Charities

It has been a busy term for LHS charity with all the classes entering into the spirit to raise almost £7,000 to date. Our chosen school charity for the autumn term, Rebuilding Sri Lanka, will receive over £5500 towards refurbishing Galpoththawala school.

We have again supported the Myasthenia Gravis Association with year 7 and 8 girls planting daffodil bulbs alongside the newly established “Chesterton” hedge. Our participation in the national “Big Coffee Morning” for the Macmillan Nurses was a resounding success with year 12s selling hot chocolate and home baked cakes to raise £253. The whole school supported Children in Need, with a fun dressing up non-uniform day and 11JBS won the prize for the most imaginative costumes as mummies! Our annual Tearfund and Fair Trade café was well supported by pupils, staff and parents raising several hundred pounds for craft workers in the developing world. The Charnwood Toy Appeal, organised by 13RT, raised £150 in cash and collected bin liners full of children’s toys for local distribution. A joint LHS-LGS year 8 disco proved to be another hit, raising well over £900 for Rebuilding Sri Lanka. Once again the shoe box appeal proved to be highly successful with the years 7 and 8 creating over 50 boxes for needy children in the Ukraine, while the upper school will donate their boxes to the Salvation Army for distribution in Loughborough.

A culture of giving is truly embedded in the school and we are thankful for all the support that the girls, parents and friends provide to enable us to continue our charity work.