Siobhan Forde
My Story
Hi all,
In just a couple of weeks (September 16th) I will be cycling from London to Brighton in order to raise money for a brilliant cause - Broaden Out Their Horizons (http://both.org.uk/).
BOTH (Broaden Out Their Horizons) is a tiny charity taking inner-city London school-kids on exchange trips to schools in the Eastern Cape of South Africa and offering some of the poorest South African students the opportunity to come to a London school in return.
I was recently fortunate enough to see the fantastic work of the charity first hand on this year's exchange trip to South Africa. Not only was it a life changing and transformational trip for our students, but it was humbling, heartwarming and eye opening for me too! The opportunities this charity provides for both sets of students are truly once in a lifetime! So we really need to raise the money to bring the South African students to London!!! As a teacher, young people are obviously at the heart of what I do, so I urge you to dig deep to support this fanstastic charity.
Here are some videos that show you what an impact these trips have on the lives of these young Britons and South Africans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnb_4sRSS28
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcD0KV9WbB9GeNxRcr5DOnw
You can also find out more about the recent trip by following BOTH on:
Twitter - @sharedifference
Instagram - @bothcharity
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/broadenouttheirhorizons/