Macmillan’s Coffee Morning is an annual event dedicated to bringing people together over a cuppa to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. People all over the UK host their own coffee event and donations raised on the day are made to Macmillan.
At three academies within the Cabot Learning Federation coffee mornings were held on Friday 29th September to raise money for this very worthy cause.
Bristol Metropolitan Academy’s Macmillan cake morning, raised over £60 with donations still flooding in. A particular thank you to Terry head chef of their Aspens catering team for donating four trays of cakes. And, to the following staff who donated cakes – Helen Harman, the admin team, Bethan Jones and the Humanities team. Thank you also to Jennie Britton for making it happen!
Natasha Martin, Associate Assistant Principal said, “Macmillan give comfort to patients and families when they need it most. The work they do is amazing. We thank everyone that attended for their kind donations.
Wallscourt Farm Academy also staged a Coffee Morning. The venue was beautifully set up by two members of their team, Celia Monte and Dominque Palmer. Staff from across the academy contributed towards the cakes and treats on offer. So far they have raised £96 but they are continuing to raise funds by leaving the donation box out for people to donate.
Hannah McDonnell, Vice Principal, SENCo and Designated Safeguarding Lead said,
“In recent years Macmillan have supported one of our much loved members of the team so we wanted to give a little back for the huge support and care they gave during such a difficult time.”
At John Cabot Academy they held their coffee morning on Wednesday 28th as part of their termly “Cake Wednesday” scheme to raise money for different charities! Payment is made using an honour system, where staff drop their bakes off in the staff room in the morning and they put out a donations pot which gets emptied periodically throughout the day.
Connie Dunnill, Y8 Student Support Lead said, “We managed to raise £95.02 for Macmillan which we were really pleased with, especially given the honour systems in place and nothing being specifically priced. Lots of our staff got involved and baked and we’re looking forward to next terms Cake Wednesday!”
