September 2012

Southdowns Sponsor Young Future Engineers

Southdowns Help Local School Children Raise Money For New Classroom

When St Mary’s Primary School in Clymping, West Sussex organised a charity event to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics and raise money for their school, they approached Southdowns for sponsorship.

In June, four teams raced 60 miles - the distance to the Olympic stadium from the school - around Ford Airfield in Greenpower goblin electric cars. A team from the Greenpower Education Trust which inspires young people to become engineers, supplied the school with cars for the event .

Southdowns was delighted to join other local businesses, friends and family in helping the school raise an impressive £2000 towards an outdoor classroom. As Green team Captain Toby put it: “St Mary’s is a small school but we like to do big things!”.