Feeding Communities

We are dedicated to supporting the charity Feeding Communities which gives carers a month's worth of Friday night meals for them and their family so they can have some respite from cooking.

Students within the School have been volunteering with the charity for several months and helped cook, package and deliver over 1600 boxes to the grateful families.

In addition, the School, together with our catering contractors Thomas Franks, have been cooking, packing and distributing almost 2000 meals to local families and primary schools in the area. This has been funded by the School and our Sixth Form students have been volunteering to assemble the meals.

One of our students created a fabulous calendar using spectacular photography from talented students and staff, which have been sold to aid the charity. The School Art Department helped Dulcie with the layout and formatting of the calendar and the school print office printed beautiful glossy calendars. The initiative was promoted by the school on all social media channels and the calendars sold in school.

Subsequently, the money raised (almost £900) was matched by the Thomas Franks Foundation up to £2000 and hundreds of meals were produced for distribution to those in need in the local community.

We have bought a community freezer which is located in school, which is filled with home-made meals for members of the community to access should they need a good meal throughout the year.  

Aims

To provide meals for members of the community who are in need.

Background

Students within the School have been volunteering with the charity for several months and helped cook, package and deliver over 1600 boxes to the grateful families.

These individuals pushed the initiative forward, grew and developed it and it was supported by our catering contractor - Thomas Franks, who run the Thomas Franks Foundation - committed to helping local people in need. We then teamed up with the charity Feeding Communities to identify the need and target appropriately.

Resources

All meals created in our school kitchen by our catering staff, packed and distributed by Sixth Formers and staff.

The calendar was printed in-house, costs covered by the school and sold amongst the local community

Impact

Almost 2000 meals were created in our school kitchens by our catering staff and Sixth Formers, packed and distributed.

Almost £900 was raised by the sale of calendars (then matched up to £2000 by the Thomas Franks Foundation) to pay for the meals.

Pupil Involvement

Sixth Form students were involved in creating, packing and distributing meals to local schools and to the local community.

A Year 10 student singlehandedly masterminded the creation and sales of a calender using photographs of the local area to raise money to fund the initiative.

Frequency

This is an ongoing initiative and will continue throughout the years.

It is the second year of the calendar creation and sales