Every Penny Counts for College's Claire House Volunteers

Sixth Form College students have been part of helping Claire House with one of the most unusual donations they have received to date.

As part of our Enrichment activities, students volunteered to help the children’s hospice with a contribution from a donor to the tune of £3580. The only problem was – it was in pennies. 26 mop-bucket loads of them.

With the biggest denomination being a 50p piece, the buckets took two weeks and teams of volunteers to sift through. Half of the volunteers that took part were from the Sixth Form College, with one, Ashleigh Stanley, returning on three separate occasions to help.

George McGrath from Claire House, who coordinated the ‘mammoth’ coin-counting effort, said: “It’s only with the help of our volunteers like the Sixth Form College students that we are able to support families who are currently known to us and are in need of our help. Our vision is to be able to reach out to all the families who may need our help in the area.

“I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped, or offered to help. I hope we can call on your support in the future.”

Volunteers from the Sixth Form College included: Ashleigh Stanley, Haydn Pidcock, Nicole Levit, Hannah Cooper, Chloe Pisani, Laura Habberley, Charlie Ellis, Johanna Brown, Molly Woods & Abby Blakeman. 

To find out more about our Enrichment activities, click here.