Service and Partnerships

Service at Sevenoaks

Our ambitious service programme was established in 1961, and we have placed great focus on service-based education ever since, with over 500 students involved in weekly service groups in the local community.

The groups support a wide range of organisations including six local care homes, Hospice in the Weald and Riding for the Disabled. Many of our students help support local primary schools and we work closely with the Sevenoaks Partnership of Primary Schools.

Weekly Service Groups

On a Thursday afternoon, every student in Year 10-13 experiences a form of service activity.

The aim of the Service programme is to enable students to understand their capacity to make meaningful contributions to their immediate community and wider society. More than 500 students elect to give their time to one of the 50 activities in our Service programme. Students can also elect to give their service to the CCF, or to the government, via the MUN.

 

1080

hours a week are given to voluntary service each Thursday which equates to 37,800 hours per year!

I realised how much positive impact I could bring upon other people around me…AND Actually contribute a lot to the wider community.

Student volunteer

 

Painting in South Africa

Service around the world

Our Institute of Service and Partnerships offers an extensive local and global service programme with students engaging in development projects around the world.

Students learn about the causes of global inequality and environmental challenges, and can contribute to solutions for problems such as refugee action, caring for the elderly, educational resources, conflict and rebuilding, and growing food for food banks.

Sometimes this action leads to fundraising for our partnership initiatives, working with the partner community about how we can have the greatest impact.

Sevenoaks aims to prepare pupils for the demands of the constantly changing environment through the development of their entrepreneurial skills and mindset, which we teach within the context of delivering positive social impact.

“It allowed me to inform myself on important global events that either I lacked understanding of or knowledge of, which in turn allowed me to educate others on it. group.”

Conflict and rebuilding service group member
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Student-led activities

We enable pupils to realise their capacity to act as agents of social change, and we encourage and support them to reflect on business models driven by social aims to develop solutions to local and global problems.

Students are empowered to take action through hands-on and collaborative activities, and through our nurturing of student-led initiatives.

50

service activities each week are undertaken by 500 students and 60 members of staff.

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