Principal for Atherton Community School Announced

Plans for Atherton Community School continue to progress and Chapel St are pleased to announce the appointment of Elizabeth Haddock as the Principal Designate of the new school, which is due to open this September. Elizabeth will soon be taking up her role, in order to get fully immersed in the plans and preparations for [...]

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Chapel St covers the distance

On Thursday 15th December, Chapel St held London’s first ever Carolthon of 26 miles and carols around the capital and are pleased to report that we covered the distance! Our runners made it round the 26.2 miles, our bandsmen’s lips made it through 2602 carols and our amazing support crew made it through the crowds [...]

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Chapel St’s Carolthon: 26 miles and carols around the capital

This Christmas, Chapel St are organising a charity challenge with a festive edge. On 15th December, the Chapel St team and friends will be taking to the streets for London’s first ever Christmas Carolthon to raise money for community health projects. A day-long challenge from 8 am – 8 pm, the Carolthon will see a team [...]

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Atherton Community School – Open Evenings Planned

Following the Department for Education’s recent announcement of plans for a new Free School in Atherton, Chapel St and the founding governors of Atherton Community School are planning a series of Open Evenings for the local community in the weeks ahead.  Parents, carers and community members are being invited along to hear more about the [...]

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New School Announced

The trustees of Chapel St and founding board of governors are delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has agreed that the application to open Atherton Community School in September 2012 should move to the next stage. Over the last year, hundreds of local residents and [...]

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Chapel St wins Community Oriented Primary Care Pilot in Blackburn

  Chapel St has recently won a project to work for Healthy Happy Communities in the Mill Hill area of Blackburn. Chapel St will be working with Mill Hill residents, community groups, Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Cornerstone Healthcare to support to a GP practice (the Bentham Road Medical Centre) in the delivery of a [...]

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Chapel St’s Carolthon for Community Health

At Chapel St, we’re busy planning a ‘Carolthon’ to fundraise for community health initiatives. Planned for this December, the ‘Carolthon’ is a running and carolling fundraiser for community health. The challenge is to run a marathon route around London, stopping off to perform 13 carol concerts en route. The aim is to raise as much [...]

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Baroness Maeve Sherlock Announced as Chair of Chapel St

Baroness Sherlock has been announced the Chair of the Chapel St Group. Maeve Sherlock is a life peer who was formerly the Chief Executive of the British Refugee Council and a special advisor to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown MP where her brief covered child poverty and welfare reform. Maeve has been [...]

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Atherton Community Views Pivotal For New Secondary School

Atherton Community Views Pivotal For New Secondary School

Chapel St is working with a group applying to establish a brand new secondary school in Atherton. We are committed to placing the opinions and ideas of the local community at the heart of the plans. Last year Atherton parents and community members formed a consortium with Chapel St. After consulting with local parents, educationalists [...]

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‘Learning Through Play’ – Chapel St Family Hub delivers parenting workshop

‘Learning Through Play’ – Chapel St Family Hub delivers parenting workshop

‘Learning should be fun whether you’re 5 or 55,’ shared Early Years Specialist Liz Rook tonight at the Chapel St Family Hub. Running a workshop on ‘Learning Through Play’, Liz presented her ideas and insights in the vital role that parents can play in their child’s development. Liz encouraged parents to enable children to pursue [...]

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