St Swithun Wells'Catholic Primary School
‘where the love of God is always present’
Charities & Fundraising
At SSW we are proud to support many different charities including; HACS, Children in Need, CAFOD, Mary's Meals, Jeans for Genes, Save the Children, Macmillan Cancer Support, RSPCA & the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.
Fundraising 2024-25
RSPCA
Reception dressed up as animals to celebrate the feast day of their class saint St Francis of Assisi. We had a great selection of both wild and domestic animals. Well done to Reception who confidently got up in assembly and spoke about their animal. Thank you for all the donations.
South Ruislip Food Bank
The Mini Vinnies have organised our Harvest fundraiser which is now open. Please send any donations to school by the end of the half term. Thank you.
Fundraising 2023-2024
Year 5 Cake Sale Fundraiser
The Year 5 children held a cake sale this morning for everyone to buy cakes in aid of Macmillan Cancer Charity and Save the Children. Year 5 have spent time this week planning and promoting the sale.
Thank you to all who donated cakes (bought or baked) for the sale and thank you to all who purchased the cakes for such worthwhile causes.
The Royal British Legion
Well done to Year 6 who organised this years poppy appeal. Each day of the appeal, they visited classrooms and stood on the playground selling poppies, wristbands, badges and snap-ons. Thank you to all the children for their donations.
Children in Need
All the children rolled out of bed and came dressed in their pyjamas and onesies to school to support Pudsey Bear raised money for Children in Need. It was lovely to see that even your teddy bears joined us on the day.
The South Ruislip Food Bank
The Mini Vinnies asked all the children to bring in a non perishable items for the food bank. This is a vital hub for the community and supports people who are struggling to afford to buy food to eat. It's not just food but essential items such as loo roll and nappies. Thank you to everyone for their donations and to Mrs Conway who delivered them to the food bank at our parish church of St Gregory's.
The Passage
We welcomed Max from The Passage to speak with the children about what they do to help homeless people across London. Their mission is to prevent and end homelessness, acting with compassion and urgency. They provide wrap around support and a platform for people to share their lived experiences. Together, they hope to inspire change! Last year they supported 2,300 people who were experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The pupils donated items needed to support homeless people such as toiletries and essential clothing. The Mini Vinnies chose this local charity linked to our Catholic Social Teaching topic of Community and Participation. Thank you to everyone for all the donations and to Mrs Doyle who drove up to The Passage in Victoria and hand delivered the donation.
CAFOD
We are proud to support and promote Cafod's 'Family Fast Days'. These dates are on a Friday and mark Harvest and Lent.
Mary's Meals
Nursery participated in a sponsored run around the school field to raise money for Mary's Meals so that children across the world could have a nutritious school meal. They out ran all the teachers. Well done Nursery.
Christmas Jumper Day
All pupils and staff were invited to wear their Christmas jumpers to raise money for Save the Children. We chose to wear them on the day that we had our Christmas Lunch. Well done to everyone.
