Charity Work & Community Links

We organise and host an annual wellbeing festival for all Southborough students, parents and the students of neighbouring schools to access and benefit from exhibitors offering both prevention and treatment strategies and activities regarding mental health. This year, this event received a Certificate of Recognition from organisers of the prestigious Goldsmith’s Award for Community Engagement.

THE CHILDREN’S TRUST, TADWORTH is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury.  Sixth Formers recently completed a 10 mile sponsored walk to raise funds for this remarkable charity. Just over a year ago, The Children’s Trust provided much needed care and treatment to one of our Sixth Form students who sustained a serious brain injury via a freak accident outside of school. It was Southborough’s way of saying ‘thank you’ to the charity.

Movember is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer and men’s suicide. To recognise the ongoing work we do with Mental Health Awareness and the growing prevalence of male cancers, each year Southborough raises money for the Movember Campaign through a variety of cake sales, quizzes, staff growing moustaches and a fun ‘MO-fty Day’ (where students donate money to wear a false/drawn-on moustache!)

Cecily's Fund is a UK-based charity that enables impoverished children to go to school in Zambia, with a particular focus on those orphaned or made vulnerable by AIDS. Each year, staff and Sixth Form students take part in the sponsored 10k London Race to raise much needed funds for this worthy charity.

In the run up to Christmas each year, we host a special Christmas Tea party for the grandparents of our students and other senior citizens living in the local community. With delicious food, quizzes, carol singing and prizes, it’s our way of saying ‘thank you’ for all the ongoing support and care that they give our students.

Kingston Pantry  is an offshoot of the Kingston Foodbank that supports over 130 ‘in need’ families living in and around Tolworth, Surbiton and Chessington. Since the charity’s launch, Southborough students, parents and staff have, each year, donated a large collection of foodstuffs and household provisions  to The Kingston Pantry in time for it all to be distributed to families in need before the start of the Christmas holidays.

The Royal Star and Garter, Surbiton is a care home with highly trained staff providing specialist nursing and dementia care. This warm and friendly home provides special provision for anyone who has served in the UK Armed Forces, including Reservists and those who completed National Service. A small group of our students visit on a regular basis and take part in a range of entertaining pursuits including singing, quizzes and such like.

The Grace Dear Trust is a local mental health charity that aims to help save the lives of young people suffering with mental health issues. Southborough is proud of its ongoing relationship with this charity and the brilliant work it undertakes.

Refugee Action Kingston is a local charity that helps refugees and asylum-seekers to find homes, work and a future in Kingston. In recent years we have raised money for this charity and donated reading books for their younger clients.