Churcher's College raises over £12,700 for charity

Churcher’s College is very pleased to announce that in the 2018-2019 academic year we have managed to raise just over £12,700 for charity.

During their time at Churcher’s College, many students voluntarily engage in fundraising activities for local, national and international charities. Charity work at Churcher’s runs throughout the school and is led by the Charities Committee. This year so far we have had a wide range of events and initiatives, and through some fantastic efforts, large amounts of money has been raised and lots of awareness created for these amazing charities.

At the start of the year, the Sixth Form led a whole week of fundraising for our school in Mude in Nepal (United World Schools project). This included a busking competition, Kripsy Kreme doughnut sale, Hockey cross-bar challenge, 5 a-side football, Mario Kart racing, Mexican themed lunch and many more events. We raised over £2000 for the school to help fund new equipment and improve the education for the children in Mude, Nepal. Before Christmas, the Charities Committee decided to support the charity Walking for the Wounded with a whole school non-uniform day and also organise an obstacle course for Churcher’s students to compete against each other to raise extra funds. We raised over £1300 for WWTW to support the veterans.

For the first time here at Churcher’s College, we hosted Comic Relief Red Nose Day. On top of another whole school non-uniform day, red noses were sold throughout the week before the day by the Sixth Formers and everyone was hoping to find the ultra-rare nose. As the Krispy Kreme doughnut sale went down so well in October another doughnut sale took place in the tuck shop and in Ramshill which sold out within ten minutes. We raised over £1553 to support Comic Relief in the goal to create a world without poverty.

At the end of last term, pupils took part in our Funding For Others charity festival, a sunny afternoon of fun with music, entertainment, games, sponge-the-teacher, slip and slide and more, which raised just under £800 to go towards the children in Mude. It was a brilliant way to finish the term before the summer holidays.

As well as raising funds, charity work has proved to be another way for students to form friendships united by a common cause.

The charities we donated to last year included:

Genetic Disorders UK

Step by Step

CRPS

United World Schools

Read for Good

Walking with the Wounded

Cardiac Risk in the Young

Chestnut tree House

Kings Arm's

Comic Relief

Centre Point - Rodney House