--- title: "Lenten Charity Fundraising 2025!" url: "https://balshaws.org.uk/news/2025-04-24-lenten-charity-fundraising-2025" school: "Balshaw’s Church of England High School" --- # Lenten Charity Fundraising 2025! ![Image of Lenten Charity Fundraising 2025!](https://files.schudio.com/balshaws/images/events/Lenten_Charity_fundraising_2025.JPG) 24 April 2025 Our annual exciting Lenten Charity fundraising took place between Monday 24th March to Friday 4th April. We are absolutely delighted to say that the fabulous amount of £4587.27 was raised! A huge thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser in any way and helped us be able to donate this wonderful amount that will be shared between [Derian House](https://www.derianhouse.co.uk/), [St.Catherine’s](https://www.stcatherines.co.uk/) and [Galloway Society for the Blind.](https://galloways.org.uk/) Our tutor groups came up with an amazing range events and activities, and you can see a selection below: Easter raffles, cake sale, basketball, Bop It Challenge, raffles, tuck shops, tombolas, sweet & lolly sales, strawberry pencil sales, lucky dips, krispy keyrings, freeze pop sales, crisp sales, penalty shoot out, darts, bottle flip competition, table tennis, egg pong, bubble tea shop and much more! There was some whole school fundraising too, including; - Staff Football Match - Tuesday 1st April – raised the fabulous amount of over £288. A wonderful event, with the best atmosphere! Please see the photographs below: [Embedded content](https://files.schudio.com/pdf/flipbook/?src=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.schudio.com%2Fbalshaws%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2F2025_-_April_-_Staff_charity_football_match.pdf) - Teaching Assistants - Treasure Hunt – raised over £17 - Book Sale in the Library – raised over £25 and with items only 20 pence each or 3 for 50 pence, this is an epic amount! - 'Wear Your Trainers To School' – raised over £370 ![](https://balshaws.org.uk/images/events/wear_your_trainers_to_school_Friday_4th_April.JPG) A huge thank you to our tutor groups for all their hard work, great ideas and helping to raise money to support others and our families for all their support and donations. Thanks also to Boba Tea Company for their generous donation of supplies for Worden 8’s Bubble Tea Shop which enabled us to raise over £300 and you can read more on their website [here](https://www.bobateacompany.co.uk/). You can read about our fundraising last year [here](https://www.balshaws.org.uk/news/2024-04-18-lenten-charity-fundraising-2024). [ Bedrock Achievements - March 2025](https://balshaws.org.uk/news/2025-04-03-bedrock-achievements-march-2025) [Year 7 Boys - South Ribble Champions ](https://balshaws.org.uk/news/2025-05-01-year-7-boys-south-ribble-champions) **Balshaw’s Church of England High School** Church Road Leyland PR25 3AH ### Useful Links - [Contact us](https://balshaws.org.uk/contact) - [Absence Reporting](https://balshaws.org.uk/absence-reporting) - [Future Events](https://balshaws.org.uk/future-events) - [Important Dates](https://balshaws.org.uk/calendar) © Copyright 2015–2026 Balshaw’s Church of England High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://balshaws.org.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)