Community Service

Community Service

Community Service

Here at MTGS we have a strong tradition of voluntary work in the wider community and we encourage pupils to use their skills and talents to help others. Sixth Formers undertake Community Service each Wednesday afternoon in a wide range of placements. These include:

assisting in primary schools
working with young people with special needs
helping in charity shops
working with the Stroke Association
helping on the wards in a hospital
coaching rowing
helping at Age Concern Lunch Club

Each year our Sixth Formers carry out over 6,000 hours of voluntary service and some have achieved national recognition for their efforts. All girls can participate in the Millennium Volunteers programme and gain awards for 100 and 200 hours of service. Our pupils recognise that they derive a great deal of satisfaction from the work they do, and in many cases this experience helps them to decide their future career path. They also develop a range of important skills through their placements, which will be invaluable as they progress to university and the world of work.

Erin Jones and Harriet Riding are shown hard at work with energetic groups of infant pupils.

Good luck!

We wish Trusha Kothari success as she has been nominated for the Crosby Lions' ‘Young Ambassador of the 21^st Century' award. Trusha has undertaken a range of voluntary activities and has shown admirable commitment working with disabled children and young people.

Trusha said, 'I found out I'd won the award on the same day that I got my GCSE results.' 'It was a great day all round.'
'Chance to Play' project leader Paula Lomas said: 'It is wonderful to see someone so young win such a prestigious award. Trusha is a real people person.'
To top it all, Trusha asked her friends and family to make a donation to Barnado's instead of buying her presents for her 16th birthday, and raised £540 for the charity

Trusha Kothari