The Girls' Division has an excellent reputation for serving the
wider community. Girls gladly give their time to help others and to
organise fundraising activities for those less fortunate than
themselves.
The variety of activities in which our students take part range
from helping in hospices and youth centres, to organising
individual, class and whole school fundraising events, often for
charities which are of particular interest to them
individually.
The school's chosen 'link school' charity is SKCV (Street Kids
Community Villages). Based in Vijayawada, India, the charity is run
by the brother of one of our Charity Committee members, Mr Matthew
Norton. SKCV has become a particular favourite among the girls who
are constantly trying to find new and exciting ways to raise funds
for the children who have lived on the streets of India. In
December 2005, twenty Sixth Form students and four members of staff
visited the SKCV village. "The children were so open and giving,
despite not having much to call their own, that it was impossible
not to adore them," says Sheridan, Year 12. "Saying goodbye to them
was one of the hardest things I've ever done." Our chosen local
charity is "Fort Alice" for which we raised over £1,800 in
2007-2008.
Having raised approximately £18,800 for charity in the academic
year of 2007-2008 (the Sixth Form-led "Bolton School's Got Talent"
alone raised £5,000 for "Brake") we are constantly seeking ways in
which to equal or even surpass this impressive total!
This year, 2008-2009, Year 7 have focused on local charities,
Year 8 have collected funds for SKCV, Year 9 took part in a week of
fund-raising activities for "Children in Need", the Year 10
Christmas Post raised over £1,100 for "Build a School" and the
"Samantha Dixon Brain Tumour Trust" and the Middle School Drama
Clubs have raised funds for Derian House Children's Hospice.