Flood support from school
The appeal is the idea of Science Master, Michael Lawless, who also runs the Duke of Edinburgh scheme at the school.
He said: “It is easy to watch the bad weather on the television, see the waves pounding small Cornish fishing villages , and feel sympathy for the thousands of people who houses have been destroyed, and lives changed forever; but sympathy alone is not going to help them.
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Hide Ad“At Buckswood I would like to think that we could help and make a difference.”
The school is hoping to load a van with emergency supplies and is appealing for items such as bedding, tinned food, bottled drinks, batteries, toiletries and clothes for people in the worst affected areas of the country.