Community Involvement Group

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Community Involvement Group

• Partner Meeting 2007

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Overview

• What is the Community Involvement Group?
• Benefits of joining the Community Involvement
  Group
• Examples of the Community Involvement Groups
  activities

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What is the Community Involvement Group?

• The Community Involvement Group is a voluntary
  activity for S6 pupils to decide to get involved
  with.
• The activities of the group focus on building
  positive relationships in the School, local and
  global communities by offering them help and
  support.

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The benefits of joining Community Involvement

• Community Involvement work gives you the chance
  to develop your people and management skills
  through organising events.
• Being able to see the problems others face helps
  you appreciate your own life.
• Being able to support others helps you develop as
  a RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN by letting you see that
  when you get involved you can make a difference.

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Examples of our work School Disco

• We held a Halloween School Disco for S6.
• This generated school funds and helped support
  our sense of school community.

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Examples of our work Pantomime Trip

• We organised a pantomime trip to the SECC for all
  S1/2 pupils.
• This improved pupil morale in the School
  Community, and provided funds to host a Senior
  Citizens party for all our local parishes.

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Examples of our work Senior Citizens Party

• We organised a Senior Citizens Christmas party
  for members of all our local parishes.
• This helped show people our age in a positive
  light and show that the School is committed to
  the local community.

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Examples of our work Nursery Appeal

• We organised presents for children in an
  Easterhouse nursery by getting all of S6 to buy a
  gift for a particular child.
• This helped remind everyone about the importance
  of helping others and the spirit of Christmas.
• The Head of the nursery also said it had helped
  the children by showing them positive older role
  models who care for others.

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Examples of our work Selling SCIAF Cards

• We sold SCIAF Christmas Cards and gifts to help
  raise funds for this charity.
• This helped remind everyone about the importance
  of supporting charities and helping others.

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Examples of our work Dress Down Day

• We organised a dress down day where pupils and
  staff could come in casually dressed in return
  for the payment of some groceries.
• This improved pupil morale in the School
  Community, and provided use with materials to
  make up food parcels for
• CARDINAL WINNING PRO LIFE INITIATIVE
• EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE HOMELESS UNIT
• GOVAN INITIATIVE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS.

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Examples of our work SIR

• We have supported the work of Scottish
  International Relief (SIR) through providing
  backpacks of materials for school pupils and
  raising funds for medical facilities.
• This improved pupil morale in the School
  Community by allowing everyone to see that they
  could actively help other people thousands of
  miles away.

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Examples of our work Live With Hope

• For a number of years we have supported the
  Franciscan Sisters Live with Hope hospice in
  Kericho, Kenya by fundraising at Lent.
• This improved pupil morale in the School
  Community by allowing everyone to see that they
  could actively help other people thousands of
  miles away.