Since 2013 all students are asked to give an optional charitable donation of £1 GBP/ $1 CAD when they make a booking at St Giles. This money is donated to the four main St Giles charities that our UK schools support: Heart Children's Home, Expand, Cancer Research and Go Make it Happen. You can find more information about these charities below.
Burns Night / Valentines Ball* - Co-ordinated group-wide by Eastbourne – January / February
International Food Day* – Co-ordinated group-wide by London Central – June
Summer Party* - Co-ordinated group-wide by Brighton – July / August
Halloween Party* - Co-ordinated group-wide by Highgate – October
*Events listed above might be subject to change.
St Giles International Head Office will match any funds raised during these events. Therefore, for every £1 raised, St Giles contributes £1 also to our chosen charities.
In 2016, the St Giles schools in the UK raised a fantastic £5663.07 for charity. St Giles trebled this and donated £14,631.21 to charity. The money went to the following charities:
This orphanage provides a safe home for more than 20 children, helping them to be well nourished, get an education, and look forward to the future. We were introduced to this charity by a partner of St Giles, Julia Steiner, who has worked tirelessly to help support this fantastic charity. We are very pleased to help contribute as well.
Expand is a UK organisation that aims to help facilitate education for people in poor communities across the globe. Currently their country of operation is Malawi where they are building schools and facilitating training. Money from St Giles has helped towards the development of their school in Chisala, and we have also sent books for the library. Additionally, in August 2012 the St Giles Educational Trust sent a teacher trainer to the school to help their staff of 40 teachers develop new ways to help the pupils learn.
Cancer Research UK are a leading UK charity dedicated to saving lives through research, trying to find new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
Go Make it Happen is a charity set up by a former St Giles Principal, Keith Harding, in memory of his son Sam. The charity is dedicated to helping young people aged between 18 and 30 achieve things in their lives that they would not otherwise be able to do, in particular in the area of travel and tourism.
Last year we also donated £1,500 of the money raised in the UK schools to Hope for Children. This charity was voted by a student poll as the charity they wanted to donate this money to. The charity is committed to improving the lives of children all over the world.
Our St Giles Vancouver school also raised money for local charities in 2016. The centre donated a total of $2604 to the following charities: Room to Read, Union Gospel Mission, Food for the Hungry, St Matthew's Church, Canadian Red Cross, Mouth and Foot Painting, Covenant House, Canadian Wildlife Foundation, Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Heart and Stroke Foundation. The money was raised from many events including the Summer BBQ, Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Christmas Sweater Day.
St Giles also has its own charity - at the heart of our teacher training operation is the St Giles Educational Trust, a registered charity established in 1970. The key aim of the Trust is to promote excellence in English language teaching through the St Giles initial training and continuing professional development programmes for UK and overseas teachers. To learn more about the work of the St Giles Educational Trust, visit the Trust Website or contact us on info@stgilesedtrust.org.