insideKENT Magazine Issue 83 - February 2019 | Page 136

EDUCATION
SCHOOLBOY RAISES £1,250 FOR
THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
TV ROLES FOR COBHAM HALL GIRLS
January saw a great week of TV for Cobham Hall girls, with both a current
and former student appearing in ITV dramas.
There was excitement in the corridors following a part in ITV drama
Manhunt for Elder Jemima Woolnough followed by a Year 7 pupil,
Anya McKenna Bruce, starring in Cleaning Up as Lilly, the daughter of
Sheridan Smith’s lead Sam.
This follows hot on the heels of Jemima appearing as a Gryffindor Girl in
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald, and in the footsteps on regular on-
screen Alumnae such as Mishal Hussain (BBC Correspondent) and Alex
Crawford (Sky News).
Rory Mayes, a year 6 House Captain and student at Ashford Prep School, has
raised £1,250 for The British Heart Foundation. Rory, whose grandfather has
suffered brain damage following multiple cardiac arrests and whose mother has
recently been fitted with a pacemaker, hand-made and sold over 370 lavender-
scented cushions at his school and within his community.
Using hand-picked lavender from his own garden, Rory sewed each cushion
himself and sold them each for £2. His collection was almost doubled by other
generous donations amounting to £500.
Rory’s brother also suffers from a heart condition, and The British
Heart Foundation is a charity that is close to his heart. In raising this money, he
hopes to contribute something that aids with the important work that the
Foundation does.
KENT SCHOOLS INVITED TO JOIN ‘RECYCLE WITH MICHAEL’ CHALLENGE
Kent schools are being
encouraged to ‘Recycle with
Michael’, as part of an
initiative by The Salvation
Army Trading Company
Ltd to divert thousands
of tonnes of unwanted
clothing and shoes away
from landfill.
Local schools that sign up
to the scheme will be
challenged to fill as many
bags as possible before the
end of March 2019, for the
chance to be crowned
Michael’s recycling
champions. The winning
school – calculated as the
one with the highest ratio of bags to pupils – will receive a trophy, certificate and
a very special visit from Michael, the scheme’s mascot.
Designed especially for primary school-aged children, the programme is also an
important way for schools to generate much-needed funds – a percentage of the
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bags’ financial value is donated back
to the school to spend how they wish.
The remaining funds raised will go
towards supporting The Salvation
Army’s important work to help
vulnerable people from all walks of
life in communities across the UK.
The scheme aims to educate young
people about the importance of
recycling in a fun and engaging way.
The programme is supported by free
downloadable school materials such
as presentations, posters and lesson
plans which teach environmental and
charitable messages.
Kirk Bradley, Head of Corporate
Partnerships at The Salvation Army
Trading Company Ltd, commented:
“We’ve tried to make the scheme as
easy as possible for schools to take part
in. By following four simple steps,
schools across Kent can receive a
percentage of the proceeds from the
sale of their donations directly into
their school accounts.
“Many families sort and clear their
homes in the New Year. We hope our
competition will encourage everyone
to give unwanted items a new lease of
life. The initiative not only supports
local children but also local
communities through the work of The
Salvation Army to tackle homelessness,
poverty, addiction, modern slavery,
unemployment and loneliness.”
Recycle with Michael is a simple and
effective way to deal with the UK’s
fastest growing source of household
waste – textiles – as all donations are
either reused or recycled.
Schools can sign up by visiting
www.recyclewithmichael.co.uk to
register and request bags.