Pauls to have split their communities, the divisive M32 may yet be crossed and overcome by the next generation. Children at Millpond and Cabot primary schools have been working together to explore the negative perceptions of their communities and cultures, spanning the great divide with new friendships. Given their own cameras, children worked together for several weeks in groups taking each other to their favourite places, and encouraging friendship and new relationships. My New Friends project, a collaboration between the schools, Love Works and Community Resolve has given children the chance to say what they think. “In Easton there are people I feel scared of” said one pupil at the start of the project. “In St Paul‟s it is Continued on page 13
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