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. 

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.