Coming Together for Charity

Winchester Gives Back

For nearly a decade, Discovery Summer has been working in conjunction with Action Aid to support the Kola Tree Community Schools Project in Sierra Leone. So far, we have funded the construction of the Community Primary School and Junior High School in Freetown, and as a result more than 600 children now have access to education in their community.
These projects rely on fundraising from our various summer courses. One vital aspect of this is the Charity Day we host at Winchester every summer. On Friday our campus was transformed into a traditional British summer fair, complete with a raffle, coconut shy and cake decorating stall. Our diverse student body took the opportunity to showcase activities and games from around the world, incorporating less traditional stalls such as a beautiful origami station and a very popular henna stand. This was followed by a charity auction where prizes included the rights to 'shave or save' an Activity Leader's beard, or pour buckets of iced water over our Course Director Kevin.


Overall, Charity Day was a resounding success, with over £500 raised for the Kola Tree Project and a brilliant time had by all.