HELP NEEDED THIS WEEKEND – SCHOOL CHARITY FUNDRAISING EVENT!
| The BHSA (our school charity – the Broughton High School Association) has their busiest event of the year with a weekender of Chess Cafes – we urgently need volunteers & homebaked donations to make it happen! COMMUNITY CHESS CAFE WEEKENDER – 20 & 21 JUNE 2026 Our final fundraising Community Chess Cafés for the year are on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June. We know it’s a busy weekend for many of you with early starts for school trips, Father’s Day and other family commitments – however we are really short of helpers, enough to cancel which will impact fundraising. Are you or your kids free to help? Event Information Our community café is open from 9am until 4pm in the Hub area offering items for breakfast, lunch & tea time (including snacks) throughout the day. Over the two days we have 300 young chess competitors taking part in this weekend’s Scottish Gigafinals, along with their accompanying families. Free To Help? Sign Up Here Just sign up by clicking on the link to complete the short form: Saturday 20 June https://volunteersignup.org/HWLRD Sunday 21 June https://volunteersignup.org/QKFFH Helping us for just an hour or two serving food/drinks from 9:30 onwards makes such a difference. Who Can Help? Parents/carers, or pupils, or even staff, are all welcome to help. It’s an enjoyable experience and a great way to meet others at the school. Volunteering can count towards any work-based schemes that your employer may offer. For pupils helping is not only valuable volunteering experience, hours can be used towards your Duke of Edinburgh Award or as house points! If there is a group of students or parents willing to help as an incentive BHSA will give £150 of funds raised on the day as a direct contribution to group fundraising efforts – this could go on an upcoming trip like Lagganlia or History trip to Bruges, or for a project or resource for school. This would be in exchange for a minimum of 5 pupils/parents helping on the day and donating baked items in. Please email us directly if interested. CALLING ALL BAKERS/BUDDING CHEFS!! We really rely on homemade donations of savoury/sweet bakes &/or soup for our Chess Cafes. Homebakes really help boost our profits & the more money we make, the more we get to spend on school! Parents, pupils or staff can make something to contribute. Just make sure you read through the important information in our Guidelines before you start baking – via this link https://forms.gle/X5VnoS7zGofZH7x38 or available on our website (this information is required to be provided to you for health and safety as part of our risk assessment). How To Donate Food: Absolutely NO NUTS please – this includes nut oils, nut flours, nut butters & nut milks – BHS is a NO NUTS school & we have individuals attending with nut allergies. Soup must be vegan. Anything suitable for those with allergens or on special diets is very welcome. You can drop off in the Hub from 8:30am on Saturday or Sunday – there is access through the main school entrance. Please label any food containers with your name & mobile number to make sure that they come back to you. A Cafe For Everyone! Our Community Café is not just for our chess families! Anyone watching a football match/practice at the school pitches, or hanging around/collecting from Edinburgh Dance Academy or City of Edinburgh Gymnastics Club classes, or attending CEC Adult Education Classes at BHS are also very welcome to pop by our café in the Hub for something to eat or drink! Where Does the Fundraising Money Go? All money raised by our fundraising events goes into school funding projects and resources via our BHSA charity funds. A full list of what we have funded at Broughton High School over the last year will feature in our end of year BHSA Newsletter which will be available at the end of term. A list of last year’s funded projects is up on our website https://broughtonhighpc.org/broughton-high-school-association/. For more information and photos about the event please look at our website or at our end of year newsletter here: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/gl7ryPHxWT2lH2o9?ref=Link BHSA is YOUR school charity. From a gifted school tie on starting S1 to helping fund the S6 Prom, every pupil at Broughton High benefits from BHSA funding during their time at the school. There are a number of ways of how you can support us – have a look at our website. Broughton High School Association (BHSA) reg charity SC017010 Donate – Volunteer – Support Email: bhsassociation@gmail.com Facebook: Broughton High School Parent Council LinkedIn: BHS Association Website: https://broughtonhighpc.org/broughton-high-school-association/ (Stay in the loop! Sign up to to our email list on our website to be kept up to date) |
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