Charities

RGS Worcester fundraising activities have been fantastically well supported by all members of the school community. Here is a breakdown of our recent events.

Trinity Term 2010

£2,600.00 - Noah's Ark Trust (RGS Fashion Show)
£200.00 - Rotary Club's 'End Polio Now' Appeal
£158.21 - The Emily Jordan Foundation (collection at Lower School Performance evening)
£169.38 - Worcestershire Breast Cancer Unit Appeal ('Think Pink' day)

Lent Term 2010

£24,318.72 - Save the Children Haiti Appeal
£118.10 - Maggs Day Centre (donations from Sixth Formers)
£1,559.03 - NSPCC (fundraising by Year 7)
£1,956.89 - St Richard's Hospice ('Flourishing Fivers' fundraising by Year 8)
£109.28 - Noah's Ark Trust (fundraising by 11D)
£220.00 - Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign (money raised at "RGS Has Talent')

Michaelmas Term 2009

£210.53 - Macmillan Cancer Support (Cake Sale)
Harvest donations - Maggs Day Centre
£56.61 - Acorns Children's Hospice (raised by 3 students from 7B with a sale of pre-loved toys)
185 filled shoeboxes - Operation Christmas Child
£200 - Leukaemia Research (cake sale by Alice and Josh Nott, 7D + friends)
£186.88 - Douglas House, Oxford (various events organised by 9B)
£1,303.13 - Children in Need (Mufti Day + individual fundraising events)
£342.31 - Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)
£43.15 - The Brooke (cake sale by Rebecca Shaw and students in 11E)
£242.40 - Wooden Spoon (sale of programmes at RGS v King's rugby match)
£72.44 - Help for Heroes (sale of refreshments at "Tribute to the Mercian Regiment' evening)
£30.70 - Acorns Children's Hospice (fundraising by 4 girls in 7C)
£165.25 - Greenpeace (wear a Rainbow accessory for £1 + cake sale 11B)
£100.00 - Foundation for Relief of Disabled Orphans (F.R.O.D.O.) (fundraising by 8C to help Romanian girl have operation)
£35 - WaterAid (MJR + Sixth Form Geographers)
£100 - Help for Heroes (cake sale by girls in 11A)
£580.50 - County Air Ambulance (donations in lieu of staff Christmas cards)
£1,370.57 - Birmingham Children's Hospital (retiring collection at our Carol Service in Worcester Cathedral)

Trinity Term 2009

£328 - Worcester Snoezelen (Sponsor money from RGS Worcester Triathlon)
£321.36 - Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign (Commemoration Service collection)
£75.30 - British Heart Foundation (‘Who’s The Daddy?’ Competition, 13ARM)
£1600.32 - Help for Heroes (Fundraising Day 19.6.09) Follow the link at the bottom of the page to see the range of activites from Help for Heroes Day.

Lent Term 2009

£34.12 - Worcester Snoezelen (Organ Recital collections, Arts Festival Week)
£302.17 - Acorns Children's Hospice ('Easter Morning' at RGS Springfield, 12SDH Tutor Group)
£150.00 - Emily Jordan Foundation (Old Girls' Lacrosse Match)
£54.00 - Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team (D of E Winter Mountaineering Trip)
£2254.36 - Red Nose Day 2009
£3442.84 - St Richard's Hospice (Lower School 'Flourishing Fivers' initiative)
£70 - Cancer Research (sale of St Valentine's Day biscuits by Catering Department)
£1409.46 - NSPCC (Fundraising by Year 7)

Michaelmas Term 2008

£282 - Macmillan Cancer Support (World's Biggest Coffee Morning)
Harvest Festival food donations to Salvation Army
£1,286.16 - Mufti Day for Emboreet Schools, Tanzania
96 filled shoeboxes - Operation Christmas Child
£293.12 - Royal British Legion (Poppy Appeal)
£257 - The Dan James Trust (through sale of programmes at RGS Worcester v King's Rugby match)
£1,299.75 - The Max Appeal (Carol Service Collection)
£611 - The Maggs Day Centre (donations in lieu of sending staff Christmas cards)
£30 - Water Aid (MJR and 6th Form Geographers)

Trinity Term 2008

£198 raised for Acorns Children's Hospice by students selling programmes at Lower School Speech Day.
£718 raised on Charity Day split equally between Acorns Children's Hospice and The County Air Ambulance.
£156.06 raised from the collection at the Commemoration Service at the Cathedral for Wooden Spoon.
£2,925 raised from the RGS Worcester Fashion Show split equally between St Richard's Hospice and The Maggs Day Centre.
£220 raised for Worcester Snoezelen from the RGS Worcester Triathlon.

Lent Term 2008

£533.13 raised for The Noah's Ark Trust by the Girls' Houses.
£900 raised on a Mufti Day to pay the college fees for Raymond Teekishe in Tanzania.
£1,554 raised by the Lower School for the NSPCC by taking part in a sponsored spell.
£100 raised for Worcester Snoezelen from a series of organ recitals organised by one of our students.

Michaelmas Term 2007

£354.75 raised for Macmillan Cancer Support - The World's Biggest Coffee Morning.
159 shoe boxes filled on behalf of Operation Christmas Child.
£1,215.59 raised in one day for Children in Need.
£1,362.06 raised for Acorns Children's Hospice at the Carol Service at the Cathedral.

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone involved for their time and enthusiasm that has made all of these events such a success!

Don't forget there are many items that you may have at home that can be used to raise money for charity.

If you have any of the following, please bring them to Mrs Margaret Sturdy - our tireless Charities Fundraiser - in Whiteladies and she will use them to benefit the following charities:

Used stamps - particularly commemoratives and foreign
Save the Children Fund and the British Kidney Patients' Association

Foreign coins and notes, pre-decimal British currency
Noah's Ark Trust

Used inkjet cartridges and toners
British Institute for Brain-Injured Children

Watches and jewellery (broken or not)
Royal National Lifeboat Institution

Help For Heroes News:

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/latest_news.html