Charity Work and Fundraising

As a school we do an amazing amount of fundraising and support for both local and national charities. Our students are keen to engage in many fundraising activities to help those less fortunate than themselves. We sell poppies in school on behalf of the Royal British Legion to support those who have given their lives for their country or been injured in action.

In the Autumn term we ask for food donations for our Harvest collection and the donations are given to the local food bank. Later in the term, collections begin for Christmas hampers that are shared with the elderly in the local community, either directly to the care home or via Regenerage. We have also had non-uniform days in school that help to raise money for a number of different charities that have included; Jeans for Genes, Save the Children. During our Lenten Charity fortnight students decide which charities they would like to support - you can read more about our 2026 fundraising here.

There are numerous cake sales with donations that have previously been made to Alzheimer's UK and Macmillan Cancer Support among others. Previous Family Fun Day and Spring Fair monies raised were donated to St. Catherine’s Hospice along with a sponsored 5k cross-country fun run in school for students and money raised was shared between Cancer Research UK and St.Catherine’s Hospice.

Over the last year few years our amazing team of staff, students and their families have helped to raise over £20,000. We are so very grateful to everyone for all of their support as we couldn’t do it without you.

You can see a selection of our wonderful fundraising below.

Harvest Donations 2026

You can read more here.

Salvation Army Toy Appeal - Christmas 2026

We are supporting the Salvation Army Christmas Toy Appeal for 2026.

We would be grateful for unwrapped donations for ages 0-16 and for all genders.

Thank you in advance for making Christmas a little brighter for those in need.

Donations can be handed in at the office or given directly to Mrs Bache in school.The last date for donations is Monday 30th Novmeber.

Please see the details below from the Salvation Army website:

We believe every child deserves a new gift at Christmas so we are unable to take used or second hand items for the Christmas Present Appeal.

  • 0-3 years:  dolls, teddy bears, cot mobiles, baby clothes, bath toys, puzzles
  • 3-5: dolls and action figures, cars, lorries, colouring sets, pencils, crayons, books, puzzles
  • 5-9: educational games & toys, stationery (colouring sets, pencils, crayons, school sets), books, puzzles, wordsearch, crosswords
  • 9-12: games and toys, stationery, books, t-shirts, hair accessories, gloves, scarves, hats
  • 13-16: books, make-up and toiletries (please try to ensure non-allergic ingredients if possible), gloves, scarves, hats, t-shirts, hair accessories and gift vouchers

Over the years, millions of children and young people have benefited from gifts donated to The Salvation Army.

By giving a gift to our Christmas Present Appeal you can make a real difference in someone’s life at Christmas.

We thank the Salvation Army for the use of their image for the toy appeal.

Languages Week 2026 - Macmillan Cake Sale 

During Languages Week 2026, students were asked to bake an international themed cake and they did the most wonderful job! The delicious cakes were then sold and helped to raise £176.32 for Macmillan.

A huge thank you to all of our creative bakers and thank you to everyone who came along to buy.

We thanks Macmillan Cancer Support for this lovely tweet

Mary Poppins Jr! 

Our wonderful production of Mary Poppins Jr!, helped to raise the amazing amount of £911 that will be shared between Lancashire Mind and Brian House Children's Hospice.

Well done to everyone and a huge thank you for your support.

Lenten Charity 2026

Our wonderful Lenten Charity Fundraising week took place from Monday 23rd March to Friday 27th March.

The amazing total raised is £3559.28.

This will be shared equally between the following charities as chosen by our four houses:

You can read more here.

Christmas Hampers 2025

We would like to say a huge thank you to all students, parents and carers for your donations to the Christmas Hampers.

As you can see from the photographs, they were fabulous.

The ladies from Regenerage and The Leyland Centre were amazed and very grateful for your generosity.The hampers were a very welcome gift to for the elderly people in our community.

You can read more here.

Royal British Legion Poppy Sales 2025

A huge thank you to anyone who bought a Poppy and helped to raise the wonderful amount of £284.70 for the Royal British Legion and all of our students who helped to sell them.

Languages Week 2025 Macmillan Cake Sale

There was a delicious bake sale competition with an international twist. Our students did an amazing job and there were some fantastic baked creations! These entries also contributed to the MFL Interhouse Cup Challenge! 

A huge thank you to everyone who baked or bought on the day and helped to raise an impressive £284.86 that was donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. 

 

Harvest Collection - Autumn 2025

We would like to thank our students, their families and our staff for their incredible generosity shown for our Harvest collection.

We were overjoyed to have dropped off such an amazing amount of items to the Leyland Food Bank to help those in need in the local area.

You can read more here.

Macmillan Cancer Support - Autumn 2025

We were able to raise the wonderful amount of £284.86 during our International Bake Sale in celebration of Languages Week in the Autumn term of 2025!

All the money was donated to Macmillan Cancer Support and we received this lovely letter below and tweet thanking us for our support.

We pass on our grateful thanks to all of our bakers and buyers for helping to raise this money for such an important charity.

You can see more here.

Lenten Charity - Spring 2025

Our annual exciting Lenten Charity fundraising took place between Monday 24th March to Friday 4th April.

We are absolutely delighted to say that the fabulous amount of £4587.27 was raised!

A huge thank you to everyone who supported this fundraiser in any way and helped us be able to donate this wonderful amount that will be shared between Derian House, St.Catherine’s and Galloway Society for the Blind.

You can read more here.

We received this brilliant certificate from Derian House thanking us for the money we raised.

Care Kits 2024

Firstly, we wanted thank you to everyone who donated toiletries for our 'Care Kits'. 

As a school you helped to collect a WHOPPING 978 ITEMS!

These items will make a massive difference to the lives of people in our local community. The two chosen charities are:

  • SLEAP - a homeless charity for 16-24 year olds
  • Wade Hall Community Centre

Christmas Hampers 2024

A massive thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Hamper collection in December 2024.

You can read more here.

Harvest 2024

We are very thankful for all the donations that were given for our Harvest collection.

You can read more here.

Harvest 2023

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Harvest collection again this year.

Your generosity is amazing and makes such a difference to those who need support.

There was a special Harvest service at St.Andrew's, where the donations were displayed, before they were given to the local food banks.

Refugee Week - June 2023

We supported refugee week in June 2023 with a number of events.

Our Middle School Council bake and popsicle sale raised the wonderful amount of £133.50!

A huge thank you to everyone who organised, baked and bought which helped. The money will be donated to the Sanctuary Foundation. You can read more about the Sanctuary Foundation here.

You can read more about Refugee Week here.

Lenten Charity Fortnight - March 2023

There were a wonderful range of activities including; football cards, basketball shoot outs, military parades, guess the rabbit name, guess how many sweets in a jar, guess the number of books in our Library, raffles for various different prizes, film club, music concerts, making and selling keyrings, penalty shoot out, water balloons/soak a teacher, photobooth, Easter hamper, selling LOTS of lollies, a non uniform day and of course a spectacular teacher's head shave at the final hour!

Through all of that we have raised a WHOPPING £3,505.98 in just 10 days. That is absolutely phenomenal and the money raised will be donated to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

A group of students and staff went on a visit to Alder Hey to donate this wonderful amount and they were absolutely delighted with the donation!

You can read more about their wonderful work here.

You can read more about our previous charity and fundraising activities below: 

 

Harvest 2023

We wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our Harvest collection again this year.

Your generosity is amazing and makes such a difference to those who need support.

There was a special Harvest service at St.Andrew's, where the donations were displayed, before they were given to the local food banks.

Refugee Week - June 2023

We supported refugee week in June 2023 with a number of events.

Our Middle School Council bake and popsicle sale raised the wonderful amount of £133.50!

A huge thank you to everyone who organised, baked and bought which helped. The money will be donated to the Sanctuary Foundation. You can read more about the Sanctuary Foundation here.

You can read more about Refugee Week here.

 

Lenten Charity Fortnight - March 2023

There were a wonderful range of activities including; football cards, basketball shoot outs, military parades, guess the rabbit name, guess how many sweets in a jar, guess the number of books in our Library, raffles for various different prizes, film club, music concerts, making and selling keyrings, penalty shoot out, water balloons/soak a teacher, photobooth, Easter hamper, selling LOTS of lollies, a non uniform day and of course a spectacular teacher's head shave at the final hour!

Through all of that we have raised a WHOPPING £3,505.98 in just 10 days. That is absolutely phenomenal and the money raised will be donated to Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Hospital.

A group of students and staff went on a visit to Alder Hey to donate this wonderful amount and they were absolutely delighted with the donation!

You can read more about their wonderful work here.