Charity News Update and a New Charity for us to Support

This Christmas Term we are continuing to raise money for Guide Dogs and our local Yeovil Breast Cancer Unit Appeal.

We have already sent cheques for over a £1,000 for the Yeovil Breast Cancer Unit Appeal and over £2,000 for the Guide Dogs. Having had another mufti day, with pupils paying to wear their own clothes, we have raised another £350. This will contribute towards us naming a new puppy, helping provide training for a person with sight loss and more resources for the Yeovil Breast Cancer Unit.

A New Charity for King's Pupils to Support

In January, we are raising money for ‘School in a Bag’. This is an initiative that delivers rucksacks full of stationary, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, orphaned, vulnerable and disaster affected children around the world. Each rucksack costs only £20. We can also receive photos of the new owners of these school bags.

We have chosen this charity because:

• It is local and the money we raise goes directly to the children.
• The bags offer hope to children who desperately need an education and brighter future.
• We aim for each pupil at King’s to think beyond themselves and help others who are less fortunate. We hope that each King’s pupil will raise £20 so we are able to send 350 school bags to a war torn part of the world.

Alison Grant - Deputy Head