Community Service at SDC

	Make a positive difference to your local community Put yourself in a position of responsibility and trust Develop important skills and widen your outlook Work towards a Duke of Edinburgh award   J A R Loudon Head of Community Service   Students in Year 9 can choose one of the following activities:
	1) FUN FIZZICAL – THURSDAY 15 45 – 17 30 Help children with various physical and mental disabilities to enjoy themselves at the Bridge Leisure Centre in Sydenham. (JARL)   “Fun Fizzical has helped to develop me as a person, making a difference to the lives of those who need it most”  (SDC helper)
	2) ELECTRONIC WORKSHOP – MONDAYS In EW students manage the lighting and sound equipment for various school performances. (JWB)   “Aah! Those good old days of sitting in the Great Hall at 10 o’clock at night, slowly sipping an ice-cold ginger beer and munching pizza” (SDC student)

3) LEWISHAM TALKING NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND – VARIOUS Research and record an article for a newspaper devoted to blind people. (MJM) Letter from Pat Hart and guide dog, pebbles “As a listener to the Lewisham Talking Newspaper, I want to say thank you to St Dunstan’s for the taped magazine which we all received a fortnight ago.  I did enjoy it, and it was so good to hear that pupils from St Dunstan’s were recording for us again.  Thank you all very much indeed for the trouble you have taken to provide us with an interesting tape. I felt the subject matter was well chosen and well presented.  I enjoyed the quiz and did well on some of the questions, but not all! With best wishes to you all and many thanks for the time and trouble you have taken. I shall look forward to hearing your next magazine”.

4) AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL -VARIOUS Are you interested in human rights and international politics? Get involved in campaigning. (PAG)

5) VISITING THE ELDERLY – MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS Volunteer to visit the elderly at local residential homes and learn to establish valuable relationships. (KS)   We have been going to Penerly Lodge since Year 9, and we find it very rewarding.  After such a long time we have got to build up a real friendship with many of the residents.  It’s good to see them on a regular basis, and you can tell from their faces how pleased they are to see us’  (SDC students)

Use the menu items above to find out more about the wide range
of activities undertaken by pupils for the benefit of others.

jloudon@sdmail.org.uk