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STUDENT FUNDRAISING We raised an incredible £1,591.05 for Children in Need after a week filled with fun activities across the campuses. Early Years students set up a face-painting stall and organised ‘Onesie Day’. The Student Association put on a number of challenges for staff and students, including a blindfolded ‘Guess the Food’ challenge, and students at the Townholm campus held a staff versus students volleyball match – with a twist. All the players had to dress up as superheroes! 20 Hospitality students raised £349.09 with a take-away lunch service, serving the food they had prepared. “...it was a week filled with fun activities across the campuses” Elsewhere, business student Louise McKenzie inspired a group of her classmates to raise money for the charity by trekking Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains! Louise took on the five-day challenge on 6th October - hiking for six to eight hours a day. Friends from her class Heather Caldwell, Emma Garrick, Sarah MacFarlane, Bobby McManus and Mark Wilson all helped raise sponsorship money. The group then held a charity event involving a raffle and cupcake sale, where a staggering 204 cupcakes were sold. Altogether they raised £445.30 including donations, with £172 coming from raffle ticket sales where local businesses had volunteered prizes. THE STUDENT VOICE: EDITION 3