CHARITIES & VOLUNTEERING
2021-2022 IN REVIEW
What a year it was for charities and volunteering at NHEHS!
We helped fundraise for over 18 charities and raised £17 500 over the course of a year!
The various collections were well supported, with us being able to donate clothing supplies and food to various causes close to so many of our hearts
We also volunteered at a variety of local charities, whether it be litter picking at Pitshanger Park, singing at local care homes or helping out at Care4Calais
Thank you to each and every one of you for your support, and we hope that you continue this generosity into 2022-2023!
MUFTI SPORTS WEAR DAY & EALING HALF MARATHON FOR THE LOGCABIN
On the 23rd September both the junior and senior school encouraged students to come dressed in their sports wear to help raise money for The LogCabin This is also the charity that NHEHS staff and parents are running for at the Ealing Half Marathon
Well done to the school EHM team 29 staff and parents ran in total £3000 was raised through sponsorship for the work of the Log Cabin Here are some of the team before they began the run
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VOLUNTEERING
EALING RIDING SCHOOL & CATS PROTECTION CHARITY
I have volunteered at Ealing Riding School for over 2 years now and enjoy it so much that I will continue to volunteer for years to come
Volunteering at the stables involves caring for and handling horses, helping out with jobs around the yard and leading lessons and pony rides
I have also been pursuing a volunteering opportunity with the Cats Protection Charity, where I can help to look after the cats in the adoption center
Volunteering is always a great opportunity to help out and is good practice for future work experiences
Maanvi Year 10
POLICE CADETS
The last volunteering opportunity I had was to help out an event as a police cadet We all got assigned different jobs depending on if we were a senior or junior cadet senior cadets were signing people in as well as giving people hot drinks.
As a junior cadet I helped out by offering people food as they were listening to carols being sung After handing out all the food we helped if people needed anything and were there to help the police officers run the event
This is a great volunteering opportunity and if you are interested in finding out more, please go to the charity and volunteering section of the student noticeboard - there is contact information there
Lily Year 10
VOLUNTEERING
THE CARING CHOIR
Thank you to the Caring Choir who have been visiting local care homes on Tuesday afternoons for their Enrichment
This past week they were at Blakesley House We are very grateful to the local Ealing GP who posted a kind message on Twitter about the choir.
PITSHANGER PARK VOLUNTEERING
Year 10 & 11 enrichment students will be on a carousel this year, allowing them to experience a variety of volunteering opportunities in and around the Ealing area
One of the volunteering opportunities is to assist in Pitshanger Park, helping with maintenance of the flowerbeds and pathways in the park.
Thank you to: Keisha Marianne Freya, Aswini, Matilda, Emmie, Rufaro, Jemima, Carolina, Yuna, Kiki for your all your singing and for spending time with and bringing joy to the residents
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Our annual Harvest Festival collection took plac the 4th October, with all junior and senior sc students coming together to create food ham It was a wonderful morning, seeing the creat and generosity of all NHEHS students Over 100 of food was donated!
8E and 8S were joint winners for the forms donated the most items
8N and 7E were joint winners for having the decorated hampers
The donations have been delivered to the Ea Foodbank, which supports the Ealing communit
WORLD MENINGITIS DAY
Year 12 & 13 chose to support MeningitisNow, a charity that raises funds and awareness about Meningitis Meningitis is very prevalent in 18 to 25 year olds and so Year 12 & 13 thought it would be a good way to raise awareness among themselves
They celebrated World Meningitis Day on 5th October by hosting a bake sale, along with a dress up day coming dressed as famous movie characters
The Sixth Form will be hosting other charity events throughout the year to continue to support this charity - watch out for their
YEAR 11 CHARITY EVENTS
This half term, it was the Year 11's opportunity to raise funds for a charity of their choice - The Felix Project
Bake Sale
The first bake sale went great We had food ranging from cupcakes and brownies to cookies and fudge, along with eggless sweet treats There were Halloween pumpkin cakes and rainbow fudge! Everyone helping out had so much fun whether it was baking or selling, we enjoyed the bake sale and are looking forward to the next one!
Dodgeball in Onesies
On Friday the 7th of October Year 11 put on a charity dodgeball tournament which was a huge success Some teams even made their own personalised t-shirts! The event raised vast amounts of money for the Felix Project, thank you to everyone who took part
Rent a friend
The main purpose of the rent a friend event was designed for people to get to know each other a bit better, with the hopes that it would help people who wanted to have someone to talk to, or get advice Knowing that sometimes it is difficult to talk to your friends about some matters, the rent a friend event allows students to ‘rent’ someone to talk to for a particular amount of time, and in the case of younger years, they can ask for friendship or academic advice from a more experienced and knowledgeable person The rent a friend event was fun: people interacted with each other, and took a break from schoolwork, which can sometimes be overwhelming It was a new idea, but it worked very well!
Below are some comments from a few of the students who 'rented a friend':
This charity event was an opportunity to chat with some very kind and respectable Year 11s who were very helpful in the questions that were asked We asked questions such as: how to get over stage fright when singing, GCSEs in art and a few other things as well They also gave us sweets and brownies It was really nice to get a chance to chat with them, as sometimes it is hard to open up to your friends - Isabella and Rakhi Y8
The Year 11 rent-a-friend charity event was an extremely fun event! It started off by one of the Year 11s presenting each of the Year 11 volunteers and their qualities so you could find whichever one suited your preferences for what you wanted to talk to them about My friends and I decided to take part in this event The first Year 11s that we rented were Megan and Tara, we asked them about debating tips and tricks They had a wide range of knowledge and managed to fulfill our requests and what we wanted to know The final Year 11 that we rented was Salem, we asked her about public speaking and singing She again had a lot of knowledge about these things and also told us about opportunities at school that we could use to practice and develop our skills Overall, this event was a great experience and opportunity, not to mention all the Year 11s were extremely kind and helpful throughout the event - Ajuni Y8
UGANDA SPORTS COLLECTION
The PE department and charities collaborated to collect used sports wear and netballs to donate to various schools clubs and academies in Uganda This is being done in partnership with the Ugandan Netball Team, The She Cranes
We managed to collect just over 40 netballs and 5kg of sports wear to donate, which was taken back to Uganda by The She Cranes on the 10th October
Thank you to the students in Mrs Alonso’s Tuesday enrichment group for raising the money to send off the netballs through a well attended bake sale
STATIONERY COLLECTION
We have been contacted by members of the charity ‘Serving our Superheroes’ who seek to support anyone in West London who are in need Many teenage Ukraine refugees are continuing to settle in the west London area, however, when starting school, they frequently have nothing
From Wednesday 12th October to Tues 18th October we will be collecting stationary to be passed onto these students as well as students in schools in Southall and Greenford who are not able to afford these supplies.
Items that being requested are: Pencil cases pens pencils colour pens, pencils, exercise books, crayons, highlighters, rulers, calculators notebooks colouring books
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
Macmillan is a charity that helps people living with cancer to live life as fully as they can On Friday 30th September the NHEHS staff hosted a Macmillan coffee morning in the staffrooms
Some of the bakes from staff this year were lemon cupcakes banana and chocolate sourdough muffins, pineapple upside down cake, chocolate and orange shortbread, orange drizzle loaf, rocky road Over £300 was raised!
CARE SQUARES PROJECT
This year Mrs Duns would like to encourage everyone to knit blanket squares to be added to blankets which will be donated to homeless individuals who are being supported by Ealing Soup kitchen and the 240 Project based near Latimer Road The pattern for the blanket squares can be found here
Ealing Soup Kitchen is a charity that seeks to help anyone who needs hot, nutritious food & a helping hand We’ve been running a weekend Soup Kitchen since 1973 at St John’s Church in Ealing for the homeless, vulnerable and impoverished. We also run Monday & Friday drop-ins where we provide clothes, food, a barber, showers, foot care, practical help, and games.
The 240 homeless project was an arts and health activity centre for people for people affected by isolation, homelessness and exclusion. The project runs a range of creative arts groups and health improving activities The 240 project was established in 1998 to provide support for vulnerable and excluded individuals with a history of homelessness The project initially aimed to support newly-housed members in remaining in their homes as those who have been homeless often return to the streets
FROM THE ARCHIVES
1948 NHEHS
Susan Bryant, 'Norma Hallworth, Gillian Richards, Mary Bennett, Janet Robertson, Gillian Lamont and Gillian Cumber (Charity Monitress) hosted a Charity Sale in their form rooms in which they produced pipe-cleanerdolls, dressing-table-mats, Christmas tree decorations, face-flannels, lavender-bags, leather articles, covered hangers and calendars Their sale took place after their exams on the afternoon of Thursday December 16th
1948 at 4pm The sale was ‘enthusiastically supported’ by their form and they had sold everything, raising a grand total of £4 (according to conversion websites this is equivalent to around £150 nowadays)
CARE4CALAIS AUTUMN TERM VISIT
A group of Year 10 & 11 students spent the afternoon at the hostel that is supported by Care 4 Calais in Hayes
The children at the hostel were very pleased to see us again when we arrived and remembered some of the group from previous visits Thankfully the rain held off allowing games of football, What’s the time Mr wolf?, Grandmother’s footsteps, the newspaper game and back by popular demand the water race
it was a wonderful afternoon, spending time with the children again and engaging in various activities
We hope to visit again at the end of the term to hold a Christmas party Please let Mrs Johnson know if you would like to join in with the next visit (Year 9 upwards)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH CHARITY EVENT
The Sixth Form hosted an after school screening of Small Island in aid of Black History Month
Small Island is a 2019 play by Helen Edmundson based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Andrea Levy It tells the deeply connected stories of three people against the backdrop of the complex history of the United Kingdom and Jamaica
The students enjoyed the event, and hope to host more screenings throughout the year
Do you have any stories of charity work you have done recently?
Do you have ideas of what you would like us to do as a school?
If so, please let your charity reps know: Sophie Anwar and Niamh Mulligan or Mrs Johnson, Ms Newman and Ms Gamberini
We’d love to share your stories and help you with your ideas!
Thank you for your continued support in all of our charity endeavours!
