Millions of UK children will be invited to tune in to one big school assembly as they are encouraged to take on a special 100 challenge as part of a brand-new fundraising initiative. The Captain Tom 100 is being organised by The Captain Tom Foundation with London Marathon Events to …
Read More »Schools countdown to NSPCC’s Number Day 2019
The NSPCC is encouraging schools across the UK to take part in their ‘Number Day’ on Friday 1st February, 2019. Number Day is a maths-inspired fundraising day for children in nursery right through to secondary school,with free downloadable activities suitable for all ages and abilities. Some of these fun curriculum-based …
Read More »Dragonfly Tea and Henley Literary Festival launch nationwide children’s writing competition and pledge support to Beanstalk
Children aged five to 15 across the country are being invited to enter the Dragonfly Tea Story Competition, with book vouchers and a prize-giving at one of the UK’s leading book festivals on offer to the winners. 2018 marks the fourth consecutive year the Berkshire-based tea company has teamed up …
Read More »Falcons Pre-Prep Superheroes raise over £3,000
Superheroes at Falcons Pre-Preparatory School for Boys have recently participated in a ‘funathalon’, raising over £3,000 for their charity of the year. Determined pupils at the Chiswick-based school dressed up as their favourite superhero and competed in an energetic assault course. In a bid to raise much-needed funds for Syria …
Read More »Fairfax pupils reveal their talent to raise money for Comic Relief
A Birmingham school has found its X-factor following an annual talent show to raise money for charity. Pupils at Fairfax, which is run by Fairfax Multi- Academy Trust, took part in a week-long competition in aid of Comic Relief. Two acts from each house in the school were invited to …
Read More »St Mary’s students run to raise money for mental health charity
Every student at St Mary’s Senior School in Lexden Road, Colchester, many sporting imaginative fancy dress outfits, tackled a challenging course for the schools’ annual cross-country competition on 13 October. Students competed in their year groups, with Year 10 and 11 girls continuing the St Mary’s tradition of wearing fancy …
Read More »GoFundMe to Award £5,000 in ‘Go Fund My Education’ Contest
Crowdfunded Classrooms: Online educational crowd-funding campaigns show an incredible increase of over 200 percent since last year GoFundMe, the world’s largest social fundraising platform, today announced the ‘Go Fund My Education’ contest, the first ever GoFundMe contest to run in the UK. The contest will launch on 4 October 2016 …
Read More »Schools urged to sign up to Jeans for Genes Day this month
Jeans for Genes Day is celebrating its 20th year of fundraising for children with genetic disorders on Friday 18th September 2015, and this year a host of celebrities are backing the campaign including Kate Moss, Amanda Holden and SpongeBob Square Pants. Jeans for Genes Day is a fun and educational …
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