Charities and Voluntary Service
Charities Committee
The work of the Charities Committee directly reflects the ethos of Heriot's and is the embodiment of the school motto, "Distribute Chearfullie."
Junior School
Junior School parents and staff at Heriot's are extremely keen on supporting all kinds of charities and much thought is given to which charities to support over the course of the year.
Each year the Junior School selects either a local or an international charity to support and raises funds for 
that specific charity over a 12 month period. The most recent charities supported have been the Primary School of Iyela and its community in Tanzania and Muirfield Riding for the Disabled. Our involvement also raises the profile amongst the community of our chosen charity and we are very pleased to be able to do that.
In addition to our selected charities we regularly support charities such as RHSC, CHAS and Readathon. Indeed, the children of the Junior School have raised tens of thousands of pounds through their efforts for The CLIC Sargent and Roald Dahl Foundation.
Each October our Harvest celebrations end with the distribution of donated items of food, drink and flowers to local organisations - all distributed by the Junior School children.
Our Junior School Charities Programme each year culminates in our Junior School Charities Fair on the lawns 
each June when the children themselves organise and man a fund-raising fair for deserving causes.
Throughout the year, however, donations of all sizes are made to a great many charities by children of all ages who organise sponsored events, Cake and Candy Stalls, Toy/Book Sales, etc or even forego presents at birthdays and ask for charitable donations instead. Parents and friends of the school are extraordinarily generous when giving to collections at the end of Church Services, Concerts and Plays and everyone actively supports Heriot's motto of "Distribute Chearfullie".
Senior School
Mrs Maclean and Ms Connor head up the Charities Committee in the Senior School. Pupils from the different 
Year Councils make up the team and decide on priorities for the session. This might include nominating charities, coming up with ideas for fund raising initiatives or suggesting other ways in which Heriot's can support groups in the wider community. In the next few weeks, we are looking forward to a quiz night in aid of Marie Curie and a non uniform day to raise funds for the Vine Trust and Scottish Love in Action. The S6 will be sleeping out in the quad to raise money for windows and doors for Madzumbi Full Primary School in Malawi. S6 are also very directly involved in charity work through the volunteer programme. For more information, see these links:
Voluntary Service
S6 pupils are all involved in a structured programme of Voluntary Service. They can choose from a range of activities withing the School or further afield.
Charity
- £14611.70 raised for charity this session