On Tuesday 18th July and Wednesday 19th July 2017, students and staff at The Bishop of Llandaff Church-in-Wales High School will join forces to put on the biggest fundraising event in the school’s history. The two main events are a live radio show for thirty-six hours, and Sophie’s Tea Trek, a challenge for Sophie Lewis, a student in year 12, to visit thirty-six coffee shops and cafés, to consume thirty-six cups of tea within the thirty-six hours of the event!

The event is primarily raising funds for three charities which work with children and young people who have a hidden difficulty, such as a continence problem, struggling to be accepted because of their sexuality or gender, and having difficulty with their mental health. The three main charities are ERIC, Mind, and Stonewall Cymru. ERIC is the Children’s Bowel and Bladder Charity, helping the one in twelve children and young people in the UK who suffer from a bladder or bowel problem. Mind is the mental health charity, providing advice and support to the one in four of us who will experience a mental health problem every year. Stonewall Cymru’s mission is to achieve legal equality and social justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Wales, including eradicating homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in schools, because nearly half of LGBT pupils (45 per cent) – including 64 per cent of trans pupils – are bullied for being LGBT in Britain’s schools. More information, and a full list of causes, can be found at bishopofllandaff.wordpress.com/bolfundraising36/money.

The thirty-six-hour live broadcast will begin at 8am on Tuesday 18th July 2017 and end at 8pm on Wednesday 19th July 2017, and you will be able to listen to it at bishopofllandaff.wordpress.com/bolfundraising36.

You can keep up with an Instagram Story of Sophie’s Tea Trek: follow @SophiesTeaTrek on Instagram.

You can get in touch - tweet @BOLHS_Radio using #BOLFundraising36 or email RadioStation@bishopofllandaff.org!