Jon Howarth, one of the assistant headteachers at Burnley High School, talks about the launch of the BHS Foundation. The project aims to strengthen links between the school and the community, give students new experiences and opportunities and also raise money for charity
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00:00Hi, I'm John Howarth, one of the assistant headteachers here at Birmingham High School
00:04and we're looking to talk today about the BHS Foundation, what we have launched this
00:08year and we're really excited about and we are looking for some support if anyone's out
00:13there to help. So there's three elements of the foundation. We've got opportunity for
00:17our students to experience new events and experiences they wouldn't have necessarily
00:21received before. So if there's any businesses that can support us with that, whether it's
00:26theatre, football, going to a nice restaurant, anything like that would be fantastic. The
00:31second part of the foundation is on the community side, so we're really looking to develop our
00:36community links with elderly people's home, local football clubs, whether it be litter picking,
00:43anything we can help out and we're looking to improve. And finally is the charity side
00:48and we're really proud to say our children's charity this year is Pendleside Hospice and
00:52we've already raised hundreds of pounds already for such an amazing cause. So hopefully you can
00:58support us in helping the foundation to be a fantastic opportunity for our school and our students.