Charity endeavours have been off to a great start at Vesey and we’ve done a lot of good. In September, the charity team, led by Deputy Charity Captain, Matthew Monaghan, and I (Charity Captain), sent out video nominations for each respective houses house charity after receiving submissions from the students. After the votes concluded the houses ended up supporting the following charities: Blue House - Cancer Research UK White House - St Jude Gold House - British Heart Foundation Emerald House - Water Aid Purple House - Cancer Research UK Red House - Birmingham Children’s Hospital Each of these charities will be supported by their house in “house fundraising weeks” throughout the year. Blue house fundraising week for Cancer Research UK ran from 6th-10th December with a whole host of events. Many of these were run by blue house charity reps as well as the charity team, including an online quiz, bake sale, raffle and a charity maths quiz. Overall the week raised £331. Well done to blue house and all those who supported it. Earlier in the term it was Black History Month, and throughout the week there were assemblies led by the students to educate the student body and raise awareness. There was also a sale of Afro-Caribbean snacks ran by head girl, Blessing in support of OSCAR Birmingham who help those affected by sickle cell anemia and we raised £180 for the charity. For Children In Need the Charity Team and the students did an amazing job. The main fundraising event was a sponsored silence for year 7 which was also their house charity competition. All together 3 students from each year 7 form raised a total of £3370 with Gold house raising a massive £1252 of this total. A well done to all the students involved, especially to Dharam Khera who raised £900 and to Syum Bedi who raised £848. Alongside the Sponsored silence we also had some charity football tournaments, a raffle and a bake sale bringing the total money raised for Children In Need to just over £5000! I want to take this opportunity to thank all the students for being so involved in Charity here at Bishop Vesey and look forward to all the good that we will do in the coming term and year.
LIAM MCGRADE, U6
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Charity Report
WINTER 2021 | EDITION 13
