Events
School Events 2023–24
To volunteer, please drop a line to friends@swbgs.com – please specify the event you're interested in and let us know if you've volunteered before so we can ensure a good mix of new folks and steely veterans.
Summer Term
20 Jun – Summer Concert
28 Jun – Borlase 400 Anniversary Day
29 Jun – Borlase 400 Open Day & Ball
13 Jul – Borlase 400 Birthday Bash
Friends of Borlase Past Fundraising Events
< Comedy Night Fundraiser – 19 April, 2024
Featuring the wicked wit of Phil Dinsdale, Matt Stellingwerf, and Otiz Cannelloni, as well as the improv shenanigans of the Noise Next Door, seen here doing ...something?! (Photo: Gary Nuttall)
Comedy Night Fundraiser: 13 Oct, 2023 ^
A terrific night at the Mountfield Theatre @ Borlase filled with big laughs and deep thirsts! Many thanks to Matt, Tammy, Mark, and Nicola for their inaugural volunteer efforts at the Friends Bar: A* in hospitality all round.
Pictured: Comedians Cerys Nelmes, Ben Norris, and headliners The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue! Also on the bill was Jasper Cromwell-Jones. (Photos by FoB volunteer Gary Nuttall)
Venetian Masquerade Ball ^
On Sat 25 Feb 2023, we transformed the new school Sports Hall into the Pallazzo de Borlase, welcoming 250 guests to a magical black-tie evening, and raising more than £25,700 for the school!
More than 30 capable and generous volunteers were led by:
Chrissy Longley (Venue Team)
Anna Spratley (Fundraising Team) with invaluable help from formidable auctioneer Chris Hughes
Susan Brogan (Food & Beverage Team) drawing on her Venue Seeker contacts to offer the finest quality food from Borlase parents Mark Robertson of Made By Mark, and wine from ex-Borlasian Wild Boar Wines
Jason Longley (Friends Bar Team)
Special thanks to Borlase parents Linsay Stichbury and Chris Clark who blew our minds with superb sound and lighting design and services – a personal gift to the school worth £5,000!