Local Schoolchildren Illustrate Super Powers for Keoghs Calendar - 19/12/2007

National law firm Keoghs has once again been working with local schoolchildren to produce their corporate calendar.

As a child we imagine all the great things that we would love to be able to do. Whilst we might not be able to develop super powers, Keoghs places great emphasis on encouraging its staff to develop their full potential through training and development.

With this in mind, children at various local schools and children of staff at Keoghs were asked to illustrate what their powers would be if they were a super hero.  

The winning designs included sprinkling happy dust on the sad and lonely people, being a foster mum and making every day summer as well as saving people from a bear, a fire and a crashing plane.    New super heroes included super solar saver, firework fairy, pie man, incredible lightning boy, super stretch man and zapman.

This is the fifth year that Keoghs has been working with local schoolchildren to produce the calendar and are once again delighted with the results.  Winning artists were rewarded with Toys R Us vouchers which were presented to them during their school assemblies by Keoghs staff.

HR Director Valda Lax said:

”The response from the schools has been fantastic. We would like to say thank you to everyone who took part.

We have a strong commitment to the development of all our staff and have already invested in a number of different programmes to assist employees to progress within the various career paths we have available within the firm. 

Retention of our Investors in People accreditation and being a finalist in the Quality of Life Award in the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2007 are all independent evidence that we are doing things right to ensure we make Keoghs a great place to work.”

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The schools that took part were: 

Templars Primary School in Coventry,  Bolton School, St Mary & St Benedict C.P.School in Coventry, Bury Church of England High in Bury,  Lostock Primary School in Bolton , St Mary’s R.C. Primary School in Bolton,  St Peter’s Smithills Dean C.E. Primary in Bolton and St Francis Primary School in Blackburn.

Photo:  Heather Dare with Brittany Bolton (age 7) from Lostock Primary School whose design won her a place in the calendar (November) with her firework fairy design.