Charity of the Term

King’s Week FeteThe Charities of the Term for Autumn 2010, chosen by the pupils, are Five Talents and the Canterbury District Citizens Advice Bureau.  Collections taken at Cathedral services and proceeds from other events will support this cause.

Recent Charities of the Term include: Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour TrustThe Encephalitis SocietyRufiji Leprosy Trust, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Magic BusSkin Tumour FundWaterford Kamhlaba UWCSAYoung Minds, Laura Crane Trust, Footprints, International Rescue CommitteeProstate Cancer CharityFuture Hope India, Hope Romania, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and the Sereolipi Education Trust, Kenya.

Recent charity events have included: a concert at St John's Smith Square in aid of London Music Masters; the Jervis charity dinner and concert in aid of Magic Bus; the St Augustine's fête in aid of Canterbury Young Carers; a Sixth Form Ball in aid of Right to Dream; a Charity Fashion Show in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer; the Walpole Valentine Carnations in aid of Whizz Kidz and the Meningitis Research Foundation; the School House Sixth Form Charity Ball in aid of Vicky's Water Project, the King's Week Gala Symphony Concert appropriately supporting Future Talent; a rock concert, in aid of the TreeHouse Trust, which aims to build an educational centre of excellence for children with autism.