A SERIES of events have been set in motion at Sir James Smith’s Community School, Camelford, in a bid to buy a Shelterbox.

The Cornish-based charity supply aid to those in desperate need of emergency shelter.

The brainchild of a group of Year 10 students, the fund-raising bid began in earnest with a series of assemblies, held to inform the rest of the school of their intention to buy a box for over £500 and then track it as it is used for disaster relief.

Events, aimed to bring in the necessary money, include a ‘non-uniform day’ where students pay £1 to come into school in their ‘normal’ clothes, washing staff cars and donating coins for use in mathematics lessons before they are added to the final total.

The contents of a Shelterbox were demonstrated during the assemblies, and the tent from the box was put on display in the school’s Learning Resource Centre.

Among the Year 10 representatives launching the fund­raising were Ollie Sandercock, Lewis Bradley, Sam Rich­ards, Lauren Brocklehurst, Isla Symons and Bryony Davis.