About Whitgift: Whitgift Charities

Updated: Mon 11 Feb 2013

At Whitgift, our charitable fundraising is an integral part of a pupil's education and development at the School. We are not simply individuals, but members of Form groups, Houses, the wider School community, families, and our society. Our links to others are important and our charity work reflects that link. We strive to choose charities for which our support will really make a difference as well as those we feel most strongly reflect Whitgift values.

Each year Whitgift boys raise money for two chosen charities, alternating between international and UK based organisations. If you have an idea for a Charity that you would like the School to support, please let us know.

These are the Charity events that happen each year:

Michaelmas Term	Selection of Charities and Sixth Form Charity Committee
	First Form Cake Sale
	First Form Charity Challenge
	Prefects’ Poker
	Upper School Charity Afternoon
	Upper School Charity Concert
	Carol Service
	Letter writing for Amnesty International (Lower School)
Lent Term	Tough Guy Endurance Race (Sixth Form)
	First Form Disco
	Comedy Night (Upper School)
	Easter Egg collection together with Croydon Commitment for the homeless
Trinity Term	Lower School Charity Day

Sixth Form Community Work Scheme

As part of the Charity programme we also run a Sixth Form Community Project which can be used by pupils as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award, or towards CAS requirements for the IB.

SNAP

Whitgift SNAP runs holiday programmes for developmentally disabled young people aged 5 to 25. Sixth form students can apply to volunteer to offer one-to-one care. Training is provided and the programme is an amazing opportunity for the young people to have a great holiday and for their families to have respite.

For more information about SNAP, visit http://www.whitgiftsnap.org.uk