As we begin a new academic year in 2025/26, our students had the challenge of nominating the charity that they will be fundraising for until July. Students had to cast their own vote and winning by a very small margin is – Teenage Cancer Trust.

Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity providing specialised nursing care and support for young people with cancer. They’re here for anyone diagnosed with cancer aged 13-24, and their loved ones too.

Teenage Cancer Trust offers unique care and support, designed for and with young people. We fund specialised nurses, youth workers and hospital units in the NHS, so young people have dedicated staff and facilities to support them throughout treatment.

We run events for young people with cancer to help them regain independence and meet other young people going through something similar.

And we provide easy-to-understand information about every aspect of living with cancer as a young person.

Our registered charity details are: 1062559 (England & Wales), SC039757 (Scotland).

 

At Goffs Academy’s Community Leaders, we oversee all aspects of community charity work and student competitions- both of which we emphasise the importance of whole-school participation. When planning the Autumn term this 2025-26 school year, we are pleased to share the many achievements we as a student body have accomplished so far! 

From bake sales to discos- to food collections to Christmas jumper days, all members of the Community Team have worked together to ensure all events were efficiently run for the enjoyment of all students. It is rewarding to hear positive reactions from those who participated and to see how we as a leadership group have encouraged all of Goffs Academy to give and donate to our newly chosen school charity. 

Our first task of the new school year was to vote and reveal our new school charity. All Community Leaders were divided into four groups, and together researched, edited, and- for some- pitched their charity presentation in our first Community assembly of the school year! Each student had an individual vote- allowing all student voices to be heard. After counting all votes- we revealed that Teenage Cancer Trust was our new school charity!

After this, we have planned many memorable events for the first term of this year, such as our annual year 7 Halloween disco, Harvest food collection (this year we donated over 1500 items to the food bank- a record amount) Senior Citizens’ Christmas party, and open evenings as well as our end of term Christmas Jumper Day! 

So many exciting opportunities to get involved in with so many house points won! Here at Goffs, we love to see all four houses try their best to come out on top! One of the main focus’ for the Community Team this year is to incorporate more House competitions as we go through the year- such as Quiz’s, form time competitions, and department lead subject competitions- so watch this space as our House Teams get more and more competitive!