Over the last three weeks, students, parents and staff have been donating chocolate selection boxes, with the collection being given to the local charity Hope for Food. As well as offering warm food and clothing at their twice weekly ‘Community Meals’ throughout the year, Hope for Food provide Christmas hampers for those in need, and the chocolate boxes are an addition to other festive fare. Assistant Headteacher Simon Holmes said, ‘It’s wrong that so many people are currently experiencing financial hardship: no family should be without, at all times, especially at Christmas. We are proud to once again lend a hand’. You can find out more about the charity here: Hope For Food – Helping hands, when we’re most needed Pictured below, in the remains of the snow, are four of our sixth form elves after helping to fill a car with nearly five hundred selection boxes. Great work, Purbeck community!