Fundraising total is icing on the cake for WGS Charity Ambassadors
Students from Wolverhampton Grammar School partnered with Sabrina Gidda to raise 拢1,000 for Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Wolverhampton Grammar School Charity Ambassadors partnered with TV chef Sabrina Gidda (Old Wulfrunian 2005) to raise an extraordinary £1,000 for Pancreatic Cancer UK; an amount that shall be doubled by the Freddie Green & Family Charitable Foundation in partnership with the charity.
Sabrina recently became an Ambassador for Pancreatic Cancer UK after sadly losing her mother, Sukey, to the illness in October 2021. Sabrina kindly visited the WGS Charity Club, made up of students in Years 7 – 13, at the beginning of February to discuss potential ideas for a collaborative fundraising event for the charity. Inspired by Sabrina’s successful career as a chef, the WGS Charity Ambassadors were keen to plan an event that incorporated her passion for food.
On Friday 17th March, Sabrina and her father, Hardeep, were welcomed back to WGS for the much-anticipated event. Sabrina piped hundreds of cupcakes to be sold to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK. Students and staff were also challenged to pipe and decorate their own cupcakes and enter them into a House competition to be judged by Sabrina. There was an incredible buzz in Big School as everyone piled in to show their support for the charity. As the event took place on Red Nose Day, fundraising was combined with Comic Relief; around School there was a sea of colour as students wore purple and red to show their support for both charities.
Sabrina commented: ”I would like to say a huge thank you to the WGS charity team for helping plan this event and for volunteering their time to help deliver such a brilliant day. It is tremendously special to see students of all ages realise the difference they can make when they come together – and in this instance I am so honoured they chose to support Pancreatic Cancer UK. Thank you to everyone for helping raise such vital funds – and for creating such a memorable day.”
23.03.23