Charity Day 2010

Hurst's Charity Day - contributing to the community

By 9 am this morning 1st July 2010) not a sound could be heard in the quads of Hurstpierpoint College. The entire community was already on its way to local and more distant sites to undertake work in the community.

Below are just a few examples of the day's activities. More photographs and information to follow.

Leaving Hurst

Work for Age Concern in Hurst

Creating an Alien for Hurst PreSchool's float in the St Lawrence Fair this coming Saturday

Clearing the beach at Bracklesham

Helping out in the grounds at Chailey Heritage School

Painting Ditchling Rugby Club and sorting out Hurst's own Drama costume department

Painting the games huts and working for Hollyrood Disabilities Trust in Lindfield

Sorting out stock at the Hurst Charity shop and sorting out weeds at Plumpton Rectory

Paiting the Pre-Prep green (and a very good job they did too)

Watering, planting and weeding in Saunders Park, Brighton before a visit by David Bellamy

Beach cleaning at Seaford

Clearing the graveyard at St Andrew's Church, Hove

Clearing and tidying in the grounds of St Peter and St James Hospice in Chailey

Gardening in Wivelsfield Primary School, Wivelsfield Green

Leafleting in Hurstpierpoint on behalf of the Friends of Wolstonbury

Major clearing and conservation work on Wolstonbury Hill