Year 9 Students from Nottingham High School donated £1974.73 to local charity the Nottinghamshire Hospice. This will be spent on supporting their patients and loved ones with care in their homes, complementary therapies and emotional support.
On the 17th September Year 9 utilised Activities day to focus on charity and #Helpingothers. The day started with a lesson on good citizenship, what makes a beneficial citizen and how to fundraise. Rebecca from our chosen charity, Nottinghamshire Hospice came in to give a talk to the year group about their work but also about charities in general and their need to fundraise and how they go about this.
The year group then travelled up to Sherwood Pines for a 10km sponsored walk, spirits were high and everyone enjoyed the fresh air while raising money for the hospice.
The amount raised will provide either 80 complementary therapies for patients or their loved ones, or 10 nights of overnight care in someone’s home from a nurse or palliative care assistant to allow their relatives / carers to have a precious night of rest, or 60 visits to people in Nottinghamshire by the palliative care team either during the day or at night to support them.
Rachel Hucknall from Chief Executive Officer at Nottinghamshire Hospice said “It really is an incredible amount. Our fundraising and retail income has been hit by the pandemic so this amount is even more important now than ever before”.
To find out more about Nottinghamshire Hospice or to help support them, you can visit their website here or follow them on Twitter.
Well done to Year 9 for this amazing amount raised, we can’t wait to see how you go forward with your new fundraising knowledge & experience.
