“Pupils have a very strong sense of social justice and respond generously to fundraising for local, national and international causes such as CAFOD, Mission Together and other local appeals. The school works closely with local Care Homes.” Diocesan Section 50 Inspection 2019
At St Mary’s, we fully embrace the Church’s teaching’s on social justice and do everything we can to live out our faith by raising funds for the needy in our society both locally, nationally and globally. The Pupil Voice groups such as the Messengers of Christ, the School Council and the Eco Committee work collaboratively to plan a wide variety of events to fundraise, raise awareness and spread the word of God.
Here are some of the activities that we participate in each year:-
- Harvest festival food collections to make hampers for school families in need in addition to the local homeless and food bank charities
- Children in Need dress up day, dance-a-thon and bake sale
- Reverse Advent calendar for local homeless charity
- Rock-Your Socks day- raise funds for local Down Syndrome family based charity
- CAFOD Lenten appeal- e.g. Big Lent Walk
- Poppy day appeal
- Nightingale House hospice Christmas jumper day