1:10pm Wednesday 1st July 2009
A BROMYARD school has raised £2,500 for a hospice that cared for a former teacher.
Fund-raisers marked 25 years of St Michael’s Hospice by staging a benefit concert at Queen Elizabeth Humanities College.
More than 100 pupils from QE and its six feeder schools performed but the concerts had poignancy, as former QE teacher Richard Jones died at the hospice the day before the event.
Dr Michael Goodman, Queen Elizabeth headteacher, said the former maths and ICT teacher was a brilliant colleague.
“He was intelligent, kindly, diligent and great fun – he inspired generations of students,” said Mr Goodman.
“The care he received at St Michael’s was second-to-none.
“How lovely that we could do something positive in his memory, so soon after his passing.”
The sell-out concerts showcased a range of genres while half a dozen items were auctioned during the interval.
David Kemp, QE’s head of music, said the concert included a wide variety of talent and styles.
“It shows how much talent there is and what a great sense of community spirit goes on in the Bromyard cluster,” he said.
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