Oscar's Paediatric Brain Tumour Charity
Fundraising in schools
The importance of
Fundraising In Schools
Schools are so important to us – both in how we can help and the fundraising they do for us.
We offer assemblies, workshops and awareness-raising about OSCAR’s charity and brain tumours, as well as support for children, parents and staff affected. We adapt what we provide based on the needs of the school using the educational expertise amongst our staff.
In turn, many schools have chosen to fundraise in a number of wonderful ways. One-off fundraisers, involvement in our events and nominating us as Charity of The Year for a whole year of fundraising are some of the ways schools have got involved.
Helping children to help other children has been a massive part of how we like to operate ever since Oscar did his first fundraising event at his own primary school while he was undergoing treatment.
Fundraising in schools can take many forms. We would love to hear your ideas, or be inspired by these stories of other schools and their events and support.
Bootham School
Bootham nominated us as their Charity of the Term in Autumn 2022, but have been involved so much more. They went Orange for OSCAR's amongst many other things, before staff took part in the Yorkshire Marathon and pupils in the Inflatable 5k. One of their teachers made medals for our Yorkshire Three Peaks walk and we have had the pleasure of visiting for an assembly and volunteer fairs. Currently one class are raising money to pay for Booster Boxes.
We are so grateful for their support whihc has led to nearly £4000 being raised!
Wilberfoss Primary
Wilberfoss enjoyed going Orange for OSCAR's so much they nominated us as their Charity of The Year in 2022-23. A host of in-school fundraisers plus involvement in the Inflatable 5k and Yorkshire Three Peaks saw this primary school of just 240 pupils raise nearly £3500.
Huntington School
Huntington held a Go Orange For OSCAR's own clothes day raising over £600. On top of that a number of children have taken part in our Inflatable 5k runs over the past few years raising hundreds more.
Vale of York Secondary
We visted the school in Autumn to raise awareness of the charity and brain tumours after the School Council nominated us as their Charity of the Year for 2023-24. Their first fundraising event was a Christmas Jumper day that saw them donate £384 to OSCAR's.
St. Mary's Catholic Academy
A school that had previously had children with brain tumours were very pleased to be able to nominate us as their Charity of The Year for 2022-23.
Each class ran their own small event and over £450 was raised for OSCAR's during the year.
Wilberforce House - Pocklington School
Wilberforce House at Pocklington School nominated us as their 2021-22 Charity of the Year. Charity Week at the end of March saw the whole school carry out school fetes, sports events and staff gunging helping to raise funds. These were added to Wilberforce House’s car wash in the snow earlier in the year, as well as proceeds from the whole school summer non-uniform day
We are very grateful to all the staff and pupils for their support and the total of nearly £1500 raised was utterly spectacular!
Bishopthorpe Infants/Archbishop of York Junior School
The infant and junior schools in Bishopthorpe welcomed us in as they did events for their Go Orange day. We even went in goal for the penalty shoout-outs!
Nearly £600 was raised between the two schools as well as awareness of the chairty and childhood brain tumours.
Beverley School
Beverley High School thought of others at Christmas and donated £250 as a result of a charity Christmas Jumper Day. A simple but fantastic way of raising a great amount of money for us.
This is a great example of fundraising in schools that any school can do.
Cuthbert College, Hummersknott Academy, Darlington
Cuthbert College, Hummersknott Academy, Darlington Over £630 was raised by Cuthbert College at Hummersknott Academy by selling hot dogs, cakes, raffle tickets and enjoying the hardship of throwing sponges at their head boy. We were very grateful that they chose us as their charity to fundraise for.
Royal Grammar School, Worcester
Another school that fundraised for us was the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, managing to raise over £450 from their events.
It is so important to us that schools are involved – our charity was inspired by Oscar’s own fundraising efforts at his school while he was undergoing treatment. Seeing children helping other children is very inspiring.
