Toni

Posted on 6/23/09

Many thanks for your reply! That is very helpful. Would you have
any recommendations as to how a smaller charity could best
approach a school? For example, is it best to submit a request in
writing, or would you know of any third party organisations that
my facilitate this?

Many thanks again.

On 6/23/09, Novel wrote:
> On 6/22/09, Toni wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone could please tell me how UK
>> schools (both primary/secondary schools, state and
>> independent) select charities to support? I have been told
>> that some schools let the students select charities, whereas
>> others schools support charities that approach them. If
>> anyone has any information this topic, I would be very
> grateful.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>
> It does seem to be a mixture of these things.
> Sometimes the students choose, either informally or through a
> ballot. At other times, the particular need of a student will
> dictate which charity a school adopts. In one school, one
> student had Muscular Distrophy, so we supported the MD
> Society. Occasionally, there is a charity committee which is
> made up from students and staff who take requests and make a
> decision. Other times, the staff make the decision or, more
> often, senior staff do. Yes, charities do approach schools
> and, if accepted, are able to come and make
> presentations.appeals in assemblies or at meetings.
> There is no one way to decide which charity a school supports.

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