Charities of Stonyhurst College
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Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College is a Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near the village of Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire, England, and occupies a Grade I listed building...

 and Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall is the preparatory school to Stonyhurst College. It is an independent co-educational Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus . It is primarily a day school but has some boarders...

 are both Catholic boarding schools in the Jesuit tradition, which aim at the creation of Men and Women for Others. Under this principle, a number of charities operate within the two schools. The schools are themselves registered charities, and as such are obliged to benefit the wider community under the terms of the Charities Act 2006
Charities Act 2006
The Charities Act 2006 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to alter the regulatory framework in which charities operate, partly by amending the Charities Act 1993.-Provisions:...

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Children for Children

Children for Children is the charity run by pupils of Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall is the preparatory school to Stonyhurst College. It is an independent co-educational Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus . It is primarily a day school but has some boarders...

 under the guidance of adult trustees. It was founded in September 2004. Its primary concern is to work with the Jesuit Musami Mission in Zimbabwe which consists of St Paul’s primary school, a secondary school, hospital, and numerous outstations.

Learning to Care

Learning to Care (LTC) is the primary charity of Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College
Stonyhurst College is a Roman Catholic independent school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near the village of Hurst Green in the Ribble Valley area of Lancashire, England, and occupies a Grade I listed building...

 which is run by the pupils under the guidance of adult trustees. It supports a variety of causes, including CAFOD
CAFOD
The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development, previously known as the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, is a United Kingdom-based international aid agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering in developing. It is funded by the Catholic community in England and Wales, the UK government...

 through fundraising activities, such as the Rhetoric Fair, raffles, and concerts.

Stonyhurst Children's Holiday Trust

The Stonyhurst Children's Holiday Trust (SCHT) is organised by pupils in Higher Line. It raises money through the sale of Christmas cards and the Poetry Banquet which takes place annually in February. Proceeds go towards the Holiday Week which takes place at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall is the preparatory school to Stonyhurst College. It is an independent co-educational Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus . It is primarily a day school but has some boarders...

 each June. Disadvantaged and disabled children are invited from nearby special needs schools and given a holiday by Higher Line pupils where each child is an assigned a carer to look after them twenty-four hours a day, for six days. The week involves a trip to a Windermere
Windermere
Windermere is the largest natural lake of England. It is also a name used in a number of places, including:-Australia:* Lake Windermere , a reservoir, Australian Capital Territory * Lake Windermere...

 and the Sea Life Centre beside the lake, a trip to the zoo, a disco, magician and other entertainment-based activities.

Stonyhurst War Memorial Trust

The Stonyhurst War Memorial Trust was set up to provide for the annual celebration of a requiem Mass for College alumni who have died in active service, and to augment the income of the Stonyhurst Association Charitable Trust or of the Stonyhurst Association Charity.

Stonyhurst Association

The mission of the Stonyhurst Association is: "to unite and associate past and present pupils and friends of Stonyhurst in the carrying on, promotion, advancement or support of all or any of the following charitable purposes (whether in the United kingdom or elsewhere) that is to say the advancement of education and of the Roman Catholic Religion, the relief of poverty, relief and prevention of sickness, disease and physical or mental disability, as the committee shall from time to time in its absolute discretion think fit".

Stonyhurst Association Charitable Trust

The Stonyhurst Association Charitable Trust raises money to advance the further education of current and former pupils of the College.

Eagle Aid

Eagle Aid is a fund-raising initiative for the poor and disadvantaged, started by the Stonyhurst Association in 1987, to support major projects considered to have appeal to all Jesuit alumni.

Projects

Projects in 2006 included:
  • Land-Mine victims in Kosovo
    Kosovo
    Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

  • Help for the Christians in the Holy Land
  • Makumbi Mission, Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

  • Kangemi Mission, Kenya
    Kenya
    Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

  • Nava Jeevan, India
  • The Homeless in Lisbon

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