Boundary Oak students raise £1,500 for the Trussell Trust
Students and teachers at Boundary Oak, an independent day and boarding school for students aged 2 to 16 years in Hampshire, have raised nearly £1,500 for the Trussell Trust. Year 7 students at the school in Fareham also collected hundreds of food items from students, teachers and staff for their local food bank.
The Trussell Trust is a national charity that supports people and families in poverty. With more than 14 million people in the UK living in poverty (including 4.5 million children) the Trussell Trust campaigns for a UK without the need for food banks.
Led by Year 7 Tutor Mrs Sofia Almeida-Field, Boundary Oak students helped to raise awareness for the national charity at the school by creating artistic posters and discussing the project at a school assembly. A non-school uniform day was also held to raise funds, which were collected via a JustGiving page set up by Mrs Almeida-Field. The total amount raised currently stands at £1,483.
Spearheading efforts for the Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank were Year 7 pupils Winnie Ball and Max Pestell, who did an amazing job of collecting food items from across the school from students, parents and staff. Supplies were then delivered to the food bank using the school’s minibus.
The drive to support the Trussell Trust at Boundary Oak was the idea of Mrs Sofia Almeida-Field, who was inspired by the charity’s fantastic work supporting people in food poverty. The Trussell Trust made headlines last year following national coverage of the government’s school meals policy.
Boundary Oak’s Mrs Almeida-Field said: ‘I am immensely proud of our students, the parents and the staff for really getting behind our campaign to raise funds for the Trussell Trust and supplies for our local food bank. When I learnt of the Trussell Trust’s brilliant work battling food poverty I wanted to do something to give back to the community. I firmly believe that no child in the UK should go hungry.’
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