“Hey, my name is Erin and I'm from St Mungo's High School in Falkirk and recently I led a group from my school raising money for CHAS.

We held our own ‘Big Read’ where everyone was sponsored to read a book all day and it was a huge success! We raised almost £2,000 for CHAS and everyone taking part had great fun. We provided a hot chocolate and some sweets for all our participants.

We all felt honoured to have a member of CHAS visit our school to collect the cheque and there was an amazing sense of achievement when we heard how our money would help.

I would recommend the ‘Big Read’ to anyone as a great way to raise money and just have a good time!”

Erin McInnes, St Mungo’s High School

“My name is Nicole, I’m 10 and I go to Halfmerke Primary School in East Kilbride. Me and my friends raised £1,182 for CHAS by reading books. I love reading and the books I read for CHAS were Matilda and two Hannah Montana books.

Every year my school picks a charity and we raise money for them. We were asked to think of a charity and I had all my CHAS stuff ready. My Headmaster, Mr McCulloch, was very pleased and CHAS was chosen as our charity.

I picked CHAS because they help make children’s last few years really special and because I know someone who works for CHAS. Her name is Jacqui and one time she took me into Robin House and the children looked really happy!

Me and the whole school had a great time and we all got stickers and certificates from CHAS. It felt really good that the charity I wanted got picked and everyone had fun raising all the money for the children at Rachel House and Robin House!”

Nicole Hardcastle, Halfmerke Primary School

Teachers at Strathaven Academy enjoyed a quiet afternoon on Tuesday 10 February, when S1 pupils spent time in silence – reading a book!  Their aim was to raise funds and support CHAS, by taking part in Rachel and Robin’s Big Read. Pupils rose to the challenge and raised the incredible sum of £1,479.60.

Euan Clark, S1 pupil described taking part,  “Everyone enjoyed it – it was fun to spend time reading a book we wanted instead of doing school work.  I read “Titanic”, which was a book I got at Christmas. This was a great way to spend our afternoon and it was for a good cause.”

Euan Clark, Strathaven Academy


Find out more by reading our leaflet:  Rachel and Robin's Big Read (233.78 kB)
 The Big Read - Curriculum for Excellence (39.38 kB)

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