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It’s all about the children!

Jewish Child’s Day was founded in 1947 to give Jewish children and their families in Britain the opportunity to help children in Europe whose lives had been devastated by the Second World War. Its guiding principle was to educate Jewish children in the UK about the importance of Tzedakah (giving to charity) and chesed (acts of loving kindness) within Jewish law and tradition.

Although the causes have changed, the abiding principle remains the same. Through Jewish Child’s Day’s fundraising activities and events, children can increase their understanding of the continuing relevance of these mitzvot and broaden their experience of social action.

How can your school get involved?

Schools in the UK sharing successful case studies

Many schools have been allocated a grant from Jewish Child’s Day. See below how we have supported many schools.

JCOSS

JCOSS
Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck Education Center’s schools in Haifa

Clore Shalom
JCOSS

JCOSS

“The ten-week mentoring programme is designed to introduce students with learning disabilities, to a range of horse-based experiences which lead to different and more positive outcomes. Throughout this programme, the students have embraced new experiences, built new relationships, learnt new skills, overcome challenges, learnt how to problem solve, both practically and emotionally and showed up every week with big smiles and an enthusiasm to try”.

We are proud to have supported JCOSS to proceed a mentoring programme helping more children in need.

Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck Education Center’s schools in Haifa

G is student from an immigrant family from Ethiopia. With almost no financial resources at all, they were so thankful to receive food packages for the Jewish holidays, and to participate in an annual school field trip.

Since the Covid-19 global pandemic started, students at Leo Baeck Haifa, have been negatively impacted due to the financial pressures their parents face, alongside the usual number of children from families who need scholarships and other financial aid at our schools.

“We reiterate our appreciation to the support of Jewish Child’s Day and the Jacobi Family for the scholarship programme. Jewish Child’s Day are providing financial aid to students in need, at the Leo Baeck Education Center’s schools in Haifa and you are changing their lives for the better.”

Clore Shalom

Due to covid Clore Shalom Primary School were required to spend more time outside with the children. A grant was awarded for a new playground as their current one was not large enough to accommodate all the children. The new playground has provided huge benefits to all the children through play. Clore Shalom believes this will help their mental health which in many cases have been severely impacted by the effects of Covid and the lockdowns.

30 Schools and Cheders made a difference by joining Blue-Ish Jewish 2023.
 
Each year, Jewish Child’s Day holds a national schools’ fundraising weekend called Blue-ish Jewish.
This year 30 schools and Cheders joined to make a difference, helping to transform the lives of Jewish Children in need – TOGETHER!
Children wore blue and white in return for a minimum donation of £1 – look at how cute and happy they are!
 
We would like to thank you all for taking part raising Tzedakah for children in need – we all have a duty to be kind and respectful to others so together we can transform the lives of those who most need it!
 

To find out more about Blue-ish Jewish 2024 and to register your school/Cheder please contact: Sarah Maurice on 020 8446 8804 or email fundraising@jcd.uk.com

Our special twinning programme allows children to choose to twin their special day with a child from a very different background – a special needs child from Israel, a child from a small community in Belarus or a child living in a children’s home.

We are certain that whichever route the children will choose, their twinning experience will be something very special – and one that they will cherish forever.

For more information please click here.

Twinning

‘It’s a Good Day’, is a fun, uplifting and educational Flipbook Game for children and adults, in both English & Hebrew. It features a selection of random daily acts to choose from to bring you lots of ‘good’.

We believe that by doing at least one good thing each day, we can influence and make it a good day for ourselves and many others – a great message to learn from an early age.

To purchase the game for your staff or pupils please click here, or send us an email if you would like to purchase more than 30 units : shachafve@jcd.uk.com

To mark Jewish Child’s Day’s 75th Heritage year we reinstated our Chanukah Card Art Competition with JCoSS secondary school: ‘Find your #innerlight’

Year 7 students had to research about Jewish Child’s Day, find their inner creativity and invest time in creating amazing Chanukah card designs.
The winning submissions were transformed into beautiful Chanukah cards that were made available to purchase through our website, raising much needed funds supporting projects that benefit Jewish children who suffer from physical and emotional disabilities, neglect, abuse and financial hardship across the UK, Israel and smaller communities across the world.

The four fantastic winners won an Amazon voucher each – so well deserved!
All the other participants received our festive bookmarks for all their efforts.

Please contact us if you would like your school/Cheder to be part of our  Chanukah competition 2023 on 020 8446 68804 or email sarah.maurice@jcd.uk.com

   
Thanks again to all the JCoSS students who took part in this competition and to all of you who are going to support this lovely project by purchasing these fabulous Chanukah cards.

For more information about how your school can be involved please call Sarah Maurice on 020 8446 8804 or email her at sarah.maurice@jcd.uk.com

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Every pound raised helps transform the lives of Jewish children in need worldwide

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