Supporting Charities
King Edward VI Preparatory School continues its commitment to supporting both local and national charities. Each year, our three Houses choose a charity to support, and over the past year we have focused on causes that align closely with the ages and interests of our pupils at KES Prep.
Our three House Charities this year are Romsey Young Carers, the Rose Road Association, and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. In recent years, pupils have also supported organisations such as Simon Says Child Bereavement Support, The Honeypot Children’s Charity, and Alfie’s Wish.
Fundraising across the school is always undertaken with enthusiasm and purpose. Pupils take part in a wide range of charitable activities, including cake sales, themed non-uniform days such as Break the School Rules Day, charitable collections during school events, and even pupil-led challenges such as triathlon participation.
These opportunities help our pupils understand the positive impact they can have on others while contributing meaningfully to causes that resonate with our school community.
At Christmas, we run our annual Tree of Wishes. Charities supported through this initiative included SCRATCH – Fighting Local Poverty, Baby Necessities Baby Bank and Honeypot. Children across all departments visited the Tree and selected a ‘wish’ from one of the charities. These wishes were then bought by parents and placed under the Tree before being delivered to the local organisations.
At KES Prep, we are proud to have a dedicated Charities Pupil Voice team – a group of children from across the school, from Year R to Year 6, who meet regularly to plan different fundraising activities.
In addition to supporting local causes, we have also contributed to national charities including Children in Need, Save the Children, Dress to Express and Comic Relief.
Further contributions came through donations for our annual Harvest initiative. The generous support of our school community enabled us to put together food boxes which were donated to the Romsey Food Bank.
We are incredibly proud of our pupils’ dedication, compassion and active involvement in supporting both local and national causes throughout the year.
