Winners of Schools Sculpture Challenge announced

St Basils can now announce the winners of the Schools Sculpture challenge. The winners of the Junior/ Middle category are students from Simon De Montford Middle school in Evesham for their entry entitled ‘Flying High’, which received the most votes of any school.

Whilst the winners of the Secondary school category are students from Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls for their entry entitled Cardboard Comfort which received the most votes of any school in the senior category. Pupils who made the artwork at the schools will now enjoy a free day trip to Cadbury World thanks to sponsors Kraft Foods.

St Basils does a lot of work with children of school age in both Birmingham and North Worcestershire through its Schools Mentoring and Training Project (STAMP). This project helps to raise awareness of the causes of youth homelessness and where young people in need of advice can get help.

St Basils has a number of artistic challenges and other events that schools can get involved in, throughout the year. Some local schools have recently organised their own sponsored SleepOuts or SleepIns and the month of September is St Basils Bake Off. St Basils will be celebrating its 40th anniversary year so St Basils will be encouraging schools to engage with the work they do by using their artistic skills in baking celebratory cakes. For more details go to www.stbasils.org.uk/bakeoff webpage.