The Bellamy Cup was established to recognise the House which has engaged most successfully with charitable endeavours. Three Houses put forward very strong submissions for this year’s Bellamy Cup.

Ashmead supported their adopted charity Keeping Abreast by making product which the charity could then sell on. Templates were made, fabrics purchased and then a whole day was spent with every member of the House involved in producing 70 hearts and 40 bags to help those recovering from surgery.

Chandos’ standout event was their ‘Royal Regatta’ – a sponsored swim for local charity Linc. All the girls in the House contributed to swimming the total length across the English Channel whilst simultaneously attempting the task of dragging a designated princess across in a rubber dingy. Other charities supported by Chandos girls included Firefly International, Sue Ryder, Music into Care, Marie Curie, the Wales Marcos charity.

This year’s winner of the Bellamy Cup, The Queen’s House, organised a charity tennis tournament, a Sixth Form beer tasting evening and a Wellbeing event. Their showcase fundraising event was a performance evening which showcased at least one act per year group. Individual fundraising involved running 100km for GOSH, climbing Snowdon for the Vanessa Grant Trust, setting up for sanitary pad production in Tanzania and volunteering to work in a school in Romania. Most impressively regular visits are also made each month by different groups of five girls to the Queen’s adopted charity Secret Garden Hub.

Dr Adam Dunning