Blackpool and the Fylde College have been coordinating efforts along with Veterans Army UK. The Veteran’s Army has been inundated with donations of medical supplies that had been stored and sent over from Bolton to Ukraine

Bournemouth and Poole college gave the GoodForMEGoodForFE campaign and BPC a bit of a refresh by kicking off with a ‘bring a tin’ appeal at there Professional Services Development day

A very merry time was had by all who attended the Christmas Fayre on 12/12/2023, in support of the College nominated charity Raven’s Rescue. In total the college had 19 student and external led stalls, each selling a wide variety of Christmas crafts.

City College Plymouth are proud to be supporting the Good for ME, Good for FE, led by LSEC. The Good for ME Good for FE campaign aims to generate £1m of social value via a sustainable programme of community action including volunteering, fundraising and charitable partnerships.

Health and Social Care students decided to run a partner mental health and wellbeing information and support event as part of East Coast College’s activities for World Mental Health Day.

Throughout November and December Performing Arts and Music students held performances where the entrance fees were donated to charity or where foodbank donations were made in lieu of entrance fees.

Students and staff Colleges across the UK come together to support communities during the Covid-19 pandemic by donating much needed food items to local foodbanks.

This new initiative aims to help college staff connect with their local communities and collectively generate £1m of social value.

The Engineering department designed and delivered a series of 3, two-day, engineering workshops over October and December to reach a total of 31 year ten and eleven students from across Leeds City Academy and Leeds East Academy.

The Kirklees College Health and Social Care department has raised £2,000 in aid of Motor Neurone Disease as part of its annual Christmas Extravaganza event.

A group of students embarked on an environment awareness trip to Scarborough's North Bay, as a part of enrichment activities at Kirklees College.

The first annual Kirkwood Memorial Trail was held on Sunday 2nd October. The sun was shining ready for 24 entrants to challenge themselves around 26 miles of this very beautiful, but also very hilly part of Yorkshire.

Funding totalling £8,000 was presented to local charities bringing the total raised as part of Lincoln College’s Pink Ribbon Campaign to nearly £100,000. Cheques for £1,000 were presented to eight charities, bringing the campaign’s total to an amazing £92,000.

A team from Loughborough College has donated a day to help a Charnwood charity which provides vital support for homeless families and vulnerable people.

It was the first event of its kind in the town centre, managing to raise over £1,000 for the charity and all dashers had three chances to win an amazing prize.

The first was a present grab from the Newark Round Table Sleigh in St Marks Place, where Santa handed out a wrapped present with three boxes containing a golden ticket to win a supermarket voucher.

The Renewal Programme has been serving the community of Newham for over 50 years

registered charity Community Food Enterprise that is rooted in East London led by CEO Eric Samuel MBE. Founded in 2002, the CFE mission works to alleviate food poverty as well as develop a viable and sustainable food business that will provide training, capacity building, and employment opportunities for residents of East London.

South Eastern Regional College’s (SERC) Students’ Union have launched a new scheme to provide free period products for students. The ‘Period Confidence’ project, funded through the Department for the Economy in NI (DfE), will make a range of free sanitary products available across all SERC Campuses, ensuring that no student is disadvantaged because they cannot access period care.

The main purpose of youth social action is to empower young people to make a positive
difference to others or the environment. A great example of supporting the local
community members is through setting up a foodbank drive.

Vocational Studies students were proud to represent Stamford College and the wider Inspire Education Group (IEG) in supporting the recent Stamford Town Council tree planting project at Stamford Cemetery.