Record-Breaking Christmas Fayre!

With huge support and a fantastic turnout, Westlands have set a new record in their Christmas Fayre fundraising!

This morning, Westlands held their annual Christmas Fayre and smashed their previous record for a fundraising event. The fayre, once again this year in aid of Cancer Research UK, raised a staggering £667.64 thanks to the generosity and kindness of the staff, students, parents and carers of Westlands.

Stalls this year included the Thrift Shop, Gifts for Mam and Dad, The Sweet Shop, and the Bookshop Corner. Back again due to popular demand were the Westlands Cake Stall (thanks to Catering Teacher Kim who has been a cake making machine!), Guess the Number of Sweets game, Tornado Tombola, and the edge-of-your-seats drama of the Raffle! Prizes for the tombola and raffle had been donated by staff & friends and prepared by the staff & students of Westlands' PDC Unit.

Cancer research transforms and saves lives. The purpose of studying cancer is to develop safe and effective methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, treat, and, ultimately, cure the collections of diseases called cancer. The study of cancer is called oncology. It is known that 1 in 2 of us will be affected by cancer and every penny that we have raised today will help Cancer Research UK work towards removing this from our lives.

This year's event could not have been possible without the hard work of Jan & Sarah (who badgered staff and used hundreds of metres of cellophane making hampers!) and all of the other people who donated, manned stalls and helped support our children in making this year a success.

Thank you all!