Trauma teddies hit the beat in Nairn
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A social group in Nairn has been busy producing handmade teddy bears to help children facing traumatic situations.
More than 60 “trauma teddy bears” were donated to the police station by a group of knitters from Nairn Bowling Club who met at their Wednesday social afternoons in Albert Street.
Ruth McWilliam said they were overwhelmed by the amount of bears the group had produced. She said: “Our club meets every summer in Albert Street, but after Covid, a lot of things that some of our members used to go to during winter had sort of stopped, and we started up what we call the”three Cs”: a cuppa, a chat and cake! It was open to everybody, not just club members, and we had a trial last year of this social get together.
“When we started meeting again this autumn, I thought it would be good to introduce something different, a theme.
“A few of the ladies were still knitting and I remembered seeing a knitting pattern for trauma teddy bears a few years ago, which Police Scotland and their trauma team can give out in situations where children are involved so that they can hopefully find some comfort and distract themselves. So I suggested it would be a nice idea and aim to create as many teddies as possible.
“Everyone really enjoyed it. We were so glad with the result and we managed to hand over the teddy bears to the local station just before Christmas.” She added the group would be happy to take on similar projects in the future.
“If there is a need, we’d be glad to donate some other knitted items!”
