{"id":20138,"date":"2021-05-13T13:09:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T12:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhehs.gdst.net\/?p=20138"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T14:01:24","slug":"over-11500-raised-for-charities-in-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhehs.gdst.net\/over-11500-raised-for-charities-in-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Over \u00a311,500 Raised for Charities in 2020-21!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Mrs Johnson, Charities Co-Ordinator<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We are delighted to announce that so far this school year we have raised a fantastic grand total of \u00a311,500 for our charities including The Felix Project, Women\u2019s Aid, The Rainbow Trust, The Stephen Lawrence Trust, The Harrow Club, The Log Cabin, BEAT, Alzheimer\u2019s Society, Safeline and Marie Curie.<\/p>\n

Thank you for your very generous donations in continuing to support these fantastic causes!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our Charities and Volunteering have got off to another busy start this term with Year 7 taking the lead, having voted to fundraise for Great Ormond Street Hospital.<\/p>\n

Fundraising is kicked off with a Covid-safe cake sale where girls can pre-order their cakes online, then pick them up on set days during the week of May 17th. Also next week on Friday 21st May, we are encouraging all girls in senior school to dress in either the colour purple (the colours of GOSH) or to come to school in their pyjamas in exchange for a donation of \u00a32.<\/p>\n

Another event in the pipeline is a students v staff fun sports day later in June, with more activities to be confirmed!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Book Project – Collection w\/c May 17th May<\/strong><\/p>\n

One in four disadvantaged children across the UK has fewer than ten books of their own at home, and one in eight has none.\u00a0 The Children\u2019s Book Project<\/a> aims to tackle book poverty and to give every child the opportunity to own their own book.\"\" They believe in empowering children to choose a book they are motivated to read and in the power of reading communities. They put on book gifting events that are inclusive, joyful and have a tangible impact on every family that participates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here at NHEHS we have an exciting opportunity to support the book project. We will be holding our own book drive, collecting gently used children\u2019s books that you have grown out of.\u00a0 Please bring your books to the atrium during the week of the Mon 17th May and put into your form boxes. Not only will you be helping this worthwhile charity but also there is a prize for the form who collects the most amount of books.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please start sorting through your books ready to bring to school from the 17th. Unfortunately they cannot accept: textbooks, revision books, religious textbooks, encyclopedias.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bake for Bethlehem<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the 30th of April, through a bake sale, the Head Girl Team raised \u00a3300 for a hospital in Bethlehem which, because of Covid and lack of funding, has been struggling to deliver care to patients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabah M who organised the event wrote a bit about why she wanted to raise money:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe HGT organised the bake sale \u2018Bake for Bethlehem\u2019 in order to raise money for a charity hospital which has been suffering from lack of funds due to Covid 19 and the humanitarian crisis. The money raised will be used to help BASR hospital continue providing medical and rehabilitation services to help the sick and those with disabilities. I first heard about the hospital a couple of years ago as my dad\u2019s colleague is a doctor who has worked at the hospital. After visiting BASR myself in 2018, I saw first-hand the significant impact it was making in the lives of the local and wider community regardless of ethnicity or religion, making it an all the more worthy a cause to support.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Women’s Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Year 11\u2019s successful fundraising for Women\u2019s Aid, the charity have been in touch encouraging us to get involved with a new challenge for May called #5KMay. Women\u2019s Aid are asking individuals and teams to take part in the\u00a0 5K challenge, then nominate 5 people to do the same and donate \u00a35 to the charity.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity to keep active and raise vital funds at the same time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to take part?<\/span><\/p>\n