A Merry Christmas at BSFC!

18 December 2015

Our staff and students showed off their Christmas spirit today in a variety of festive outfits for the last day of term before the Christmas break.

Our Hub team held a ‘best dressed’ competition in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust over morning break. Donations have been collected throughout the morning and so far we’ve raised of £86.25 for the Teenage Cancer Care charity.

The winning students of the competition were Charley McMahon and Joe Usher thanks to their creative accessorising - with Charley using baubles as earrings and Joe combining his Christmas jumper with a festive tie and shirt.

Digital Learning Advisor, Helen Bullock who dressed in a complete Mrs Claus outfit topped with a festive hair piece, awarded the students with a selection box each and is delighted with the amount of money raised. “Thank you to all the students and staff that donated money today, everyone showed incredible generosity especially so close to Christmas!”

This follows a series of charitable activity at the College leading up to the festive season including our annual involvement with Operation Christmas Child. This year we collected a total of 42 boxes filled with gifts for children that will be sent to children in the most impoverished parts of the world, including sites of natural disasters and war-torn countries.

The College has also taken part in Radio City’s Mission Christmas and registered as a drop off location for gift donations. Mission Christmas allows members of the public to donate gifts that are then passed on to local disadvantaged young people, aged 0-18 that would not ordinarily receive any gifts at Christmas. We collected a host of goodies from kind-hearted individuals including, OPI Nail Varnish sets, toys, games and children’s books and stationery.

Our Health & Social Care students also marked the festive season this week with another Health Promotion Fair at the College. They promoted a variety of health related issues such as nutrition, mental health issues and alcohol awareness, all centred round a Christmas theme.