Read all about the multiple award-winning charity work, that I undertook with my high school students over five years, in two socio-economically deprived areas in South Wales, UK.
Discover why Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity in Cardiff, Wales, UK was the most popular student choice for fundraising and engaging in social action in school, the local and wider communities.
Through five 'First Give' programmes that I led my teaching colleagues to deliver to a year group of students (aged 13-14), these inspirational students raised over £32,000 for thirty-one local and national charities!
Three of my students won UK awards in recognition of their phenomenal social action!
Five of my students won European Virgin Atlantic, 'Be The Change Scholarships' to spend three weeks in Rajasthan, India, to help build a school for a local community. Each scholarship was worth £3,500. That is £17,500 in scholarships!
Two of my students won the global 'Diana Award' - This is the most prestigious global award that young people aged 9-25 can win, for their social action or humanitarian work!
In March 2019, I was invited by Kensington Palace to take three of my inspirational students to a private meeting with H.R.H. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Wembley Arena, London, UK.
The royal couple wanted to meet a small group of students (from just four UK schools) who were attending 'WE Day UK' (12,000 students and teachers) to celebrate children's social action and humanitarian work in their local communities.
We were honoured to be the only school from Wales invited!
It was the proudest moment of my twenty-six year teaching career, watching my students rub shoulders with royalty, who were charming and utterly fascinated to speak with my students and hear all about their social action projects both in South Wales and in the Northwest of India!
