Community Commitment

We cherish a deep respect for the beliefs and cultures of others, promoting a safe, caring and inclusive community.

The nature of the support we provide depends on the needs of the people and organisations that we work with.

This may be as simple as BGS pupils taking part in the Barnardo’s mentoring scheme, volunteering for Age UK, to providing free tickets for other schools to events such as leading author visits.

Our aim is to promote an understanding that by giving to others, we ultimately enrich our own lives.
Community involvement is integral to the happiness and prosperity of our School, an ethos that we strive to share with our pupils. We actively encourage pupils to see themselves not just as a part of the BGS family, but the wider Yorkshire community.
We have many existing links with various schools, speakers, charities and associated organisations. 

By working in partnership and strengthening links with our collaborators we are able to identify how we can help with particular challenges or issues in a mutually beneficial way. A full list of our partnerships can be found below.

We are proud of our commitment to providing Assisted Places, which transform the lives of young people in and around Bradford.

Assisted Places ensure that the BGS community remains diverse, inclusive, and tolerant, with students coming from a range of socio-economic backgrounds. We spend on average £850,000 annually on student funding, which currently benefits around 10 external Year 7 students and 5 external Year 12 students. We are hoping to double this number in the coming years and are very grateful to the Old Bradfordians and friends who contribute to our Assisted Places Fund.

Mary's Meals
The Ilkley Literature Festival
The Bradford Review
Barnardo's
World Wildlife Fund
St Gemma's Hospice
Yorkshire Teaching School Alliance
Beckfoot Heaton Primary School
Music and the Deaf
NSPCC
Harmless
Bradford Museums & Galleries
Anthony Nolan
Water Aid
City of Bradford MDC
Age UK
Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure
Bosom Friends Bradford
The Prince's Trust
Festival Publications
Bradford Curry Project
Samaritans
Youth Sport Trust
No Panic
One in a million
Fairtrade Foundation
Margaret Kerr Unit
Marie Curie
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
Beating Eating Disorders
Anxiety UK
Relate Bradford
Forget me not children's hospice
St Oswald's Hospice
Bradford Women's Aid
Frizinghall Primary School
MacMillan
CLIC Sargent
Action for Happiness
Teenage Cancer Trust
Independent Schools Council
Rethink Mental Illness
Bevan Wellbeing
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Chellow Heights Special School
Jeremy Thomas
Change.org
OCD Action
Time to Change
HMC
JCI Bradford
Aireborough Supported Activities Scheme
Shipley Glenn Tramway

More on community outreach

Visit our ‘Spotlight on Happiness’ online resource to find out more about community outreach from pupil, parents and staff.

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