Transition Year students present cheque to Concern

The Ashton Transition Year carried on a tradition of a 24-hr fast to raise funds for Concern and Christian Aid that has been going since 1992. A group of five pupils organised the event and forty pupils took part. The pupils stayed in school overnight,  and had a breakfast together early on Friday morning. They worked a normal day in school and understood the challenge of being hungry and tired, and still having to do a full day of work.

The photo shows Claire O’Carroll Concern accepting the cheque from Michael Shiel Lantry top fundraiser, Lydia French organising committee, and Carmel Desmond supervising teacher. Other Transition Year students in the photo are part of the entire student cohort who took part in the Fast.