Pupils volunteer 1,000 hours for community projects
/Our Duke of Edinburgh students volunteer over 1,000 hours for community projects
June 1-7th is Volunteers’ Week – the annual celebration of the contribution made by millions of volunteers around the UK. I’d like to take this opportunity to herald all our pupils who volunteer as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. We run Bronze and Silver awards and are now offering the Gold Award to our Sixth Form students. In the last year, 125 of our Year 9 and 10 pupils have given a total of 1,157 hours of their time to helping others. Our pupils have helped the elderly, supported environmental projects, worked at local charity shops, led sports groups and volunteered at various school clubs and in faith communities. This is a huge collaborative achievement and is of enormous benefit to our local community. Thank you to them all!