News: Charity

Congleton Half Marathon Raises £164 for School Charity

Mrs Eckersley and her team of helpers raised £164.90 for the School Charity selling refreshments at the Congleton Half Marathon.

Coffee Morning Raises almost £400 for Macmillan

Our Macmillan Coffee Morning in September raised almost £400.

Our Charity Ambassadors' Macmillan Coffee Morning

Our Sixth Form College Charity Ambassadors are hosting a Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning at break on Friday 27th September.

CHS Race for Life Raises £436

Our student and staff Race for Life raised £436 for Cancer Research UK.

A Date for Your Diary

Our 2024 Christmas Market will take place on Friday 6th December.

High School Musical Raffle Raises £260 for Gee's Foundation

Our High School Musical Raffle raised over £260 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation

Sports Day Raises Almost £300 for Gee's Foundation

Two Sixth Form Charity Ambassador teams raised almost £300 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation at Sports Day

It's Pride Week at CHS

We're celebrating CHS Pride Week from 10th-14th June and our LGBTQ+ Ambassadors will be running a range of activities.

Our Spring in a Frame Photography Winners

Year 7 Freddie L and Year 9 Jess D were the winners of our Spring in a Frame photography competition.

Swimathon Success

Our Swimathon team of students and staff raised over £400 for local charities and our own school fund.

Over £5.5k Raised for Charity So Far this Year

Our 2023-24 Charity fundraising total now stands at an incredible £5,579.59!

Year 7 Raise over £100 for Cancer Research

Our Year 7 Student Leaders' sweets and cake sale was a great success, raising £120.50 for Cancer research UK in March. 

Sixth Form Sweet Treats Fundraiser for Cancer Research UK

Our Sixth Form Charity Ambassadors are fundraising for Cancer Research Uk on Wednesday March 20th.

CHS Team Smashes Swimathon Record!

Twenty-one of our students and Mr Brassington took part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon setting a fantastic new Swimathon team record.

Georgia Donates to The Little Princess Trust

Congleton Sixth Form College student, Georgia B, has made her third donation to The Little Princess Trust.

Over £400 Raised for Red Nose Day 2024

Our students and staff raised a fantastic £400.88 for Comic Relief on Friday 15th March.

Supporting Red Nose Day at CHS

We're celebrating and supporting Red Nose Day at CHS on Friday 15th March.

Year 7 Students Challenged to a Readathon for our First House Competition.

To coincide with World Book Day UK our first House competition was a Readathon for Year 7 students.

Josh Takes on 3 Peaks Challenge for Charity

Deputy Head Student, Josh BP, will take on the 3 Peaks Challenge to raise funds to support a child through Air Cadets

Valentine Disco Raises another £547 for Gee's Foundation

Sales of tickets, refreshments and roses at our Year 7 and 8 Valentine Disco raised £547 for our ongoing fundraising for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.

St Valentine's Day Fundraising at CHS

Students can treat themselves and others this St Valentine's Day at CHS.

Another Successful NSPCC Number Day at CHS

Our annual NSPCC  Number Day was a great success again this year with a real focus on Numeracy in all subjects across the school.

CHS Alumna, Kati-Leigh, Demonstrates Courage and Ambition

After joining local mental health charity, Visyon, CHS alumna, Kati-Leigh, has signed up for an 11,000ft skydive!

NSPCC Number Day is Back

We're taking part in the annual NSPCC Number Day again on Friday 2nd February, promoting Numeracy whilst raising money for the NSPCC.

Students and Staff Needed for Swimathon

We're taking part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon again this year and are inviting students and staff to sign up.

CHS Celebrates Christmas

Staff and students enjoyed a wonderful last day of term, celebrating in style together.

Students and Staff Raise over £230 with their Christmas Jumpers

Students and staff sported a wonderful array of festive items on Christmas Jumper Day and raised an incredible £230.68 for Save the Children.

A Spectacular Christmas Showcase!

Over 100 students from across the school community excelled in our Performing Arts team’s fantastic Christmas Showcase.

A Fantastic Final Food Bank Friday

The third and final week of Food Bank Friday 2023 saw another great collection by our Sixth Form students on behalf of The Storehouse Congleton. 

Another Fantastic Food Bank Friday

Thanks to all the CHS families who were able to send in items for our latest Food Bank Friday collection.

Food Bank Friday Collection One of Biggest Yet

A big THANK YOU to everyone who was able to contribute to one of our biggest ever Food Bank Friday collections.

Food Bank Friday is Back!

Our Sixth Form students are running Food Bank Friday again, helping to collect items for The Storehouse Food Bank.

A CHS Treat for all the Family

Our Christmas Market on Friday 1st December will be the perfect opportunity to treat yourself and all the family.

50 CHS Shoebox Gifts for Children Across the World

Thanks to the generosity of CHS families, we collected over 50 shoebox gifts that will be shared with children all over the world at Christmas.

William and Amber Volunteer with Santa!

Year 9 William S and Year 7 Amber S worked with the elves to make Santa's sleigh clean and safe for his Congleton rounds.

Over £800 Raised for BBC Children in Need

Our fantastic Charity Ambassadors, students and staff raised a phenomenal £890.32 for BBC Children in Need in November!

CHS Supporting Children in Need

Save the Date for our Christmas Market!

The CHS Christmas Market is back from 4-6pm on Friday 1st December

William Volunteers with Royal British Legion

Year 7 student, William AS, raised around £600 selling poppies over the Remembrance weekend.

Over £5,000 Raised in Gee's Memory

We were very proud to be able to present a cheque for over £5,000 to The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation team in November.

Mental Health Ambassadors Raise Awareness and £367.40

Our Sixth Form Mental Health Ambassadors raised awareness of Mental Health issues along with a fantastic £367.40 for local charity, Visyon with their Mental Health Awareness stall.

Raising Awareness of Mental Health

Our Mental Health Ambassadors are running a cakes, bakes, sweets and stickers Mental Health Awareness stall for Visyon at break and lunch on Wednesday 11th October.

Year 10 Summer Market raises over £1000 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation

Thank you to our amazing Year 10 students for putting on a fantastic Summer Market at the end of term and raising over £1,000 for charity

Rainy Race for Life Raises £484

Despite poor weather, the #TeamCHS Race for Life runners and walkers raised a fabulous £484 for Cancer Research.

Running Together to Save Lives

It's Cancer Research UK Race for Life on Tuesday 18th July and our students will be running/walking 5km for Cancer Research UK.

Annie is a Big Hit

Our Performing Arts team's production of Annie was an incredible success and also helped to raise almost £500 for The Georgia Leigh Ogden trust!

Pride Stall Raises Almost £300

Our LGBTQ+ Ambassadors rounded off Pride Month at CHS with a Pride Stall offering cakes, a range of Pride merchandise and face painting, raising almost £300 for akt (Albert Kennedy Trust).

Sports Day Success!

We enjoyed another fantastic Sports Day this year, with school records broken in both track and field events and a great day had by competitors and supporters alike!

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Seventeen Swimathon Superstars

Seventeen CHS students took part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon, totalling over 700 lengths between them in aid of charity.

Charity Ambassadors Supporting Comic Relief

We'll be supporting Comic Relief on Friday 17th march and will be inviting students to add something red to their uniform to help with fundraising for the cause.

St Valentine's Raffle raises Funds for Georgia

We raffled off three fantastic hampers in our St Valentine's Raffle in aid of The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.

Still Time to Support our Swimathon Charity Swimmers

Just a reminder that our students are taking part in the Rotary International Swimathon on 11 March and there is still time to support them with sponsorship.

NSPCC Number Fun

We celebrated NSPCC Number Day at CHS with a variety of Maths-based challenges and lots of cakes and sweet treats!

Calling all Student and Staff Swimmers

We're looking for students and staff to make up teams to take part in the Congleton Rotary Swimathon in March.

Fantastic Support for Foodbank Friday

A huge thank you to everyone for their fantastic support with our Sixth Form students' Foodbank Friday appeal.

Fantastic Performances at our Christmas Showcase

Our Christmas Showcase really demonstrated what a fantastically talented school of students we have at CHS. What a night!

Over £1,200 Raised for BBC Children in Need

Our students raised over £1,200 for BBC Children in Need this year with a range of fundraising activities that included our famous Teacher Gunging!

CHS Supporting Children in Need 2022

We'll be supporting BBC Children in Need again this year with a range of fundraising activities

Foodbank Friday is Back!

CHS Foodbank Friday is back and we are asking parents, carers and the local community to help us support The Storehouse Foodbank in any way they can.

Pot of Gold to Grow until December

Our Pot of Gold fundraiser will now run until the end of term and the proceeds split between the winner and The Georgia Leigh Ogden Foundation.

CHS Race for Life Raises £440

Well done to all the runners who took place in the CHS Race for Life in July, which raised £440 for Cancer Research UK.

Beth's Kind and Thoughtful Act

Kind and thoughtful Year 8 student, Elizabeth (Beth) G, chose to have her knee-length hair cut for charity and raised £800 for The Little Princess Trust

Mr Ainsley's Summer Fair Hair Promise

Mr Ainsley has promised to shave his head if Year 10 can raise £1,200 at their Summer Fair on Wednesday 6th July

The CHS Race for Life 2022

Throughout Friday 8th July, our students will be running the 5km Race for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK. We're asking students to donate £1 and add something pink to their PE kit.

A Shared Pride in CHS

Our wonderful LGBTQ+ Ambassadors ran a Pride Stall in June to raise funds for two LGBTQ+ charities.

Great Pride in our School Community

On Wednesday 29th June, our LGBTQ+ Ambassadors are holding putting the fun in fundraising with their Pride Stall event on behalf of Congleton Pride and Switchboard LGBTQ+ helpline.

Recognising and Rewarding Local Talent

Our fantastic Spring in a Frame Wildlife Competition and Exhibition was a great opportunity to showcase the wonderful photographic talents of our local young people whilst raising much needed funds for Ukraine.

CHS Hosts Congleton Children's Wildlife Competition Exhibition

CHS will host the Spring in a Frame 2022 Photography Competition Exhibition on May 18, and visitors will be able to enjoy all the wonderful images submitted by CHS and Eaton Bank students and primary school pupils from Congleton and surrounding areas.

Collection for Ukraine

Our students are keen to support the aid work for Ukraine and are working together to decide on the best ways for the CHS community to help.

Fundraising for The Georgia Leigh Ogden Trust

We're continuing our efforts to support the charity set up in memory of a much loved CHS student.

NSPCC Numbers Day 2022

The NSPCC Number Day took place on Friday 4th February and once again we supported this with a range of activities to both promote numeracy and fundraise for the charity.