Staff and pupils at St Machar Academy, Aberdeen, are preparing to put the kettle on as part of Epilepsy Action’s National Tea Break 2010. The school has organised a tea break on Friday 29 October to help raise funds for Epilepsy Action, the UK’s largest member-led epilepsy organisation.
Almost 30 pupils from S3 class are organising the event with the help of staff as part of their Business Enterprise course. The event will have a colour theme, with everything relating to the colour orange. As well as serving tea, orange ribbons will be sold, pupils will pay £1 to wear orange accessories and orange cakes will be for sale. The tea break event has been organised as part of the eighth National Tea Break. The grand scale tea party encourages tea lovers to get together to help raise vital funds for Epilepsy Action, simply by drinking tea and eating cake.
Sandra Milne, S3 Business Enterprise teacher at St Machar Academy, said: “We have some pupils and families affected by epilepsy, so it is an issue that affects the school. We’re hoping to raise as much money as possible to help people with epilepsy, as well as raising awareness about the condition and how it affects people. We’re really looking forward to supporting the people we care about by raising a lot of money for a worthwhile cause.”
The money raised from this event will help to fund the vital advice and information services provided by Epilepsy Action.
For more information about National Tea Break, or to arrange your own event, visit www.epilepsy.org.uk/teabreak
Epilepsy is one of UK’s most common serious neurological conditions affecting an estimated one in 131 people. Last year Epilepsy Action directly helped over 688,000 people through a range of services, including its Epilepsy Helpline freephone 0808 800 5050 and award-winning website, www.epilepsy.org.uk