Donations delivered

It was wonderful to welcome Jane and Issy from the Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group to assembly. They came along to thank the children and all our parents for the fundraising gift and also to explain how our money will help them help people with Down Syndrome.

The Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group is one of the four charities we have supported as a school for the last three years - raising an incredible £31,812 to divide between them. Each charity has been given £7,953 and we will be presenting each with a ‘giant’ cheque over the next few weeks.

Mrs Barker said: “We are so delighted to have raised this extraordinary amount of money for our school charities in such a challenging three-year period. I am hugely grateful to the support of our Charity Committee but especially all our pupils and their parents who have inspired us again and again with their fundraising power.”

Here are the charities we donated to and what they do:

Chichester Down Syndrome Support Group: provides support to local children with Down Syndrome, as well as their families, in the Chichester and Arun districts of West Sussex. The group offers a large range of activities as well as providing funding for private speech and language therapy.

Team Unlimbited: prints 3D hands for children who were born without them. They share their designs nationally and internationally and work on developing and improving the devices that are on offer.

Sausage Tree Charity: raises funds to advance the education and well-being of children in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia.

Westbourne House Bursary Fund: for local children who have strong potential in academics, music or sport, but who otherwise would not have access to a Westbourne education.

The children have now voted for the next group of charities the school will support for the next three years – soon to be revealed!

Cheque presentation to Chichester Down Syndrome Group
Cheque presentation to Chichester Down Syndrome Group in assembly