Charity at the heart of King’s Hawford

Over recent years, pupils at King’s Hawford have worked tirelessly to raise money for charity, including a number of different local, national and international charities. The pupils themselves are particularly passionate about each and every charity that they support, with this year possibly being the most passionate yet!

Launching the King’s Hawford charitable campaigns for the academic year 2022 / 23, during the course of Charities Assembly earlier this week Mr Stigant asked pupils what the word ‘charity’ actual meant . As you can imagine, there was no shortage of volunteers to answer this question; however, everyone agreed that the idea of charity was giving something to someone who is less fortunate than oneself, be that time, money or food, to name a few.

Having supported Project Gambia last year, the children at King’s Hawford expressed a wish to continue to support this most worthwhile cause for another year. The £3,000 the school raised last year went to refurbish Wisdom School in The Gambia. The refurbishment included the installation of new windows, and providing playground equipment, as well as resurfacing of the playground itself. In addition to raising money, King’s Hawford are involved in other projects such as uniform donation and the Global Citizen Award. Bev Hodt (the Founder) has become a regular visitor to the school and we are delighted to see the relationship with Project Gambia developing into a true partnership in which the children see relevance and the impact that their efforts are having.

 

The third charity is decided by the pupils and this year six potential charities were put forward by pupils. After pupil presentations in front of the school in assembly, the final decision was put to the pupil vote! During the assembly, Florrie, Jasper, Annie and Zara gave a very knowledgeable presentation in support of Cancer Research UK. Teddy’s presentation for Indigo Volunteers was backed by a special, personal message from the charity lead, who recorded a special message for Teddy to play in assembly. Fin gave a passionate presentation in support of Midlands Air Ambulance a charity that is very close to his family, whilst Jess, who only joined us at King’s Hawford last week,  gave a very confident presentation in support of the Grace Kelly Childhood cancer Trust which was set up by her mother in memory of Jess’ older sister Grace. Issie, Arya, Erin championed The Little Princess Trust, a charity they already support with Issie having donated her hair to the cause during the Summer term. Pip K, Philippa P and Sophie W gave a lovely presentation about The Dogs Trust, before Michelle Z’s presentation raised awareness of a rare skin condition called EB. Michelle was championing DEBRA EB a charity that her neighbours support to fundraise for their grandson who suffers with this very painful, life-limiting condition.

Following the assembly, pupils voted in classrooms. GKCCT was the winner, with the Dogs Trust proving a popular choice with our Pre-Prep pupils.

Nominated by Year 4 pupil, Jess Kelly (Grace’s sister), who presented in her case in assembly, this was the charity chosen by Jess’ peers from Year 1 to Year 6.

We look forward to supporting all three charities over the coming 12 months.