A central value of Friends’ is the development of a sense of social awareness through service. Through charity work in school we hope to make some contribution to this development. Students in year 13 elect a charity committee every year and they have the responsibility for deciding which charities to support and which events to hold. Befitting the school ethos the focus of our efforts is local, national and international.
Chairperson: Victoria Mayers
Secretary: Anuka Taggart
Treasurer: Emma Kennedy
Publicity: Kathryn Mercer and Ross McComiskey
Committee: Clara Conn, Caroline Rodgers, Chloe Smith, Hannah Mawhinney, Sarah Mathewson, Sophie Wilson, Christine Spence, Nicole Quinn, Kerry Wilson, Rebecca McCullough, Victoria Cahoon, Tyler Wilson, Natalie Smyth, Kathryn Magill and Matthew Good.
Many thanks to all staff who help with charity events in school.
Recent events include:
- Jeans for Genes Day which raised £1720
- A collection of £480 to provide a greenhouse for ‘Quaker Bolivia Link’
- Our annual MacMillan coffee morning raised £115
- Year nine pupils held a bun sale and raised £165 for a Ukrainian Orphanage
- Remembrance Day collection
- Toffee apples were sold and raised a total of £300 to help rebuild the forgotten village of Chinnakuppam in South-East India. A village that was totally destroyed by a Tsunami.
- Our annual fair trade stall raised over £505
- The ‘Bog- eyed- jog’ for ‘Children in Need’ took place on the 20th November and to date £ has been collected, although there is still more to come!
- The show jumping team in school held a bun sale to raise money for ‘The Brooke’ a horse and donkey charity in the developing world. They raised £120.
- The languages department raised £150 for Médicins Sans Frontière
So far a grand total of £3555 and this does not include our ‘Bog-eyed-jog’ money! Well done everyone!
Up and coming events include:
- As usual we will be making up Christmas Hampers for Quaker cottage.
- Our annual Christmas party for the folks in old peoples homes within the Lisburn Area will take place on wed 16th December
- ‘FSL FACTOR’ will be during school on the 17th of December
- For the fifth successive year collects will be taking part in Christian Aids, ‘Present Aid.’ This involves each collect buying a gift for communities in the developing world.
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