COMMUNITY LIFE Winchester House continues to place community values at the heart of its ethos, abiding by the School’s motto ‘Non Nobis Solum’, not for ourselves alone. Children and staff are regularly involved with a variety of community based activities and projects, as well as the creation of new initiatives designed to meet specific needs. Never before has community involvement been more important than during the pandemic. In March 2020, when care homes were advised to close their doors to visitors, School created the ‘Flowers for Friends’ initiative whereby families gathered spring flowers from their gardens and brought the most wonderful bouquets into school. These were donated to local care homes, doctors’ surgeries and assisted living residences. The residents of Juniper House were delighted and sent the children small painted eggs in hand-knitted baskets with hand written messages and chocolate eggs inside.
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