Gemma Stroyan, a 6th year pupil at Loretto, who accompanied me with passages from “A Gap in the Life” when we gave a talk at the school about the Trust and Gap Years in general, decided to put on an evening of drama and music in aid of HFT and the Sandpiper Trust (another Trust which was set up in memory of a former pupil Sandy Dickson and provides resuccitation equipment to rural GPs) in March. She organised the whole evening based largely on pieces they are doing for their A levels, thereby killing two birds with one stone and getting some useful active revision as well as an audience. Not content with that, she also arranged a raffle and an auction of promises and then donned her auctioneers hat – a young lady of many talents who I’m sure we will hear more of in years to come!!!
