AN initiative being promoted by the Cowdenbeath Community Police team was given backing by Kingdom Housing Association staff.

Kingdom Support and Care Senior Support Worker, Yvonne Duncan, came to the rescue when Kingdom Housing Association staff were asked if they could knit “Trauma Teddies”.

The Trauma Teddies scheme was first launched in Australia and the positive impact has been widely recognised, adopted and praised across Scotland.

Cowdenbeath PC, Brittany Primeau, has been championing the cause and by the beginning of August over 140 Teddies had been donated.

Kingdom’s Health & Safety Officer, Cardenden man Dave Roy, said “I was approached by PC Primeau, who is promoting this initiative in Fife, and we were delighted to be able to help out and some of our staff have kindly been knitting the teddies in their own time.

"The hand-knitted teddies are carried in police cars and will be given as a simple distraction to help take a child's focus away from potentially upsetting circumstances, such as a road traffic accident.

"The teddies are designed to help police officers build a relationship and turn the experience into something positive”.

Once PC Primeau receives the teddies they will be dressed in a Children 1st T Shirt and distributed to police vehicles across Fife.

The back of the T shirt features the number for Parent line.