It’s Rudy the reindeer here from the North Pole to talk about a very special mission Santa has set me this year. I have visited Rauceby School today - it was so lovely to meet the children! This year your school has chosen to support Lincolnshire based charity St Barnabas Hospice by doing their very own Rudy’s Run. This will take place on Friday 13 December at 9.15 am. The children can come to school in their PE kit on this day but will need to bring their uniform to change into afterwards (including school shoes). Your child can also add a Christmassy twist to their PE kit i.e swapping the PE top for a red top or adding some tinsel or sparkle. We know many of the families and staff at Rauceby have benefitted from the care and support of St. Barnabas and this is a lovely way to have some fun but say thank you for the support the charity offers our local community.

Each child will receive a free pair of antlers to wear as they run, walk, dance or prance the Rudy’s Run route. They can even keep them for family festivities at home! It would be amazing if you could help your child fundraise £3, or whatever you can give 😊

Rudy’s Run is all about our children having some festive and educational fun whilst raising much needed funds for your local hospice!

St Barnabas Hospice is renowned for its outstanding end-of-life care for adults, but they also provide pre and post bereavement support for families too. This invaluable support is free for anyone in Lincolnshire who is struggling with loss, and more work is being done right now at St Barnabas to create a specialist bereavement service for children as young as five.

Losing a parent, sibling or grandparent can be extremely traumatic for a child, but it is something which one in thirty children are going through each day. Rudy’s Run has been designed to highlight our bereavement support and to help continue to fund this much needed service.

Our school has set up a Just Giving page for donations which you can find by clicking here: Rudy's Run

I hope you will support your child in this fundraising event and help boost the school fundraising total to give patients and their families at St Barnabas Hospice a joyful Christmas.

Got to dash now – Santa is calling me for flying practice!

Best wishes,

Rudy xxx