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This week, students at St Oscar Romero Catholic School, Worthing, presented a cheque to St Vincent De Paul Society Worthing group for £15,000.

This extraordinary amount was raise from two main initiatives: 60 students from the school participated in an overnight South Downs Walk, and 20 Year 10 students completed this year's Mountain Challenge (Cambrian Way).

Writing on Instagram, the school reports that

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"We could not [have] done this without the support of our families. SVP Worthing were in shock. They do so much good for the most vulnerable families in our community. Over the last 5 years and through our Mountain challenge initiatives we have raised a staggering £65,000 for local, national and global causes."

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St Vincent de Paul Society is an anti-poverty charity and part of an international Christian voluntary network dedicated to tackling poverty in all its forms by providing practical assistance to people in need. In the UK, it has a network of over 8,000 volunteer members, motivated by faith, who visit vulnerable or isolated people across England and Wales and offer them friendship and practical support.

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Source: St Oscar Romero School