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CONGRATULATIONS TO LONG MEADOW PRIMARY SCHOOL

How £240 became £4,200 !!

In September 2010 the Deputy Head Teacher wrote to us seeking our support for a scheme to raise money for a mutually agreed charity. We were asked to contribute £240 in order that 240 children could receive £1 each and over a six week period starting in February 2011 find ways of generating a profit after buying materials for cleaning cars, baking cakes etc…The aims of the project were to develop children’s understanding of business, improve their writing skills by providing reports on their activities and making a positive contribution to the lives of others.

By chance we had recently received a request for support from a national charity, the Child Bereavement Charity. Given that a pupil in the school had died in the summer of 2010 it made sense that this should be the chosen charity.

The plan proved far more successful than was ever imagined. Many children, with the support of their parents as well as the school, raised over £100 each. Some realised that working together gave them more starting capital. Two boys collected and sold sports equipment making a total of £248.  Large numbers of cakes, biscuits, and cards were made and sold at a profit. The purchase of a sealed money box and taken to the work place of the boy’s father raised £117 in fines for swearing, bad jokes, rudeness and lateness for work! Sadly one young lad was obliged to report that his ‘business’ had gone ‘bankrupt’. On 16th May 2011 a cheque for £4,200 was given to a representative of the charity.

 An incredible achievement – well done Long Meadow

Roger Boulton
Chair of Service Projects Committee