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Last updated: 06 November 2009
Young people who have organised over 450 events in support of charity in the 2008/09 academic year, were presented with awards in recognition of their outstanding efforts in fundraising, social enterprise, volunteering and campaigning action. The students’ achievements are particularly inspiring, they have generated £106,000 in donations to local, national and international charities.
To enter the Giving Nation Awards, a Citizenship Foundation project, groups of students kept online diaries recording school based social and charitable action undertaken throughout the 2008/09 academic year - these included a range of activities such as sponsored dog walks, school sleepovers and fair trade campaigns.
Awards of up to £1,000 were given to the schools to further student-led, school-wide participation in charity, community and social action.
Schools of Excellence – Giving Nation Awards Winners were:
Torry Academy, Aberdeen
Queen Elizabeth School, Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria
Rushcliffe Comprehensive School, Nottingham
Loughborough High School, Loughborough
Alec Hunter Humanities College, Braintree, Essex
Felpham Community College, Bognor Regis, West Sussex
School of Excellence - Social Enterprise – Giving Nation Challenge Winner was Chatham Grammar School for Girls, Medway, Kent.
The Tibshelf School in Derbyshire received the prestigious ‘Most Outstanding School – Giving Nation Award’ for their examples of charity and community activity. As national winners the team were presented with a once-in-a lifetime opportunity: the chance to spend one week supporting the work of international development charity World Vision in Chennai, India. In early 2010 a student team from the school will travel to India to learn about the charity’s work with runaway children in the South Indian city.
Giving Nation is supported by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) and is a project of the Citizenship Foundation, a strategic partner of the OTS and an independent education and participation charity.
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