A King’s School fashion show will celebrate 25 years of the school’s fundraising for The Christie Charity.
On Friday, 6th December, the school, now sited in Prestbury after its move from Macclesfield, will again transform into a runway, as sixth form students present their annual charity fashion show in support of The Christie.
This year’s show marks 25 years of partnership between King’s and The Christie Charity, with the school surpassing £100,000 in total donations — a milestone reached ahead of this year’s event.
The fashion show was the brainchild of King’s Sixth Form Charities Committee in 1999. Over the years, the show has evolved in style and purpose with a different theme each time.
This year’s event will see more than 100 students take to the stage, with many others helping out on the night.
They have chosen the theme of “Blockbusters” for 2024 and will be playing homage to seven movies, from classics to more recent box office hits.
For the past 25 years, students have liaised with local clothing outlets or with brands to provide the clothes. Last year, they chose a sustainability theme, and all the outfits modelled were either vintage or from charity shops. This year, the pupils are sourcing their own clothes from a variety of different places.
King’s School is supported by The Christie Appeal in Macclesfield group, which has been supporting The Christie Charity for nearly three decades. The fashion show is one of the key events in its calendar and is a team effort led by the Fashion Show Committee, a group of pupils who have volunteered to be dance leaders or sixth form prefects, supported by teachers. This group selects the movies, curates the song list and helps with the general running of the fashion show – monitoring fundraising, helping to collect raffle prizes, making decisions about the layout, and advertising.
“It has been amazing to get to work with so many of the sixth form pupils and help to encourage and inspire them to take part in fundraising for The Christie Charity,” said Miss Dawson, one of the organisers. “As an ex-pupil, who participated in the fashion event as a sixth form student myself, I was keen to get involved and help provide students with the same experience that I had.”
King’s School makes a conscious effort every year to ensure that its pupils understand their role in the community and view citizenship as a responsibility. Each pupil taking part in the fashion show is asked to raise £100 for The Christie Charity, with some raising even more.
Year 13 pupil and chair of the Fashion Show Committee, Cece Stanley, said: “It’s a truly special honour and it is an opportunity for our year group to come together and do something special to raise money for The Christie Charity.
“Donations from us mean that it can provide enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds. This includes continuous funding for a number of services throughout the hospital including the wig fitting service, the art room and complementary therapies.”
The first show raised £2,300, with last year’s raising £20,260.
To support the work of The Christie Charity, visit christie.nhs.uk or call 0161 446 3988.
