Year 7 students at Sawtry Village Academy were delighted to take part in an exciting and rewarding challenge as part of Unspoken Charity’s ‘Good Deeds 24’ Project.
‘Good Deeds 24’ is a project organised by the Unspoken charity, led by Atiq Rehman, who regularly visits the academy to deliver motivational speeches to the academy’s students in assemblies. This project is the second 24-hour project Unspoken have arranged, in which a number of good deeds are completed within 24-hours.
During the 24 hours, Atiq and his team visited Luton to feed the homeless, provided aid to refugees and people in need, donated toys and gifts at The Amazon Children’s Ward at Peterborough City Hospital, and completed a full renovation and redecoration at the amazing Little Miracles centre, who offer support to families that have children with additional needs, disabilities and life-limiting conditions.
Sawtry Village Academy’s Year 7 students also took on a mammoth 160km indoor cycle at Academy Leisure Sawtry in 30-minute stints, adding their distances together to achieve the target. This is equivalent to the distance Atiq and his team covered in ‘Good Deeds 24’ from Peterborough to Luton and back, before the team attended Sawtry Village Academy in the morning to take part in an assembly with the whole of Year 7.
The students smashed their targeted and cycled an enormous 583km, raising over £300 for the charity. You can find out more and sponsor the event via the academy’s JustGiving page, with all funds being donated to the Peterborough Down Syndrome Group.
Simon Parsons, Headteacher at Sawtry Village Academy, said: “Our students have thoroughly enjoyed supporting Atiq’s ‘Good Deeds 24’ Project, achieving a phenomenal distance and raising money for a very important cause. At Sawtry Village Academy, we firmly believe our role is to provide for all members of the community we serve and I’m proud to see our students sharing this passion for playing an active part in their communities.”
