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Volunteering and Fundraising at St Andrew’s

The emphasis has been on volunteering and fundraising at St Andrew’s Prep this week.
First, as part of our ‘Friday Lectures’ programme, the school welcomed Peter Moore of ‘People Matter’ an Eastbourne charity that aims to help local job seekers to obtain or retain employment and training. The subject of Peter’s talk was ‘The Value of Volunteering’ giving the children an insight into the opportunities for volunteering locally and how the experience of volunteering can affect you personally.

Then three of our younger children were given a spot in the limelight when St Wilfrid’s visited the school for some film making. The hospice is putting together a short film on fundraising and asked our children to talk about the fundraising that they have taken part in at school for the charity. St Andrew’s has made a number of donations over the years to the hospice with such things as collections after school events and services, cake sales and mufti days. One of the children had taken part in the St Wilfrid’s 10k Jim Jam walk raising over £1,200 for the hospice – a superb effort in walking and fundraising.