Charity Fundraising

Charitable Causes

Cake Sale

On the 19th and 20th of April my form, 8B held a cake and fruit sale for the charity Palestine 2 Bolton. This charity allows children from Palestine to come and see the outside world. As a form we raised a total of £335.63. Fatima Bagas 8B

Sponsored Silence

In November, all of Year 7 participated in a sponsored silence to raise money for Cash4Kids. Everyone managed to raise a lot of money but the day appeared a big challenge, especially at break time and lunchtime. First, in my form, we downloaded an app that would speak for us, but this did not help because many teachers found it annoying and even a bit creepy. It got very difficult at period 4 because we had PE (netball). We all struggled to stay silent because all we wanted to do was be supportive and help our players by cheering them on.

The whole of Year 7 managed to raise £3,980.33 with my form contributing £713.57. This money was then spent at a trolley dash at Toys R Us. Although the day was very challenging, it was quite funny to witness how people failed to stay silent during the day. Charlotte Hothersall 7G

Charity Reps and Sixth Form helpers with the haul of toys following the trolley dash

Christmas Post

The Year 10 forms drummed up support for their festive cake and sweet sale at the Christmas Post assembly, which, as always, was packed full of topical and pop culture references and filled the Great Hall with cheers and laughter. The following cake and sweet sales were a huge success, raising £976.13 for BEAT.

The Apprentice

The Girls’ Division version of Sir Alan Sugar’s TV programme challenged Year 8 in groups to make as much money as possible for charity in two weeks – given a starting fund of just £10. The groups came up with some fantastic ideas to turn their initial pounds into big profits for good causes.

Children in Need

Year 9 held a week of cake and sweet sales at break and lunch times in support of Children in Need. They raised a total of £1,260.17.

Hamper Challenge

In the latter half of the Autumn Term, my form and I thoroughly enjoyed collecting cranberry sauce and stuffing for the Hamper Challenge. This was in support of Urban Outreach who provide hampers of food to struggling individuals and families containing everything they need to do a traditional Christmas Dinner – right down to mince pies and Christmas crackers! Despite the inevitable competitive nature that emerged between each form, Year 11 managed to pull together and compiled nearly half of the school’s donations, contributing to the 1,329 boxes of stuffing and 1,288 jars of cranberry sauce collected by the school. Lucy Stiles 11A

well-good.org

Well-good.org is the charitable website developed by staff in the Mathematics department. By answering maths questions online, pupils raise funds via the website’s sponsors. These funds are then used to build wells in areas of the developing world. It’s been another successful year: through pupils’ hard work, we were able to complete another well, this time in Niger, West Africa. This was a relatively big project and the fundraising began last year. The tube well, with a depth of 70m, will provide clean water for 300 people. We’re hoping to get more businesses to sponsor us for the coming year so that we can continue this project.