Community Service

Some two-thirds of the Lower Sixth Form are involved in a weekly programme of Community Service visits to the elderly and housebound, as an alternative to CCF on a Wednesday afternoon.  Geographically the jobs range from Whitehawk to Hove; activities include wheeling out, reading to the blind, gardening, or simply dropping in to keep an old person company.  We send regular volunteers also to schools for the handicapped such as Downsview Special School, and to assist with games and reading at local First Schools. 

At Christmas we act as host to a Hall full of old people for our "Tea and Carols" afternoon, at which the Choir performs and a large number of volunteers assist in providing transport, serving tea etc.  In the Summer we arrange an annual Picnic Outing by coach, ambulance and minibus for an ever-growing contingent of our elderly folk to some local beauty spot.  And then towards the end of the Summer Term we hold an "Open Day" for children from Downsview Special School to enjoy some of the facilities at the College.

We feel it is important both for you our pupils and for the local community that social involvement of this sort should play a significant part in the life of the College.