Charity Work and Fundraising

As a school we do an amazing amount of fundraising and support for both local and national charities. Our students are keen to engage in many fundraising activities to help those less fortunate than themselves. We sell poppies in school on behalf of the Royal British Legion to support those who have given their lives for their country or been injured in action.

In the Autumn term we ask for food donations for hampers to share with the elderly in the community, either directly to the care home or via Age Concern. There is annual support for International Aid Trust where every Tutor Group collects donations and they are collected by representatives from International Aid Trust collect them and arrange for delivery to those in need, We have non-uniform days in school throughout the year that help to raise money for a number of different charities including Jeans for Genes, Save the Children and during Lenten Charity fortnight students decide which charities they would like to support.

There are numerous cake sales with donations that have previously been made to Alzheimer's UK and Macmillan Cancer Support among others. Our Lenten Charity fortnight is a hugely successful 10 days of fundraising and this year there were several amazing events in school that helped us to raise money for Cancer Research UK. For our Family Fun Day and Spring Fair monies raised were given to St. Catherine’s Hospice. There was also a sponsored 5k cross-country fun run in school for students and money raised was split between Cancer Research UK and St.Catherine’s Hospice.

Over the last year few years our amazing team of staff, students and their families have helped to raise over £20,000. We are so very grateful to everyone for all of their support as we couldn’t do it without you. You can see a selection of our wonderful fundraising below:

Harvest 2023

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Harvest collection again this year.

Your generosity is amazing and makes such a difference to those who need support.

There was a special Harvest service at St.Andrew's, where the donations were displayed, before they were given to the local food banks.

Refugee Week - June 2023

We supported refugee week in June 2023 with a number of events.

Our Middle School Council bake and popsicle sale raised the wonderful amount of £133.50!

A huge thank you to everyone who organised, baked and bought which helped. The money will be donated to the Sanctuary Foundation. You can read more about the Sanctuary Foundation here.

You can read more about Refugee Week here.

 

Lenten Charity Fortnight - March 2023

 

There were a wonderful range of activities including; football cards, basketball shoot outs, military parades, guess the rabbit name, guess how many sweets in a jar, guess the number of books in our Library, raffles for various different prizes, film club, music concerts, making and selling keyrings, penalty shoot out, water balloons/soak a teacher, photobooth, Easter hamper, selling LOTS of lollies, a non uniform day and of course a spectacular teacher's head shave at the final hour!

Through all of that we have raised a WHOPPING £3,505.98 in just 10 days. That is absolutely phenomenal and the money raised will be donated to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

A group of students and staff went on a visit to Alder Hey to donate this wonderful amount and they were absolutely delighted with the donation!

You can read more about their wonderful work here.

Royal British Legion Poppy Collection - November 2022

A huge thank you to everyone who helped us to raise £109.72 for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in November 2022.

Thank you also to our Student Senior Leadership team for taking time during their breaks and lunch to sell the poppies.

We have received this lovely certificate from The Royal British Legion:

International Aid Trust Shoebox Appeal 2022

Our Middle School Council and Mrs Mackintosh, have been busy again this year organising shoeboxes for International Aid Trust. All our Tutor Groups were asked to bring in items to fill the shoeboxes and they will be delivered to children in Ukraine. You can read more here.

Thank you to International Aid Trust for this lovely certificate:

Jeans for Genes - October 2022

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to raise £948 for Jeans for Genes.

You are amazing and we couldn't do this without your support!!

We have received this lovely tweet from Jeans for Genes

Read for Good 2021-2022

We would like to thank all the students who took part in Read for Good sponsored reads during 2021 and 2022.

You have helped to raise the wonderful amount of £282! This money will be used to buy books for young people in hospital.

Harvest 2022

A huge thank you to everyone who donated items for our Harvest collection in September 2022. The donations will be shared with Leyland Food Bank and Wade Hall Community Association.

Here is a message from our Chaplain Luke:

"God tells us to give with a cheerful heart, and we are so proud of all our students and staff who have donated so generously to our local food banks this Harvest. Thank you to all involved and God Bless!"

NSPCC Number Day 2022

A huge thank you to everyone who took part and supported the NSPCC Number Day in 2022.

You helped us to raise £668.50 for the NSPCC which is amazing!

Thank you to the NSPCC for this lovely certificate:

 

You can read more about the NSPCC Number Day here.

Lenten Charity Fortnight 2022

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s Lenten Charity fortnight. With your help we managed to raise £3344.93 which is absolutely fantastic!

All the funds raised will be donated to Ukraine.

We were amazed to see so many contributions not just from our students and teachers but parents of our students too.

There was a huge and fabulous variety of fundraising events that took place during our Lenten Charity fortnight and you can read more about them here.

Staff Charity Football Friendly- February 2022

In February 2022, we hosted our second Staff Charity Football Friendly. Following on from Children’s Mental Health Week the decision was made to donate the money to Lancashire Mind and this helped us to raise the wonderful amount of £353.50 for Lancashire Mind. You can read more about this fun event here.

Support for Ukraine 2022

We were overwhelmed with the generous donations that we have received for the people in Ukraine from families, staff, along with staff from Marks and Spencers who donated too. You can read more about this here.

We have received this certificate from International Aid Trust for the donations we were able to provide in 2022.

 

NSPCC Number Day 2022

A huge thank you to all staff, students, parents/carers who took part in any way or donated towards the NSPCC Number Day 2022.

The final total was a huge £327, which will all be donated to the NSPCC.

You can read more about Number Day here.

Christmas Hampers 2021

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated food, drink and cards for the Christmas hampers appeal again this year.

Once again, the hampers are absolutely fantastic and we really do think that this must be the best year ever.

Your kindness is amazing and they will make fantastic gifts for the clients of the Leyland Centre, Age Concern Dementia Friendship Centre and St Andrew's Church.

You can read more here.

International Aid Trust Shoebox Appeal 2021

Our Middle School Council and Mrs Mackintosh organised shoeboxes for International Aid Trust.

Tutor Groups were asked to bring in items for the shoeboxes and our Middle School Council representatives did a fabulous job of checking and sorting the boxes 44 shoeboxes 

A huge thank you to everyone who supported this wonderful charity and helped us to make Christmas a little brighter for the children who will receive the boxes.

You can read more here.

Staff Charity Football Friendly - November 2021

In November 2021, we hosted our first Staff Football Friendly, for Children in Need. This wonderful evening of football fun and helped us to raise the wonderful amount of £141.56 for Children in Need.

You can read more here.

Royal British Legion Poppy Collection - November 2020 and November 2021

£244.68 was raised for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal in 2020 and 2021.

A huge thank you to everyone for their support and helped us to raise this money.

We have received this thank you card from The Royal British Legion:

Sadly, due to Covid-19, we haven't been able to take part in the majority of fundraising for charities, as previous years. 

Please see details below on how your support has helped prior to Covid-19:

Christmas Hampers 2020

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has donated food, drink and cards for the Christmas hampers appeal again this year. The hampers are fantastic and we think that this must be the best year ever. Your kindness is amazing and they will make fantastic gifts for the clients of the Age Concern, Dementia Centre, King St Day Care Centre and deserving members of St Andrew's Church. We know that this would not happen without your generosity, time and effort. You are fabulous!

Many thanks to everyone in school who has helped with co-ordinating this work - it wouldn't happen without you!

Steve Haycocks delivered a selection of hampers this morning to Age Concern. Annette McLeod, from Age Concern, passed her thanks on and said "Lovely to meet you today and to thank you face to face for these beautiful hampers.  What a fantastic team effort and very much appreciated.”

Please see a selection of the fabulous festive hampers below and Steve Haycocks delivering the hampers to Age Concern this morning.

Christmas Hampers 2020

Christmas Hampers - December 2019

A huge thank you to everyone who donated food and drink to our annual Christmas hamper appeal. We have been able to deliver over 40 hampers to the people in the local area who are in need of support at Christmas. The hampers really do make a difference and make Christmas a little brighter.

We have received the following letter from Age Concern thanking students and families for their support:

 

Shoe Box Appeal for International Aid Trust - November 2019

Thank you to everybody who donated gifts to the International Aid Trust appeal. Fifty three shoe boxes were donated and packed and £31 was raised to help with the delivery costs. 

Children in Need - November 2019

An amazing total of £452.70 was raised for Children in Need at our Talent Show. A great evening of entertainment for all the family. Thank you to everyone who supported this event.

Royal British Legion Poppy Collection - November 2019

£123.22 was raised for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Thank you to everyone who supported and helped us to raise this money.

 

Harvest Foodbank - October 2019

In October 2019, we collected food for the Harvest foodbank. Thank you for all of your donations that help those in need in the local area.

Jeans for Genes (non-uniform day) - October 2019

£868.54 raised for non-uniform day supporting Jeans for Genes. Thank you to everyone who paid their money to support this amazing charity.

 

Macmillan Coffee and Cake - September 2019

£183.80 raised in the cake sales. Thank you to all the supporters, bakers and buyers for helping to raise money for Macmillan.

We would like to thank our students and their families, teachers and everyone that helps, for the fantastic support and fundraising so far!

Here are some charities we helped raise money for in 2018:

  • Jeans for Genes (non-uniform day) - £890.48
  • Children in Need (Talent Show) - £305
  • Save the Children (Christmas jumper day) - £127.40
  • Bethany Project (Music Christmas concert) £218

You can see what we did in aid of 'Age Concern' here.

You can see what we did for the 'Samaritans Shoe Box Appeal' here 

You can see more information on Balshaw's Got Talent in aid of Children in Need here.

We would like to thank our students and their families, teachers and everyone that helps for another fantastic fundraising year!

 

 

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