NHEHS CHARITY NEWSLETTER

Date 15th December 2021

Y10 Fundraising for Women’s Aid

Well done to Y10 for a very successful charity month resulting in over £500 being raised for the work of Women’s Aid.

As a year group, they successfully organised breaktime activities with the Junior School, ran a pink accessory day, held four bake sales! And sold over 447 Candy canes. These festive treats and messages were enjoyed by many members of the school community.

Felicity wrote ‘ we chose Women's Aid as it is a national charity working to end domestic abuse against women and children. We raised money through bake sales and other events, such as planning events for the Junior school to do in their break time. We also organised Christmas candy canes to be sent around the school’.

Preet wrote 'I really enjoyed going to the Junior School and hosting the playground activities. All the children were very enthusiastic and were so excited to take part. We managed to have a lot of fun in this event while also raising money for charity.'

Well done Y10 for all your hard work!

Age UK Food collection

A wonderful array of non-perishable foods was collected from the 22nd to 28th November for Age UK. These donations will be added to other donations to Age UK and delivered to care homes and older people in time for Christmas.

Care 4 Calais winter clothing drive

The successful clothing drive of gloves, scarves, hats and coats for the refugees at Care 4 Calais will be distributed in the coming week to the 1400 new refugees that have been placed around Ealing. Thank you for all your donations.

Carolling for Age UK

On Thursday the 9th of December, a small group of doubly-vaccinated sixth formers will be heading to the Age UK centre in Greenford to spread some festive cheer by performing Christmas carols for the centre’s regulars. Christmas can be an especially lonely period for older people, so hopefully the visitors will enjoy this, and we can show them that they are being thought of this festive season.

Hamper Packing for Age UK

This week several of our students volunteered to help at Age UK. They packed and wrapped the food and gifts we donated as a school into hampers. They enjoyed the activity and appreciated being able to make a dierence towards the older members of our community.

Carmen Y10 wrote ‘Many of us have relatives or friends that have struggled over the past, especially with Covid. We decided that we could help make a dierence this winter by helping Age Uk wrap up some warm clothes and gifts for them’.

Care Home Christmas Cards

Thank you to everyone who made a Christmas card for a local care home. Y7&8 created lovely cards to be added to the Age UK hampers.

The Junior school have also been creative in after school club. Their cards and pictures will be delivered to St David’s Care home across the road from school to bring some festive cheer to the residents of the home.

Mencap Fair

On Tuesday afternoon, Y10 held a fair for Ealing Mencap as part of their volunteering enrichment. When creating the stalls, we thought about how we could make it engaging, as well as following the theme of Christmas. We had multiple stalls, such as snowflake decorating, stencil painting and colouring. Overall, it was a really fun and engaging experience as we got to work alongside Ealing Mencap and get in the festive spirit. To top it o we sang some classic Christmas tunes. We would like to thank Ealing Mencap for allowing us to partner with them in delivering a lively event.

Nanthana Y10

‘The mencap fair was very fun to organise and when all the people came in, they were very friendly and eager to do the arts and crafts we had prepared. I helped a women do Christmas cards with stencils, and she was very sweet and seemed to enjoy the activity greatly. Then I went on to help a man do colouring, I helped him with the decorations of the picture, and it was very fun and a lovely atmosphere to be in’.

Catrin Y10

School Christmas cards

Thank you to everyone who has bought school Christmas cards this year. There was a fantastic selection of cards to choose from making the choice extremely dicult. The dove and the Christmas tree were finally chosen.

In total £200 was raised towards the work of the Harrow Club.

Christmas jumper day

The school was looking fantastic on Christmas jumper day this Tuesday. Thank you to everyone who took part and made a donation to the Harrow Club. Here are 7H looking very festive! Thank you also to the junior school for taking part. Money is still being counted.

Old mobile phones and laptops

Do you have any phones (with chargers), laptops or tablets that you no longer require? Will you be replacing any of these with a newer model at Christmas? If so, Care 4 Calais would really appreciate you donating your old items to teenage refugees living and studying in the local area to help with their school work. Please let Mrs Johnson know on return to school if you can help.

German film night

Thank you to the German department for donating the proceeds from their film night last night month to the work of the Harrow Club. They are generously donating £400.

Volunteering at The Log Cabin

Maya in Y13 has been regularly volunteering at the Log Cabin in Northfields Avenue. The Log Cabin is one of the main charities supported by NHEHS.

‘Each week I attend the Log Cabin and enjoy playing with and looking after children with additional needs such as autism, ADHD, epilepsy. There are many activities for the children to take part in. I help supervise them playing outside and in the soft play room, reading with them, doing art, baking, puzzles and chatting (if they are an older child)’.

The Log Cabin would love to receive further volunteers from NHEHS. If you are 16+ you can apply. (See Mrs Johnson for further details).

Christmas holiday volunteering

Ealing Wildlife group - https://ealingwildlifegroup.com/calendar/action~agenda/request format~json/

Ealing parks - https://www.dosomethinggood.org.uk/volunteer/volunteering-%e2%80%93-parks

Care for Calais - sorting and distribution of clothing to refugees in the local area https://care4calais.org/uk-groups/

6 further opportunities to volunteer in London are listed here https://secretldn.com/6-wonderful-volunteer-opportunities-in-london-this-christmas/

Buy from Charity Shops this Christmas!

The season of giving is upon us and we all enjoy buying/giving gifts to loved ones. There are a variety of charities that have shops across London, from The British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK to RSPCA. Below is a list of some of the many charity shops in the Ealing area that you can support - who doesn’t like a bit of shopping while supporting a worthy cause?

● The British Heart Foundation

59 The Broadway W13 9BP

● Cancer Research UK

48 Broadway, London W13 0SU

● Oxfam

34 New Broadway, London W5 2XA

● RSPCA

27 High St, London W5 5DB and 127 Northfield Ave, London W13 9QR

● FARA Children's Charity Shop

18A The Green, London W5 5DA

● Octavia Foundation

40 High St, London W5 5DB

● YMCA Shop

83 Broadway, London W13 9BP

● Families Relief

93 Broadway, London W13 9BP

● Alice’s Attic

62a Broadway, London W13 0SU

● Acton Recycling Community

124 S Ealing Rd, London W5 4QJ

● Mary’s Living & Giving Shop for Save the Children

2 The Green, London W5 5DA

Donate to your local food bank

December’s Food bank collection list:

The nearest food bank collection centre to school is:

EALING FOOD BANK:

Main location- HANWELL, W7 3BA (St Mellitus Church), Wednesday (10:00 - 16:00)

Please check this website for specific products in need and more locations for food donations:https://ealing.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/

For more locations to donate food please check this website: https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/