Showing items for tag “Fundraising”

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  BWA staff tackle 100km ultramarathon for charity

  Published 13/05/19

  Four staff members from Brooke Weston Academy are taking on a 100km walking challenge to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society.

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  Marathon effort from BWA colleagues yeilds charity cash

  Published 02/05/19

  Well done to three colleagues from Brooke Weston Academy who all successfully completed their first-ever London Marathon, raising thousands of pounds for charity.

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  Charity money donated to Corby Nightlight homeless shelter

  Published 19/03/19

  Brooke Weston Academy’s Principal, Pete Kirkbride, and Head of Sixth Form, Nina Smith, presented a cheque for more than £600 to Corby Nightlight, a homeless shelter in the town.

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  BWA Smile mufti collection

  Published 16/10/18

  Brooke Weston Academy has raised over £1,300 to provide life-changing surgery for people in developing countries.

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  Ambition for All in South Africa

  Published 03/10/18

  Brooke Weston Academy is planning to support a school in South Africa by buying essential equipment for its maths and science departments.

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  BWA students raise money for charity in their first Great North Run

  Published 14/09/18

  Congratulation to BWA Sixth Formers, Stuart Bryce and Matthew McCormick, who both completed the Great North Run raising hundreds of pounds for charity. It was the first time that they had taken part in an official marathon as they had to wait until they were 17 to compete.

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  South African school thanks Brooke Weston Academy for fundraising effort

  Published 25/07/18

  Brooke Weston Academy has been thanked by a South African school after it raised £1,400 to buy much-needed educational and sporting resources.

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  Year 7 students raise over £130 for children’s hospitals from sponsored Readathon

  Published 26/06/18

  Year 7 students have been taking part in a sponsored Readathon raising more than £130 that will go towards providing books and storyteller visits to sick children in hospitals.

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  Brooke Weston Academy raises funds for South African school

  Published 08/06/18

  Mr Gareth Van Wyk, a DT teacher at Brooke Weston Academy is spearheading a fund-raising campaign for his former secondary school in South Africa.

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  Marathon effort raises £1000s of charity cash

  Published 26/04/18

  Congratulations to Brooke Weston Academy's groundsman, Paul Twamley and Louise Chapman, a teacher from Corby Businesss Academy, who both finished the London Marathon and exceeded their fundraising totals after spending months training and preparing for the event.

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  BWA students raise money for local hospice in the ‘Swim for Cransley Challenge’

  Published 24/04/18

  Well done to Year 7 student James Annable, Samuel Ward from Year 8, and Year 11 Archie Robertson-Smith, who were part of two teams that were sponsored to swim as many lengths of Kettering swimming pool as possible in an hour.

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  Paul and Luke have splashing time with car wash challenge!

  Published 05/04/18

  Well done to groundsman Paul Twamley, and his son, Luke, who are doing a marathon car wash to raise money for charity. The car-wash-athon is the latest charity push for Paul, who is aiming to raise over £2,000 for Teenage Cancer Trust.

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