Our girls are involved in many areas of community service both with the Duke of Edinburgh Award and money raised for charities by fundraising activities.

Charities
Queen Anne's raises money for one main charity each term chosen in turn by the houses. Recently, the following charities have benefited from the girls' fundraising efforts:

• Teenage Cancer Trust
• Christian Aid
• The Reading Women's Refuge
• British Legion Poppy Appeal
• Reading Single Homeless Project
• Children in Need
• The Lamb Healthcare Foundation in Bangladesh
• Dr Barnardo's

In addition, girls involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme assist with charity work, as part of their service section:

• Help the Disabled and Age Concern charity shops
• The After School Club and the day nursery at Chiltern College
• Riding for the Disabled
• Sunday schools and childcare centres at local churches
• Signing for the deaf
• Listening skills to help in their own community

The sixth formers also hold a Christmas party for local residential homes.

The Partner School Project
Following the Tsunami in Indonesia, Queen Anne's girls and staff  worked to raise funds to help damaged communities across the affected area. After much research and discussion  useful contacts were established, who identified  a school in the Bahowo area as one in great need for assistance. The school was not directly damaged by the Tsunami, but suffered long-term deterioration owing to lack of funding. Queen Anne's set up a link project to become a Partner School to help improve the facilities and education for the Bahowo children.

The school was in an extremely hazardous condition with very poor facilities for its pupils. Although the Government had provided one new building, it was only large enough to house about half of the children attending the school, and the remainder had to use the old school building, which was in danger of collapse or falling into the sea.

Since fundraising began QAS money has funded materials and equipment for a new school building and sports area and provided a much-needed medical centre for the village. In addition, continued funds have enabled further education for senior students, purchased a bus and two young cows.

Each summer two sixth formers are invited to visit Bahowo to meet the children, teachers and villagers, and see how the funds have improved their lives.