Community back Giving

Generosity

We recognise the importance of forming strong relationships with organisations in the community, which can benefit all.

Our students play an active role in their local community, and we believe their doing so is central to developing well-rounded and caring individuals who can meaningfully contribute to their future society. Throughout the year, we provide opportunities for students to challenge themselves in practical ways, develop an enhanced awareness of the needs of others and cultivate a sense of service.

This is what we’ve been up to this year...

Community Christmas Party

We were delighted to bring back our Trinity Community Christmas Party this year, following a three-year hiatus. We welcomed 60 older residents from local care homes and community groups into the school. They were treated to performances from Trinity’s Musical Theatre Club, Trinity Big Band and our enthusiastic student and staff carollers ensured everyone left feeling festive.

Students from across the school volunteered to take part, with Junior and First Years waiting on tables and keeping guests entertained with many a cracker joke.

Junior Year student, Adam Price, said, "The Christmas party was fun. The lovely lady I sat with said she really enjoyed the music and let me unwrap her bingo prize. I was super happy because it’s my first Christmas Party at Trinity and my grandparents who live at Whitgift House were there too.”

Trinity’s Head of Community Action, Mrs Burrage, said, “Christmas can be a difficult and lonely time for a lot of older people so it’s very special to see the young and old connecting and having fun. Thank you to everyone who made the event possible.”

Volunteering for Field Day

Field Day is a wonderful opportunity for our students to complete community work. Every term around 200 students volunteer across many placements.

During the Autumn Term Field Day, students helped younger children with reading and ran sports and music lessons at local primary schools. A group volunteered at animal rescue charity, Foal Farm, preparing food for and cleaning out the animals. Students cleared rhododendron overgrowth at Pinewood Scout Centre, took part in a session at Croydon Vision learning how to guide people with sight loss and performed musical arrangements at care homes Whitgift House, Wilhelmina House and Peony Court.

The combined effort of the students amounted to more than 840 hours of community volunteering from one day alone, which is an incredible contribution –well done to all involved!

Charity Week

Every March we host Charity Week, an opportunity for students across the school to fundraise for a charity of their choice. They need to be entrepreneurial and creative in their plans and engage their peers for a good cause.

This year, the student-led Charity Committee voted to fundraise for the international DEC Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal. Through the week, the students organised a series of events including an internationally-themed bake-off; a bullet chess competition; a sponsored swimathon and a series of events on Non-Uniform Day. We also saw more cake sales, games like 'sweet-pong', video games tournaments, basketball shoot-outs and a climbing competition.

Students, parents and staff generously supported the event and raised a total of £4,500 for the DEC.

Fundraised so far this year:*

£8,000 her