As part of our Community Engagement each House has selected a charity to support across the academic year in various ways. Previously we have raised funds by rowing the distance of the channel, awareness and support in engaging with assemblies and even visits to the charities.

We are extremely proud of our links with these organisations and non-more so than Phoenix’s link to Mary Ann Evans Hospice. As a local hospice they are quite often overlooked in funding, with a large portion going to national charities. Although this is not a competition it is imperative we do what we can to support the local ones and non-more deserving than Mary Ann Evans.

As part of this the initiative by Phoenix this year has been to collect donations from members of staff which can then be sold in the town’s charity shop. The donation bins arrived on the last week of term and we are overwhelmed to say they are full to bursting in under one week. A big thank you to all members of staff for the donations.

As a result the collection of the bins has been scheduled forward to allow for another round of donations by members of staff. A big thank you to all for supporting with this.