Community Partnerships

St Hugh's has a long tradition of involvement in the local community, as well as supporting a wide range of local, national and international charities throughout the year. 

Our House fundraising initiative means that pupils think about the ways in which we can all make a positive difference to local, national and global issues. We encourage the children to appreciate how fortunate we are within our school community, raising awareness of those who are in need, and giving them the opportunities to think of ways of supporting those less fortunate

CHARITY & CoMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 2024-2025

Each of the four school Houses vote for and adopt a charity for a two year period. These charities are predominantly local organisations and we invite representatives into school to explain how the money raised has been spent.  Pupils are, therefore, able to hear the difference that their help makes through the school’s fundraising initiatives and the generosity of our parents. 

We are delighted to have raised over £28,000 during our 2022-2024 fundraising period for The Big Step Forward, Blue Skye Thinking, Yellow Submarine and Cancer Research UK. For the next two years, 2024-2026, Chislehurst is supporting Seesaw, and Malvern has chosen to support SSNAP (Supporting Sick Newborn And their Parents). Carswell is supporting Pennyhooks Farm Trust and Bickley has chosen Be Free YC. We look forward to being able to make a difference to these four worthwhile charities through a range of fundraising activities.

In addition to House initiatives, we continue to support other local and national organisations.  The children thoroughly enjoy our annual 'Hello Yellow Day' with the charity Young Minds, and we are delighted to continue our fundraising for the annual Poppy Appeal, Children in Need, Comic Relief and others.

Once again, we will be supporting our local foodbanks with the proceeds of our Harvest Festival collections. Middle and Upper School will share their donations with Faringdon Food Bank and Pre-Prep are collecting for the Abingdon Food Bank this year.

We are most grateful to have the continued support of our parents, children and staff with these initiatives.