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Youth and Philanthropy Initiative

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A number of local charities sent representatives to the school on Wednesday, 21st August 2013, to meet S3 pupils who are participating in the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative.

The purpose of the gathering was to allow groups of pupils to gain as much information as possible about the charities. This information will help the pupils choose a subject for a presentation promoting a particular charity.

Armed with a list of pre-determined questions, each class spent twenty minutes with the representatives, and gathered as much useful information as they could. 

The charities’ representatives said they were very impressed with the enthusiasm and interest shown by the majority of the pupils, and all indicated that they would be happy to participate in similar events in the future.

Pupils also indicated that they were impressed by the variety of work done by local charities. Everyone was grateful that the charities had made time to come to the school, and all agreed that the information they had received would be useful to them in creating their presentations.

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Youth and Philanthropy Initiative

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On Wednesday, 19th June 2013 representatives from schools the length and breadth of Scotland gathered in Perth for the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative annual event. This was a celebration of a year’s hard work by hundreds of school pupils. Each group present at the event had earned £3000 for their chosen charity.

Among those present were five enterprising young men from Blairgowrie High School whose sterling efforts had culminated in a much needed £3000 boost to the fortunes of the local charity Wisecraft.

John Driscoll, Kieran Matthews, Cole McCulloch, Drew Madoc-Jones and Kenny Watson – all S5 pupils – worked extremely hard in school and in their own time to produce a very impressive presentation which the local judges unanimously thought worthy of the prize.

Click here to watch the report.

While the funds went to charity, the boys – and the many hundreds of pupils across the country who also participated in the Youth & Philanthropy Initiative this year – were rewarded with the event in Perth Concert Hall. Among the speakers were Sir William Wood, Chairman of the Wood Trust which sponsors the YPI programme in Scotland, and Olympic gold medallist Katherine Grainger (both pictured below with our worthy winners).