Charity

CHARITY

December, Shoe Box Appeal - Ash Croft: This year we managed to collect 85 Christmas boxes and these were sent off to children and young people in need across Europe. Many thanks go out to all those students and parents who helped with this year's efforts. Chantelle Wynne and Laura Reynolds (Year 13), Samuel Jones and Casper Stanita (Year 9).

November 2021 - Non-Uniform Day To raise money for the Seal Sanctuary: Working with Charlotte Miles, student Eloise Bick spearheaded a campaign to raise money for the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. Miss Miles lead a schoolwide assembly to launch the fundraising and all money raised from the non-uniform day which followed went to the cause. After the event, Eloise posted a message in the Daily News and on our social media: Hello, my name is Eloise Bick and I wanted to thank everyone, staff and students for your generous donations on the non-school uniform day. We have raised an incredible £1282.30 for the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. This money is vital and will go towards treating the injured or sick seals and providing weighing scales for them. These weighing scales help give the vets at the sanctuary measurements for medication. All of your donations have gone to an amazing charity, So once again thank you so much for your kind generosity.

February 2022 - Charity concert Run by Matt Le Maistre (Year 13): Matthew Le Maistre, Year 13 ALevel musician organised a concert in aid of Young Lives versus Cancer in February. It was a wonderful event. He did the work as part of his EPQ. There was no charge, but a donation for charity was encouraged at the door. Nibbles were provided and, despite a disappointingly low turnout, those who attended were very generous and thoroughly enjoyed the music provided by our talented student and peripatetic musicians.

March - Ukrainian support day: In March, David Quinlan organised a collection of vital items for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict in their country. After the event, he

wrote:

Thank you for your extraordinarily generous response to our appeal for donations to help the refugees fleeing Ukraine. As you can see, a huge variety of vital items were donated including food, drink, clothing, bedding, medical, sanitary, and child care. The amount collected in just three days filled the minibus from top to bottom. This has now been passed on to local community groups who have sent it on to Ukraine and to the border areas of Poland, where many of the refugees are. Due to the overwhelming community response we have paused donations for now to allow local distribution centres to catch up. Special thanks go to Arthur RudkinMclaren in Year 12 who helped arrange and coordinate the appeal. A little later in the year, again in response to student demand, we had a non-uniform day to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees. It is always heartening when our students display their social conscience

March 2022, George Thomas’ Easter Egg Collection:

As part of his Duke of Edinburgh Award, George Thomas (Year 9) organised a collection of chocolate eggs to be donated to Gloucester Feed The Hungry’s Easter appeal. In a short time, he managed to gather over 70.

May 2022, Celeste Feld, Cake Sale:

Lestie held a cake sale to raise money for a skate park in Newent where she lives. It’s been in the pipeline for a while but she and her family have only just managed to get enough people to support it with the Town Council. She raised a magnificent amount of almost £90 and the school kindly supplemented this with a further £100. Well done, Lestie! In addition to all the above, we have had several cake sales and small group events which have raised money for a variety of good causes. As usual, our students have shown that they have a real sense of responsibility for their fellow human beings (and dolphins and dogs!).