£750 raised by Cranleigh pupils during orange mufti day

Cranleigh Prep held its mufti day on Friday, October 16, with pupils being asked to wear orange and to donate £1 each in support of the lower school’s charity, Challengers.

Emma Lewis, deputy head – pastoral, said: “Due to Covid restrictions all monies collected went into quarantine over half-term. However, having now been counted, we are delighted to announce that we’ve raised £750, our highest total ever on a mufti day.

“An enormous thank you to all our children and parents for their generosity and support for this event”.

Challengers provide a fun environment with a variety of activities for disabled children and young people across the South East.

They are currently running ‘Orange October’ encouraging schools, youth groups and as many people as possible to take part in their orange activities to raise awareness and fundraise for them.

Charity is an important part of school life at Cranleigh Prep and the children are always so keen to participate and run charity events for their chosen organisation.

Covid-19 has made things challenging this year, but this has not deterred the school council from coming up with creative events that we could run as a school.

This year, the school has decided to continue to support the same charities as the last academic year.

These are: lower school – Challengers, middle school – Make-a-Wish, and upper school – Cardiac Risk in the Young.

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