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In line with the core values of the school, there
are many and varied ways in which pupils and staff
undertake charitable fundraising and community service.
Support for Charities
St
Edward's School currently actively supports the
following Charities:
International:
Malawi Dream
A charity through
which we have links to schools on Likoma Island in
Malawi. Last summer a group of students visited the
Island and built the first playground outside the
Nursery.
MWANA Child Trust for Zimbabwean Orphanages
& African Children's Fund
Supported through
collections from former pupils, and an Easter time fast
led by Head Sacristans and the Chaplain, with a
whole-school bread and soup lunch.
National:
Breakthrough Breast
Cancer, Cancer Research and Macmillan
Cancer Support
Supported through funds
raised at classical concerts, by the Friends of St
Edward’s, and the musical ‘We Will Rock You.’
Local:
Helen and Douglas
House
This Oxford hospice for severely ill
and disabled children and teenagers was the first of its
kind to be built in Britain. Supported through money
raised on Dress-Up days, where students pay to wear
themed fancy dress rather than uniform.
Annual Days:
Jeans for Genes
All students pay to wear jeans for a day to
raise money for a charity helping children with genetic
disorders.
Comic Relief
The Red
Nose Row has become an annual school-wide event, where
teams of staff and students compete on rowing machines
and raise sponsorship money in the process
Children in Need
Cowell’s House undertook an
impressive 24 hour sponsored ‘virtual’ bike ride from
Oxford to Berlin to raise sponsorship
Royal
British Legion
Annual fundraising through
the Poppy Appeal surrounding Remembrance Sunday
Community Service
St Edward’s
pupils serve the wider community through structured
programmes (via the International Baccalaureate and the
Duke of Edinburgh Awards), and of their own independent
organisation.
Examples of fields of
community service include:
• Helping to run a
community football club for disadvantaged primary
children
• Serving as classroom assistants in local
primary schools and in a neighbouring school for
children with behavioural and learning difficulties,
assisting with sport, music and art
• Garden upkeep
for elderly local residents
• Visiting the elderly or
blind
• Helping to run a community after school club
for disadvantaged primary children
• Volunteering in
local charity shops
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