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) |
Help & Homebaking Needed for BHSA Fundraising Chess Cafe This Saturday!
Our main school charity fundraisers are the Community Chess Cafes that we host for Lothian Junior Chess competitions at BHS over the year – WE ARE IN NEED OF HELP TO MAKE THESE HAPPEN. We have TWO Chess Cafes in February – the first is THIS Saturday 7th – see below for how you can help!
Event Information
Our community cafe is open from 9am until 4pm in the Hub area offering items for breakfast, lunch & tea time, including snacks throughout the day. We often sell out by early afternoon. It’s really popular, relied on and much appreciated by the young chess competitors taking part, and their accompanying parents/carers who are with them for the day. Saturday 7 February is another Lothian Junior Chess Team Day and we will have 150 players with their families with us from across the city.
If you’re watching a football match/practice at the school pitches, or are hanging around/collecting from an Edinburgh Dance Academy class, you are also very welcome to pop by for something to eat or drink!
How To Sign Up To Help
Helping us for just an hour or two with either set up or serving food/drinks from 9:30 onwards makes such a difference.
To help this Sat 7 February sign up via this form (simply click on the link to complete): https://volunteersignup.org/EXH3Q
To help on Sat 28 February sign up via this form (simply click on the link to complete): https://volunteersignup.org/XKBCW
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!
CALLING ALL BAKERS!! Are you a keen baker or have a budding chef at home?
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. If you are able to donate something please let us know via this form https://forms.gle/p1Z7isrX8ERE5v617 (just click on the link to complete). Parents, pupils or staff can make something to contribute.
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 as there is access through the main school entrance. Please label any help containers with your name & mobile number to make sure that they come back to you.
Where Does the Fundraising Money Go?
All money raised by the event goes into school funding projects and resources via our BHSA charity funds. For a full list of what we have funded over the last few years please look at our end of year newsletter, or visit our website https://broughtonhighpc.org/broughton-high-school-association/
This Saturday’s fundraising Community Chess Cafe is one of 7 running this year for Lothian Junior Chess competitions at BHS, which include Team Days, Edinburgh Junior Congress, Lothian Junior Championships, the UKCC Scotland East Megafinal & a 2 day UK Chess Challenge Scottish Gigafinal. Thanks to everyone who helps and bakes for our Cafes throughout the year & thanks to all of our visiting chess families for their generosity and support at our cafes.
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. Every pupil at Broughton High benefits from BHSA funding during their time at school, making us a very worthy cause to support and get involved with! Thanks in advance for your help 😄 please spread the word to other parents if you know they’re wanting to help.
Help & Homebaking Needed for BHSA Fundraising Chess Cafe This Saturday!
Our next Chess Cafe of the year is THIS Saturday 15 November – see below for how you can help!
We are running our fundraising Community Chess Cafes for Lothian Junior Chess at BHS again this year and we are in need of volunteers to help these run efficiently. Thanks to everyone who helped and baked for our Cafe on 25 October – we made a total of £650 which is a great start to our fundraising year. We’d also like to thank all of our visiting chess families for their generosity and support at our cafes.
During 2025/26 there are five dates for Lothian Junior Chess competitions, which include Team Days, Edinburgh Junior Congress, Lothian Junior Championships & the UKCC Scotland East Megafinal. 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
Event Information
Our community cafe is open from 9am until 4pm in the Hub area offering items for breakfast, lunch & tea time, including snacks throughout the day. We often sell out by early afternoon. It’s really popular, relied on and much appreciated by the 140 young chess competitors taking part, and their accompanying parents/carers who are with them for the day. Saturday 15 November is a Lothian Junior Chess Team Day and we will have families with us from across the city.
If you’re watching a football match/practice at the school pitches, or are hanging around/collecting from an Edinburgh Dance Academy class, you are also very welcome to pop by for something to eat or drink!
How To Sign Up To Help
If you are able to help with set up or serve food and drinks for just an hour or two from 9:30 onwards you can sign up via this form (simply click on the link to complete): https://volunteersignup.org/R8EJM
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. For pupils helping is not only valuable volunteering experience, hours can be used for your Duke of Edinburgh Award or as house points!
CALLING ALL BAKERS!! Are you a keen baker or have a budding chef at home?
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. If you are able to donate something please let us know via this form https://forms.gle/CU8twrxkLVDT6yGp6 (just click on the link to complete). Parents, pupils or staff can make something to contribute.
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 as there is access through the main school entrance. Please label any help containers with your name & mobile number to make sure that they come back to you.
Where Does the Fundraising Money Go?
All money raised by the event goes into school funding projects and resources via our BHSA charity funds. For a full list of what we have funded over the last few years please look at our end of year newsletter, or visit our website https://broughtonhighpc.org/broughton-high-school-association/
BHSA is YOUR school charity. Every pupil at Broughton High benefits from BHSA funding during their time at school, making us a very worthy cause to support and get involved with! Thanks in advance for your help 😄 please spread the word to other parents if you know they’re wanting to help.
Help & Homebaking Needed for BHSA Fundraising Chess Cafe This Saturday!
Our first Chess Cafe of the year is THIS Saturday 25 October – see below for how you can help.
Last year our regular fundraising activities of running community cafés for the young competitors and their families attending chess competitions hosted by Lothian Junior Chess at Broughton High School raised £3,103.55 in total. For more information and photos about the event please look our end of year newsletter here: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/gl7ryPHxWT2lH2o9?ref=Link
During 2025/26 we are continuing to run our community cafés for five dates of Lothian Junior Chess competitions, which include Team Days, Edinburgh Junior Congress, Lothian Junior Championships & the UKCC Scotland East Megafinal.
Event Information
Our community cafe is open from 9am until 4pm in the Hub area offering items for breakfast, lunch & tea time, including snacks throughout the day. We often sell out by early afternoon. It’s really popular, relied on and much appreciated by the young chess competitors taking part, and their accompanying parents/carers who are with them for the day. Saturday 25 October is the Edinburgh Junior Congress Competition and we will have families with us from across the city.
If you’re watching a football match/practice at the school pitches you are also very welcome to pop by for a coffee!
How To Sign Up To Help
If you are able to help with set up or serve food and drinks for just an hour or two during the day you can sign up via this form (simply click on the link to complete): Sat 25 Oct https://volunteersignup.org/8TF3A
Our next Chess Cafe will be on Saturday 15 November – you can sign up to help here https://volunteersignup.org/R8EJM
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. For pupils helping is not only valuable volunteering experience, hours can be used for your Duke of Edinburgh Award or as house points!
CALLING ALL BAKERS!! Are you a keen baker or have a budding chef at home?
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. If you are able to donate something please let us know via this form https://forms.gle/CU8twrxkLVDT6yGp6 (just click on the link to complete). Parents, pupils or staff can make something to contribute.
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 as there is access through the main school entrance. Please label any help containers with your name & mobile number to make sure that they come back to you.
Where Does the Fundraising Money Go?
All money raised by the event goes into school funding projects and resources via our BHSA charity funds. For a full list of what we have funded over the last few years please look at our end of year newsletter, or visit our website https://broughtonhighpc.org/broughton-high-school-association/
BHSA is YOUR school charity. Every pupil at Broughton High benefits from BHSA funding during their time at school, making us a very worthy cause to support and get involved with! Thanks in advance for your help 😄 please spread the word to other parents if you know they’re wanting to help.
Broughton High School Parent Council 