Charity Fundraising

Charitable Causes

Charitable giving in the Girls’ Division is always generous and this year was no exception. In the Autumn Term a mountain of food items was donated to Urban Outreach as part of the annual Harvest Festival and, as Christmas approached, pupils’ efforts kicked into overdrive. The whole of Year 7 embarked on a sponsored silence, raising over £3,700 to buy toys for Hits Radio’s Mission Christmas Appeal. Their ‘trolley dash’ around a local toy shop provided presents for less fortunate children across the region. Five enthusiastic teams of Year 12 students rose to the annual Hamper Challenge: in just four weeks, their efforts amassed 2,782 selection boxes for Urban Outreach to include in festive hampers for families in need and an extra donation of £202.40. The Prefects’ Panto raised £368.05 for Freedom4Girls, a UK charity fighting period poverty, and the Year 10 Christmas Post raised £1,307.32 for Rossendale Special Ski Club. As Spring progressed, Charity Action Club held an Easter sale in the Girls’ Division and a gift sale for members of Hesketh House. The resulting £264.23 was donated to Derian House Children’s Hospice. Year 9 pupils supported Help Refugees through their Geography homework: in pairs, they created ‘volcano cakes’ which were then sold at break and lunch time to raise £200.03 for the charity. On World Book Day, as well as celebrating books and reading, the School raised £387.81 for Books2Africa, a charity working across Africa to improve the quality of children’s education by donating books and educational resources.

Girls’ Division non-uniform days raised £1,501.48 for Fort Alice Ltd and £659.00 for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and pupils raised a further total of almost £3,000 for a range of other charities: Bolton Hospice, Bone Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Care, Children in Need, Comic Relief, Derian House, Macmillan Cancer Research, Macmillan Cancer Support, Muslim Hands, OXFAM and Teenage Cancer Trust.