Several Sixth Form students from Blackburn House in Bolton School Boys’ Division visited Blackburn Foodbank to handover a donation of food provisions weighing 189 kilos! The boys were given a tour of the premises and shown how donations are processed in order to help people every day of the week.
The pupils have been collecting items since September and several House assemblies focused on raising awareness for Blackburn Foodbank. There was consideration of some of the real life stories of people the Foodbank has helped and also how there has been a greater strain on food banks since the Cost of Living crisis. There was also a game of ‘higher or lower’ in an assembly where pupils had to decide whether 12 items were higher or lower in price than the item before. All items were under £2.00 and illustrated to the boys how adding an extra bag of pasta or a tin of beans to your shopping will not make a big difference to your shopping bill but, would be greatly appreciated by the foodbank.
Blackburn House is one of four houses at Bolton School – the others being Chorley, Manchester and Wigan. A number of House Days are held each year in which boys compete against one another across various sports and extra-curricular pursuits.
